717 Data

A brief on Lancaster County and nearby towns.

About 717 Data

Updated

717 Data is a local brief: what is opening, closing, changing hands, being built, or going through county plan review in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a set of dated, sourced lists. Each row cites a public article or notice.

Coverage

717 Data covers Lancaster County in full. York, Lebanon, and Harrisburg-area items appear when the project or closing is large enough to matter here. Berks is context only. We do not cover the entire 717 area-code map.

The current edition covers 2025-01-01 through 2026-09-26. Twelve Lancaster County towns and seven corridors have their own pages. Every other municipality appears on the ledger pages.

How to read a status

Statuses are as of the cited article or notice date. A later row is needed to say anything changed. An opening marked “open” in a January article is not confirmed open today.

rumored
Reported as possible, not confirmed by the business.
announced
The business or developer said it is coming. Not open.
approved
A municipal or state approval was reported. Construction not confirmed.
build-out
Construction, renovation or fit-out under way.
open
Reported open as of the source date.
winding-down
Closing announced, still operating.
closed
Reported closed as of the source date.
withdrawn
Plan, petition or project dropped.
delayed
Reported on hold or postponed.
unknown
The source does not settle it. County plan reviews and public notices use this because their outcome is not recorded.

What this is not

Using this data

Quote and cite freely, with a link to the page. Every town and corridor page has a matching JSON copy with the same facts, dates and source links, listed in llms.txt. Raw ledgers are at /data/. Pages are complete in the first HTML response; nothing is hidden behind search or scripts.

Update schedule

Weekly: scan LNP What’s in Store and Local Business, the PA WARN page and the latest LCPC review layer, add rows, rebuild.

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