LEADS, Making Lancaster Beautiful Every Season

City residents are invited to join two upcoming events, "Mindful Eating, Healthy Living from the Ground Up"! Join the City of Lancaster & community partners fo...r two informational events centered on healthy eating, living, and gardening. Seeds and plants will be given away to residents and you can also learn more about recycling and composting in Lancaster City. Wednesday, May 5, drop-in between 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tec Centro, 102 Chester Street Thursday, May 6, drop-in between 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Bethel AME, 450 East Strawberry Street Thank you to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, Giant, Ken's Gardens, Kegel's Produce, Penn State Extension Master Gardeners, Four Seasons Produce, Inc., Esbenshade's Garden Centers & Greenhouse, and Costco for your support of these events! Please wear a mask and follow COVID-19 safety protocol if you attend. Seed and plant giveaways are while supplies last. ____ ¡Los residentes de la ciudad están invitados a unirse a dos eventos próximos, "Alimentación Consciente, Vida Saludable Desde Cero"! Únase a la ciudad de Lancaster y los socios comunitarios para dos eventos informativos centrados en la alimentación, la vida y la jardinería saludables. Se regalarán semillas y plantas a los residentes y también puede aprender más sobre el reciclaje y el compostaje en la ciudad de Lancaster. Miércoles, 5 de mayo, sin cita previa entre las 11 a.m. y la 1 p.m. Tec Centro, 102 Chester Street Jueves, 6 de mayo, sin cita previa entre las 11 a.m. y la 1 p.m. Bethel AME, 450 East Strawberry Street ¡Gracias a Penn Medicine LGH, Giant, Ken's Gardens, Kegel's Produce, Penn State's Master Gardeners, Four Seasons, Esbenshade's Garden Center y Costco por su apoyo en estos eventos! Use una máscara y siga el protocolo de seguridad COVID-19 si asiste. Los obsequios de semillas y plantas son hasta que las reservas se acaben.

Have you adopted your basket? LEADS Adopt a Basket program helps us continue to make Lancaster a more beautiful place to visit, work and live. Click the link in our bio to adopt before they are all spoken for. @lancasterleads with the plant experts at @freysgreenhouse choose flowers specifically for downtown Lancaster and this years flowers are no exception. We have a few new varieties sure to make the baskets more beautiful than last year, if that’s even possible Honor a loved one with a special gift they can visit from May to October. #adopt #citylove #citylife #lancaster #adoptabasket #wemakelancasterbeautiful

Each year your flower adoptions make @centralmarketlancaster a more beautiful destination for visitors and residents. But do you know much of market’s history in #lancasterpa? To adopt one of our planters in honor or memory of your loved one, head to www.lancasterleads.org/adopt-a-basket

LEAD's mission is to make Lancaster more beautiful through beautification efforts, including our 300 Adopt-A-Basket flowering fundraiser. From May to October, downtown Lancaster streets are filled with hanging flower baskets, many dedicated or in memory of loved ones. To adopt one of our planters in honor or memory of your loved one, head to www.lancasterleads.org/adopt-a-basket.

LEADS volunteers hit the bricks around The Lancaster Central Market Sunday to #makelancasterbeautiful. 12 large planters were transformed with begonias, creeping Jenny and ornamental grass grown by Frey's Greenhouse specifically for LEADS’s #dowtownlancaster beautification projects. To adopt one of our planters in honor or memory of your loved one, head to www.lancasterleads.org/adopt-a-basket.

Would you like to honor an essential worker? This year you can adopt a basket in honor of an essential worker and let them know how much you have appreciated them through this difficult time. The basket will hang throughout Lancaster City from May to October and you can also add a photo this year! Adopt now! #welovelancaster #leadsmakeslancasterbeautiful #adoptabasket #honoranessentialworker #addaphoto #citylove #citylife #beautifulplacetovisitworkandlive click the link http://bit.ly/adoptabasket

2 years ago... and still growing at Frey's Greenhouse. They will be hung May16th. If you would like to help us, send us a message If you would like to adopt click the link in our bio. This year you can add a photo to your basket. Honor an essential worker, a graduate, fathers day, mothers day, in memory of someone special. Spread the love this summer and help us continue to keep Lancaster a more beautiful place to visit, work and live. #welovelancaster #leadsmakeslancasterbeautiful #welovelancaster #adoptabasket #citylove #honoralovedone

Don’t forget Adopt a Basket is up and running. This year we’ve added the option of a photo. Honor a loved one, a health care worker/ essential worker, a graduate or a favorite business. The options are endless. Click the link in our bio and adopt now! #welovelancaster #leadsmakeslancasterbeautiful #citylove #adoptabasket #honoralovedone #lancastercity #springtofall

This years baskets are growing and we can’t wait to see them hanging throughout the city. This year you can add a photo along with a special message. Click the link in our bio to adopt now. #leadsmakeslancasterbeautiful #welovelancaster #warmerdaysarecoming

