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An essential ingredient in city livability for all people is conveniently available, good quality, modestly-priced, fresh and local foods, within walking distance. Expressly Local Food is open every day, weekdays and weekends, throughout the year, at 213 West King Street, Lancaster, PA. You can get in touch at: expresslylocal@gmail.com – or call them at 717-295-1850.
It’s a bit surprising to realize that this new grocery store in downtown Lancaster is the only fresh and local, downtown grocery store in all of Lancaster County. The city of Lancaster (pop. 56,000) also has the year-round historic “Central Market” and the seasonal and winter-market at the historic “Eastern Market.” A few surrounding towns have small, weekly farmers’ markets, in season. And, fortunately, many residents with cars can find roadside and farm stands across the region during the growing season. But everywhere else in Lancaster County –a metro-region of more than one-half million people with numerous historic and attractive smaller downtowns and villages — residents must go to suburban supermarkets to buy most of their food.
The grocers of Expressly Local Food and the developer/architect Community Heritage Partners have brought the best-quality foods and other agricultural products direct from the finest farmland on the planet — Lancaster County — to the heart of historic downtown Lancaster ! (We’re all kind of excited about it.)
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Community Heritage Partners - New Office
If you’re looking for us beyond the web these days — that is, for our physical-geographic location –, we’re no longer where we were for the last 24 years……Come and visit us now at our NEW LOCATION: 214 West Grant Street, Lancaster, PA.
Yes, we’ve finally moved ! Our phone and fax numbers remain the same, as do our emails and web address.
We’ve shifted our working space from the western edge of downtown to the very heart of Lancaster’s central business district, and we LOVE it ! A quick and interesting walk to everything important in the center city — all between 2 and 15 minutes. From ice cream and coffee, to banking, to the county courthouse, city hall, the train station (OK, maybe more like 25 minutes, but easy), to two active farmers’ markets, the YMCA, F&M College, lots of restaurants, and to many of our project sites. Read More…
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Our redevelopment efforts on West King Street were recently highlighted by the Lancaster Sunday News. Click here to read all about our wonderful new tenants, Expressly Local Food.
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A few weeks ago, Community First Fund brought a reporter from USA today to town and met with us, as well as others that they are lending to in the community. The article about community lending appeared in today, along with a short video.