Daniel Klotz

New data out today from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that Lancaster County’s population officially topped the half-million mark last year. The county grew by 4,415 between July 2007 and July 2008, bumping it from 497,955 residents in 2007 to 502,370 in 2008. The increase is 0.9 percent in one year. From 2000 to 2008, [...]

Twelve of us had a second successful breakfast tweetup this morning at Prince Street Cafe. Lancaster, PA tweetups are on a roll The twelve of us were Jeff Geoghan, Kate Peteritas, Jeremy Walter, Bryan Coe, Jeff Rumm, Chad Hamilton, Shanelle Lee, Max Phillips, Paul Stoltzfus, Ryan Shen-Hoover, Joel Walker, and myself. We all made it [...]

In case you haven’t seen it yet, I am putting together a list of Lancaster County residents who are active on Twitter. It answers the question “whom should I follow?” when someone from the area gets on Twitter, and serves as a quick reference for visitors when they’re in the area and are looking for [...]

Central Pennsylvanian’s savings aren’t earning much interest. And if those savings could benefit the local economy while earning at least decent returns, that’s even more attractive. We have talented and resourceful individuals and entrepreneurs who could use some loaned capital. Put two and two together, and make a profit off this.

Each year, the New York Times Magazine captures the defining ideas of the past twelve months. “The Year In Ideas 2008″ issue comes out tomorrow, and guess what they included? They included the work of Franklin & Marshall College’s Trexler Proffitt, the Lancaster professor who conducted a feasibility study this year on establishing a Lancaster [...]