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Events: Downtown Events

Get up, get out, get into town…Downtown Lancaster is the place to be.

Fig Authentic: Crystal Weaver

As owner Crystal Weaver sees it, Prince Street Café is an incubator for innovation in Lancaster. With people gathering in this warm and welcoming space ...

Foodie Guide:

We’re all about fresh here at Fig®. Fresh ideas. Fresh destinations. And, of course, fresh food. If fresh is best, you’ll have to travel far to find a place with greater raw materials at its fingertips. Or such a diverse array of restaurants.

Arts & Culture:

See a play, purchase a painting, catch a concert. Fall in love with arts and culture in the downtown. Support the arts and support a thriving community!

Education:

From the hyper-focused to the well-rounded—from arts to engineering—education opens the door to possibility. Luckily for us, Lancaster offers learning opportunities for all, regardless of age, interest, or experience.

Lodging:

Find your place in the City. Whether you are looking for a city dwelling for the night or for a lifetime, find out why everyone wants to be a part of the City.

Shopping:

Do you love local? Money spent downtown in more likely to stay here, creating jobs and supporting local non-profit organizations in its wake.

Voices: Silver City Rodeo

As their music both reminisces about good times gone by and looks ahead to those yet to come, Silver City Rodeo is at its core a celebration of the American spirit.

Lancaster Tails

Lancaster Tails: Spencer and Tuffer

If Spencer and Tuffer were humans, they’d be an old married couple still in love after many years even as they bicker away at each other about pills and eating habits. It really is...read on

Eric Dishes

These Bangers are a Smash!

Early this past spring, I was informed of a new charcuterie in Elizabethtown, PA. Little more makes me as giddy as cured meats. My exuberance has been tamed only slightly by...read on

Restart Retirement

Strength Training for Better Golf

Ten years ago, only two professional golfers, Greg Norman and Gary Player, included strength training in their golf preparation programs. Most golfers mistakenly believed that weight...read on

Giving When the Giving Gets Tough

Inspire Me to Set a Goal

I am surrounded by women that inspire me. My co-worker recently signed up for an exercise group entitled “Boot Camp.” This 47 year old mother of four, who recently completed her first...read on

Lancaster Tails

Laila Needs Your Love

Summer is just around the corner, and if you’ve been meaning to tone up in time for swimsuit season, there’s no need to tackle the challenge alone: weighing in at 18 pounds, Laila...read on

Fig at Fountain Avenue Kitchen

Cheese Crisps

If you have read some of my past posts, like the one about roasting beans (so delicious, by the way!) or the recipe for 2-ingredient coconut macaroons, you know I enjoy a good kitchen...read on

North Museum

Sparking Curiosity

Curiosity is what drives us to discover, what makes us question, and what makes us want to learn more. But as any parent or educator knows, sparking that curiosity isn’t always easy....read on

Street Chic

Land Your Next Job

Let’s face it searching for a job takes much effort. Whether you’re about to graduate from college in a few weeks or you’re with a company for a while and just need a change, job...read on

Just Breathe

Beginner’s Mind

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” – Zen Master Shunryo Suzuki In yoga, we work to cultivate a beginner’s mind. Each day, when...read on

Gold+Arrow

Gold+Arrow Entertaining: Arriba-worthy Margaritas

Cinco de mayo is this weekend and if you haven’t figured out what cocktails to serve along side your chips and salsa – we’ve got some good ones for you. We hosted a little happy...read on

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Industrial Resolution

The Industrial Resolution is a website development firm that has been creating innovative web, mobile, and hardware applications since 2006.

JOEL WALKER, INNOVATOR

Fig®: Tell us about the kinds of solutions you’re creating.

Joel Walker of Industrial Resolution: Most of the specific works that we’ve been doing in the City have been website related. We built the website for

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Urban Living – Amanda Barber

Beyond dilapidated, the house that Peter Barber of Two Dude’s Painting Co. invited his daughter, Amanda, to view back in late 2011 was the stuff of nightmares. With a destroyed roof and strewn with detritus from the previous occupants, the house would have made most people spin around on one heel and run.

But, looking past the debris, Peter was able to convince his daughter of this

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Second Fiction

Allen Clements
Marketing Director

Fig: Tell us about Second Fiction and your journey in launching this game studio.

Allen Clements: Game development is a fast changing field these days, but as far as I know, we are the only dedicated game studio in Lancaster City. Our foray into video game making has been an exciting one. Having launched our first game as Second Fiction, it seems

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Lancaster General Health – Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute

Lancaster General Health’s latest endeavor to continually enhance the quality of local healthcare—the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute—is a prime example of community-inspired innovation at its finest.

During the process of designing the two-story 70,000 square foot institute to provide advanced technology and integration of cancer care, it was the local community advisory panel

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