YWCA Lancaster, 110 N. Lime St., Lancaster, will host a Lunch and Learn featuring Marshall Snively, president of Lancaster City Alliance (LCA), on Wednesday, April 17. Lunch service will begin at 11:30 a.m. Snively's presentation, "The Journey to Lancaster," will start at noon and will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
Admission is free, but there is a suggestion donation for lunch. Reservations are requested. To make reservations, readers may visit https://ywcalancaster.org/lunch-and-learn-april/.
Created as of July 1, 2013, LCA represents the consolidation of two nonprofit organizations: the James Street Improvement District (JSID) and the Lancaster Alliance, both dedicated to community and economic development for the city of Lancaster. With a focus of empowering neighborhoods and setting the stage for increased investment, LCA was charged with the development of Building On Strength, the city's 15-year economic development strategic plan. Implementation of that plan remains LCA's largest body of work. At the inception of LCA, Snively was named executive vice president and COO, positions he held until assuming the role of president in 2016.
Snively joined the James Street Improvement District (JSID) as vice president in May 2007, and in 2012, he assumed the role of interim president. His areas of focus included leading economic development initiatives, coordinating marketing programs, and implementing a business retention, expansion, and recruitment strategy for downtown and northwest Lancaster city.
Snively moved to Lancaster from downtown Baltimore, where he lived and worked for more than 15 years. He was vice president of economic development and planning at Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, a nonprofit business improvement district where he was involved for 10 years. Before his move to Lancaster, Snively also served as special projects director for Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse.
Snively has served on boards and committees of numerous organizations both in Baltimore and Lancaster. He currently serves on the boards of Lancaster Equity, the Spanish American Civic Association (SACA) Development Corporation, and Community Basics Inc. He also plays regional leadership roles as the ULI Philadelphia Central Pennsylvania Satellite Council co-chair and International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Pennsylvania Alliance Public Sector chair.
He holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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