The Wiremold/Legrand plant and distribution facility in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, as well as another distribution facility in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, will close May 31, laying off nearly 90 workers, according to the company.

Wiremold/Legrand, a Connecticut-based manufacturer of wire, cable and security systems, plans to begin phased layoffs Nov. 20, according to the company. The company will offer severance packages, continued health benefits and job placement services to workers, it said. Employees at the facilities are not represented by a union.

The closures will affect about 17 workers in Elizabethtown and 70 workers near Carlisle, according to the company.

Wiremold/Legrand is consolidating its manufacturing and distribution facilities due to slow sales in the residential and commercial construction sectors, said Phil LeRoux, senior vice president of human resources.

Operations from Cumberland County, Lancaster County and North Carolina will be relocated to a new facility in Fort Mill, S.C., according to the company.

Wiremold/Legrand first located in Central Pennsylvania in 2002 with the facility in Cumberland County.

Lancaster County-based church Lives Changed by Christ (LCBC) bought the former Victory Volkswagen dealership property in Swatara Township, said Melissa Lewis, an office manager for the church.

Although there are next to no cars on its parking lot, Victory is still open. Another dealership is in the process of buying it, Lewis said. The dealership has to remain open until it is sold, Lewis said. She said she did not know which dealership is buying Victory. Calls to Victory went unanswered.

The deed was transferred to the church in July, said Mary Catherine Schatt, Swatara Township business privilege tax officer. Victory has been at 4150 Chambers Hill Road for about 10 years, said Tim Barley, executive director of multisite ministries for the church. A car dealership has existed on the property for about 30 years, he said.  

Demolition has started at the dealership and soon renovations will be underway, Barley said. The church expects to open in January, he said. LCBC's Harrisburg congregation has met at Harrisburg Christian School for about two years, Barley said. The church has an approximately 8,000 weekly attendance at its home church in Rapho Township, he said.

LCBC plans to add a third location in eastern Lancaster County, Lewis said. It has not picked a site yet for that church, she said.

LCBC was formerly called Lancaster County Bible Church.

Lancaster-based Wohlsen Construction Co. has been jointly awarded a $14.7 million contract for the design and construction of the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Newark, Del.  

Wohlsen will work with Rochester, N.Y.-based Pike Co. on the project, which will total about 65,000 square feet, said Wayne Schrader, Wohlsen's vice president of operations.

The project is expected to be completed by March 2011, he said, and Wohlsen does not anticipate hiring any employees as a result of the award.

The Doc Holliday's restaurant in York County will see some changes before the year is over.

The Doc Holliday's concept will be relocated across the hall of the existing facility, where it will be transformed into Doc's Saloon and Grill, said Peter Keares, president of Lancaster County-based Keares Restaurant Group, which owns Doc Holliday's, Lancaster Brewing Co. and Gibraltar locations in Central Pennsylvania.

Doc's Saloon and Grill will seat about 125 people and will offer outdoor seating. It will serve meals similar to the original eatery, including prime rib, crab cakes and chili, with the addition of more sandwiches and lighter fare. The new restaurant will open before the old one closes, Keares said.

Old Naples will take Doc Holliday's original space in the facility. This Italian, dinner-only restaurant will seat about 250 people, Keares said.

Doc's Saloon and Grill and Old Naples are expected to open near the beginning of November.

In the spring, Carve will open in existing banquet space at the facility. The upscale buffet will be open Friday and Saturday evenings and will seat about 100 people, he said.

Most of the work will involve remodeling, rather than construction work, said Keares, who would not disclose how much the company is investing in the changes.

"We're doing it because we see changes in the economy and diners' preferences," he said. "People are looking for a little more value."

The first year of the Rebuild York initiative is expected to be completed Oct. 9 with the milling and paving of East Princess Street between Queen and Broad streets.

The three-year project began this year and aims to rebuild York's worst streets. Seven streets were improved this year and six more each are planned for 2010 and 2011. The initiative also includes stormwater improvements and new curbing for Roosevelt Avenue.

Rebuild York is being funded through a $2.5 million loan from the Section 108 Loan program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The city will pledge a portion of its future federal Community Development Block Grant funds to repay the loan, according to a written statement.

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