ATTOM Data Solutions has released its 2020 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows foreclosure filings— default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 214,323 U.S. properties in 2020, down 57 percent from 2019 and down 93 percent from a peak of nearly 2.9 million in 2010, to the lowest level since tracking began in 2005. 

Consumer sentiment rose again nationally in April, approaching pre-COVID-19 levels, but in Lancaster County the gain was even more robust.

In the past 12 months, Pennsylvania's medical cannabis sales brought in $909.4M, according to an April report from Headset, a Seattle-based cannabis research and data analysis firm.

Central Penn College announced in 2019 that it would offer eligible students one free year of housing through a new scholarship program, but when the pandemic hit, the Summerdale-based college expanded the service to two years.

Full-service custom construction and remodeling company B&D Builders hired its first CEO in February.

The past year has led to more changes than anyone could have anticipated. While the banking industry had already been making moves toward technological innovation, the pandemic significantly sped up that trend.

Two Lancaster County farms were among six to receive funding from Gov. Tom Wolf to expand agriculture operations, it was recently announced.

Mid Penn Bank’s newest executive vice president will oversee the Millersburg-based bank’s loan and deposit activities throughout the capital and Lancaster County regions.

Weis Markets said it made progress on reducing its overall environmental impact last year, achieving its goal of reducing its greenhouse emissions by 20% in 2020.

Supply chain management and logistics solutions firm DB Schenker will no longer lay off 206 employees at a Shippensburg warehouse.

Confidence in the economy among small and midsize business CEOs rose to pre-pandemic levels, scoring an 88.0 in the Q4 2020 Vistage CEO Confidence Index, up from the low of 65.5 recorded in Q2

Taylor Chip Cookie Co., the fast-growing business operated by Lancaster residents Doug and Sara Taylor, which began as a hobby just a few years ago, is moving into ice cream.

The boom in telemedicine, the May 31 deadline for the Paycheck Protection Program and the possibility of new workplace regulations around masks and vaccines were three topics that drew comment at a Central Penn Business Journal webinar this week on the post-COVID economy.

The Hershey Co. has announced two clean energy partnerships to develop solar projects in the U.S. as it moves its operations toward the use of clean and renewable energy.

Seven area colleges are slated to receive $850,000 in grants through the BB&T - now Truist Economic Growth Fund - at the Lancaster County Community Foundation.