Adopt a Basket is up and running. Make sure you reserve your basket now. This year you can add a photo to your plaque and honor a loved one, essential worker, graduate. It would make a beautiful gift for Mothers day and Fathers day! Follow the link in our bio. #wemakelancasterbeautiful #leadsmakeslancasterbeautiful #citylove #donate #adoptabasket #notforprofit #visitworkandlive

Here at central market. Great giveaways for some great downtown businesses. #local #citylove#supportlocal

This Saturday Meet us at Market from 8:30 - 1:30. Adopt a Basket in person or Donate to LEADS. Come learn more about the 300 baskets we hang on the city lampposts from May to October, the 12 beautiful planters at Central Market Year round, the10,000 lights we hang on the donated Christmas tree, the 500 wreaths and bows that are hung during the Holidays. #welovelancaster and we continue to find new ways to support the city and continue making a More Beautiful place to visit, work and live! See you at Market! City of Lancaster Visit Lancaster City

Adopt your basket in honor of a loved one, a high school or college graduation, an essential worker, Mother's Day and Father's Day, or even your business. Click here: https://secure.anedot.com/lancaster-leads/adopt-a-basket to adopt. Stop by the market this Saturday (3/20) and adopt your basket in person.

Meet us THIS Saturday at Market, from 8:30 - 1:30. Learn more about LEADS, Making Lancaster Beautiful Every Season. Adopt a Basket will be available as well as some giveaways to some of our favorite #local spots! #wemakelancasterbeautiful #leadsmakeslancasterbeautiful #adoptabasket #donate

You're invited to the State of the City 2021! Mayor Danene Sorace will deliver the annual State of the City address on Jan. 19, 2021, streamed virtually from ...Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse at 7 p.m. The speech can be viewed live online on the City of Lancaster’s YouTube channel and on LancasterBlockbyBlock.com. Mayor Sorace will provide updates on the City of Lancaster’s strategic priorities, key initiatives & projects, and layout a vision for progress in 2021. I am delighted to invite all Lancastrians to the 2021 State of the City address. It is no secret 2020 presented us with distinct challenges, but our neighbors, businesses, and city government adapted and persevered. As we enter a new year, the City of Lancaster, its employees, its leadership team, and myself, are eager to get to work providing both essential services and ongoing progress toward a stronger, more equitable Lancaster, says Mayor Sorace. All are welcome to register for the speech at LancasterBlockbyBlock.com. ____________ La alcaldesa Danene Sorace anunciará el discurso anual sobre el estado de la ciudad el 19 de enero de 2021, transmitido virtualmente desde Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse a las 7 p.m. El discurso se puede ver en vivo en línea en el canal de YouTube de la ciudad de Lancaster y en LancasterBlockbyBlock.com. La alcaldesa Sorace proporcionará actualizaciones sobre las prioridades estratégicas de la ciudad de Lancaster, iniciativas y proyectos clave, y diseñará una visión para el progreso en 2021. "Estoy encantada de invitar a todos los Lancastrianos a la dirección del Estado de la Ciudad del 2021. No es ningún secreto que 2020 nos presentó desafíos distintos, pero nuestros vecinos, empresas y gobierno de la ciudad se adaptaron y perseveraron. Al entrar en un nuevo año, la ciudad de Lancaster, sus empleados, su equipo de liderazgo y yo, estamos ansiosos por ponernos a trabajar proporcionando servicios esenciales y progreso continuo hacia un Lancaster más fuerte y equitativo", dice la alcaldesa Sorace. Todos son bienvenidos a registrarse para el discurso en LancasterBlockbyBlock.com.

Meet us at Market. Join us March 20 2021 and celebrate the first day of Spring with LEADS, Making Lancaster Beautiful Every Season at The Lancaster Central Market Come out and learn more about LEADS and what we do to continue to make Lancaster Beautiful. We will have giveaways to your favorite local spots and you’ll even be able to Adopt a Basket! Come and Meet us at Market!

Tomorrow, Wednesday, Dec. 30, free meal boxes will be available at Fire Station 3, 333 E. King St., at 8:30 a.m. _________ Mañana, Miércoles, Dec. 30, caja de alimentos gratis van estar disponible en la Estación de Bomberos 3, 333 E. King St., a las 8:30 a.m.

The simple acts of wearing a mask, washing your hands, and keeping your distance from those you don’t live with can help protect countless people from COVID-19 infection. #MaskUpLanc and save a life! #FightCOVID19 Artwork by Krissy Whiski.

There are so many beautiful things about this picture. #joyofchristmas #merrychristmas #pennsquare #holidays

There is still time to pick up this beautiful LEADS landmark ornament. It will make a great Christmas gift, an addition to your collection or start a NEW tradition and start collecting our ornaments and make this the first! They can be purchased @visitlanccity @buildingcharacter717 #theturkeylady at @centralmarketlancaster @festoon and @lancastergalleries #leadsmakeslancasterbeautiful #wemakelancasterbeautiful #christmastime #holidays #ornament #collection #collect #itsbeginningtofeelalotlikechristmas