HOURGLASS KEEPING LANCASTER CURRENT June 17, 2019 THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE SUBURBS – (CITYLAB) HAPPENINGS Well-to-do suburbs blossoming around American cities in the TEDxYouth late 1800s and early 1900s, featured Anglo-Saxon families living @Lancaster: TEDxY- in elegant Queen Anne and Tudor Revival houses. However, even outh@Lancaster is an in their heyday, elite enclaves weren’t the norm on the urban pe- independently organ- riphery. Shantytowns dotted the city’s rim, as did no-frills devel- ized TED Event with opments in which people built houses on raw lots, dug wells, speakers aged 21 kept chickens and cows, and grew vegetables. More. years or younger. Their messages are THE SUBURBS ARE COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU – (NY for audiences of all Times) ages. The theme for A generation or two ago, the well-to-do tended to flee to the this year is “Rising suburbs when they married or had kids. Today, they’re the ones Above.” The event will who often opt to stay put, even with large families. And some be held Sunday, June baby boomers who left to raise kids have returned. So develop- 30 from 1:00—5:00pm ers are offering them big-box stores, food courts, easy parking and is located at The and house-like apartments, all within the city. More. Ware Center, 42 N. Prince Street, Lancas- YOUNG HOMEBUYERS SCRAMBLE AS PRICES RISE FASTER ter, PA 17603. To find THAN INCOMES – (LancasterOnline) out more about the For millennials looking to buy their first home, the hunt feels like event and to register, a race against the clock. In the seven years since the housing please visit the TEDx- crash ended, home values in more than three-quarters of U.S. Lancaster website. metro areas have climbed faster than incomes. More. LOSING ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THE SUBURBS IS BAD FOR EVERYONE – (Strong Towns) A thriving downtown bolsters everyone, even residents who don’t live in the core of the city. Office, retail, and restaurants provide opportunities for all residents to work and enjoy them- selves without a long commute. They also bring in a significant 104 W. Chestnut St. Lancaster, PA [email protected] amount of tax funding that pays for city services. More. 717-295-0755 .