Comings and Goings: Bed and Breakfast opens in Spring Grove area, local plant shop closing
Terra Farms, a pick-your-own flower farm in the Spring Grove area, has opened a bed and breakfast.
The Inn at Terra Farms is a restored log home, circa 1830s. Owners Andy and Loni Snyder restored the space with the aim of creating a luxurious place to stay that spotlights the region’s rich agricultural opportunities.
“Too many folks think farms are just for corn and soybeans,” Andy Snyder said in a news release. “There’s so much more to it. Our acres of lush flowers prove it.”
The Snyders bought the 38-acre farm in 2018 and started small, with less than a quarter acre of snapdragons, zinnias and dahlias. In 2020, the family bought the neighboring 10-acre property to expand their flower fields and restore its farmhouse.
The Snyders rent out individual rooms or the whole house and serve a traditional breakfast each morning.
“Our goal is to show people that farming and rural life isn’t dead,” Loni Snyder said in a news release. “We want to show the luxurious side of an important American heritage. So many people said this couldn’t be done, especially with a woman out front on the farm. But once they see our product and talk to our customers, they start to change their tune. We’re proving that new things are possible. This farm will be a farm for a long time. That’s really cool.”
The Inn at Terra Farms is at 2605 Buffalo Valley Road, Spring Grove. For more information, call the farm at 717-515-4145 or visit online at terrafarmsandfield.com.
Opening
York
Kids College Early Learning Center: 577 Maryland Ave., York
Kids College Early Learning Center is coming to York. An open house will be held Saturday, July 29 to showcase the new childcare center.
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Cookie Company : 17 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg
A new cookie company has opened at the new SavorHood food hall in Gettysburg. The Gettysburg Cookie Company, owned by Judy Morley and her partner Kathleen Sibley, offers nine Gettysburg-themed cookies, including 1863, a classic Snickerdoodle cookie, Little Round Top, a cinnamon-spice oatmeal cookie and Wheatfield, a traditional chocolate chip cookie.
Red Lion
Grounding: 252 N. Franklin St., Red Lion
A new coffee shop will be opening in Red Lion on Aug. 1, offering high-end specialty coffee in an upscale setting. The owners of Grounding are not new to coffee, having owned the now-closed Rustic Cup in East Prospect.
Closing
York
Hydrangea Haus: 2035 Carlisle Road, York
Hydrangea Haus in York is closing July 22. Owned by Christie Moreira, who is opening Mesa Moreira with her husband at the end of July, the plant shop will be offering discounts on plants and decor items until closing.
Christmas Tree Shops: 2935 Concord Road, York
Christmas Tree Shops is expected to begin liquidating all its stores across the United States, including the one in Shrewsbury.
Christmas Tree Shops is a retail store known for offering a variety of home decor goods, furniture and seasonal and holiday decorations.
The retail chain filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May. At the time, they were operating 82 stores in 20 states. They will close five Pennsylvania stores, including the one in York.
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Events
The 2nd Annual Pickle Fest will be held at Morning Sun Marketplace on Saturday, July 15. There will be a pickle eating contest and the winner can take home a pickle trophy. Pickle pie, pickle cookies, pickle soup, pickle soda, pickle hot dog buns and other pickle-themed foods and beverages will be available for all pickle-lovers to enjoy. There will also be pickle-themed decor, toys, apparel and other items for sale.
The event will be held at 5309 Lincoln Highway, Thomasville, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Announcements
Steinman Communications Inc. and WITF Inc. have completed a transaction that gifts LNP | LancasterOnline to WITF.
Steinman Communications, which is owned by the Steinman family, gifted LNP to WITF as a capstone to the family’s two centuries of community service and philanthropy.
Awards
The York County Economic Alliance and Downtown Inc gained two statewide recognitions at the Pennsylvania Downtown Center’s 2023 Townie Awards, held on Tuesday, June 27, in Scranton, Pa.
York County Economic Alliance & York County Industrial Development Authority received recognition for a community Anchor Building with the Yorktowne Hotel and the York County Economic Alliance was recognized for Asset Enhancement with the York County Trail Towns initiative.
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The Townie Awards are designed to recognize the commonwealth’s core communities and individuals for creation and implementation of projects, programs and events that exemplify the goals of the center's community revitalization mission.
The Anchor Building Award recognizes organizations and partnerships that have developed and labored to bring the once proud central focus structure of the downtown or neighborhood back from the brink of demolition.
The Asset Enhancement Award recognizes an initiative in a downtown area and/or neighborhood that serves as an economic driver.
In addition to the two awards for the York County Trail Towns Program and the Yorktowne Hotel, York County won in the category for Public Space Improvements for Main Street Hanover’s Heart of Hanover Trails.
The Townie Awards are a part of PDC’s annual statewide conference, which is held in a different commonwealth community each year in order to highlight the respective city or town’s accomplishments in community and neighborhood revitalization. Downtown York and the Yorktowne Hotel will host next year’s statewide conference and Townie Awards in late June.
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