# 717 Data > A public brief on openings, closings, projects, and county plan reviews in Lancaster County, PA and nearby towns. Updated 2026-09-27. Window 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-26. Statuses use a fixed vocabulary (rumored, announced, approved, build-out, open, winding-down, closed, withdrawn, delayed, unknown) and are as of the cited article or notice date; "announced" does not mean open. County plan reviews (LCPC) are advisory reviews for the 2026-09-14 meeting, not building permits. Not complete. Every event carries source_name and source_url; HTML pages at the same paths without ".json" carry the same facts. ## Towns - [Lancaster City](https://717data.com/towns/lancaster-city.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for Lancaster City, Lancaster County, PA (63 openings, 42 closings, 14 ownership or space changes, 1 development project, 2 county plan reviews, and 2 public notices). - [Manheim Township](https://717data.com/towns/manheim-township.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for Manheim Township, Lancaster County, PA (19 openings, 9 closings, 5 ownership or space changes, 1 development project, and 2 public notices). - [Warwick Township](https://717data.com/towns/warwick-township.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for Warwick Township, Lancaster County, PA (1 opening, 2 closings, 1 ownership or space change, 3 development projects, and 2 county plan reviews). - [Lititz Borough](https://717data.com/towns/lititz-borough.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for Lititz Borough, Lancaster County, PA (9 openings, 6 closings, 5 ownership or space changes, 1 development project, and 1 county plan review). - [East Lampeter Township](https://717data.com/towns/east-lampeter-township.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, PA (22 openings, 5 closings, 3 ownership or space changes, 3 development projects, and 1 county plan review). - [East Hempfield Township](https://717data.com/towns/east-hempfield-township.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, PA (9 openings, 5 closings, 2 ownership or space changes, 2 development projects, 1 county plan review, and 1 public notice). - [Ephrata Borough](https://717data.com/towns/ephrata-borough.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for Ephrata Borough, Lancaster County, PA (6 openings, 5 closings, 4 ownership or space changes, and 3 county plan reviews). - [Mount Joy Borough](https://717data.com/towns/mount-joy-borough.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for Mount Joy Borough, Lancaster County, PA (1 opening, 1 closing, 1 development project, and 1 public notice). - [Columbia Borough](https://717data.com/towns/columbia-borough.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for Columbia Borough, Lancaster County, PA (5 openings, 4 closings, 1 ownership or space change, and 1 development project). - [Manheim Borough](https://717data.com/towns/manheim-borough.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for Manheim Borough, Lancaster County, PA (4 openings, 1 closing, and 1 ownership or space change). - [Elizabethtown Borough](https://717data.com/towns/elizabethtown-borough.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for Elizabethtown Borough, Lancaster County, PA (3 openings and 1 county plan review). - [West Lampeter Township](https://717data.com/towns/west-lampeter-township.json): Openings, closings, ownership changes, developments, LCPC plan reviews, and public notices for West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, PA (1 opening and 1 development project). ## Corridors - [Downtown Lancaster](https://717data.com/corridors/downtown-lancaster.json): Sourced events that name Downtown Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA (13 openings, 13 closings, and 3 ownership or space changes). - [Lititz Pike](https://717data.com/corridors/lititz-pike.json): Sourced events that name Lititz Pike, Lancaster County, PA (1 opening and 1 public notice). - [Park City](https://717data.com/corridors/park-city.json): Sourced events that name Park City, Lancaster County, PA (10 openings, 4 closings, and 2 ownership or space changes). - [Tanger and Rockvale](https://717data.com/corridors/tanger-rockvale.json): Sourced events that name Tanger and Rockvale, Lancaster County, PA (15 openings, 4 closings, and 1 ownership or space change). - [Fruitville Pike](https://717data.com/corridors/fruitville-pike.json): Sourced events that name Fruitville Pike, Lancaster County, PA (no sourced events yet). - [Lincoln Highway East](https://717data.com/corridors/lincoln-highway-east.json): Sourced events that name Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster County, PA (1 opening). - [Rock Lititz](https://717data.com/corridors/rock-lititz.json): Sourced events that name Rock Lititz, Lancaster County, PA (1 opening, 2 closings, 1 ownership or space change, 3 development projects, and 1 county plan review). ## Ledgers - [Openings](https://717data.com/openings.json): Public list of 242 business openings and announced openings in Lancaster County, PA and nearby towns, 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-26, with ownership and space changes. Updated 2026-09-27. - [Closings](https://717data.com/closings.json): Public list of 153 business closings, wind-downs and PA WARN sites in Lancaster County, PA and nearby towns, 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-26. Updated 2026-09-27. - [Developments](https://717data.com/developments.json): Public list of 38 development and investment projects in Lancaster County, PA, with larger York, Lebanon and Dauphin items, including data center proposals. Updated 2026-09-27. - [County plan reviews (LCPC)](https://717data.com/reviews.json): 32 subdivision, land development, rezoning and blight submissions reviewed by the Lancaster County Planning Commission for its 2026-09-14 meeting. Advisory reviews, not building permits. Updated 2026-09-27. ## Pages - [Home](https://717data.com/): Latest events, projects to watch, town and corridor list. - [About](https://717data.com/about): Coverage promise, status vocabulary, what this is not. - [Sources](https://717data.com/sources): Publications cited, source log, known gaps. ## Optional - [llms-full.txt](https://717data.com/llms-full.txt): Every event as one sentence with status, date and source URL. - [openings.csv](https://717data.com/data/openings.csv): Openings and incoming concepts from news coverage. - [closings.csv](https://717data.com/data/closings.csv): Closings, wind-downs, and PA WARN sites. - [developments.csv](https://717data.com/data/developments.csv): Development and investment projects. - [permits.csv](https://717data.com/data/permits.csv): County plan reviews (LCPC), 2026-09-14 meeting only. Not municipal building permits. - [filings_flow.csv](https://717data.com/data/filings_flow.csv): Public notices: fictitious names, dissolutions, foreign registrations. Not a complete filings list. - [warn_events.csv](https://717data.com/data/warn_events.csv): PA WARN notices for Lancaster and nearby counties. - [snapshot_metro.csv](https://717data.com/data/snapshot_metro.csv): BLS metro unemployment rate and total nonfarm jobs. - [listings_confirm.csv](https://717data.com/data/listings_confirm.csv): Small sample of listing confirmations. - [sources_log.csv](https://717data.com/data/sources_log.csv): Every source touched while building the data, with result. - [README_DATA.txt](https://717data.com/data/README_DATA.txt): Data notes: row counts, window, gaps and caveats.