Ephrata chamber, borough at odds over revitalization; Chamber letter suggests retail ordinance, use of public funds to purchase property have hindered downtown growth.

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA | April 6, 2002| | Copyright

If Ephrata wants to see a revival of its ailing downtown business district, its local government has to get out of the way of private enterprise.

That's the bottom-line message from the Ephrata Area Chamber of Commerce's legislative committee members. At the risk of ruffling some feathers, the committee recently sent borough officials their ideas on how to resuscitate a downtown hit by a string of business closings over the past few years.In separate letters dated March 21 to both borough council president Clayton F. Bell Jr. and borough manager Gary Nace, the chamber suggested the typical ...

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