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Lapp’s Toys is a small, thriving company located in the heart of Lancaster County near Bird In Hand, PA. It is a thriving local small business that makes and sells wooden toys and doll furniture. The owners are John & Mima Lapp, and they graciously allowed us to interview them about their business.

Made in Lancaster County—In 2011, Dave Fisher and his family launched The Woodpecker Family, which makes one-of-a-kind wooden birdfeeders and houses, designed to looks like gold finches, woodpeckers, cardinals, hummingbirds, and other feathered favorites.

Learn about another local business in Lancaster County! Since 1976, Cattail Foundry has been making cast iron goods and parts.

Learn about one of Lancaster's family-owned businesses! For thirty years, Valley Road Wagons have been used by families and farmers.

Read the latest post in our Made in Lancaster County series— Rohrer Seeds, located near Smoketown Airport, between Bird-in-Hand and Lancaster City, was founded in 1919. The Rohrer family has run the business ever since then.

Another Made in Lancaster County Business! When old wooden fences and scrap tin arrives at Summitville Woodworking, this creative business turns yesterday's building materials into tomorrow's lawn decorations.

Welcome to a new series of stories about Lancaster County small businesses! At Good’s Store, we sell many locally made, hand-crafted items, and this year we’d like to introduce you to the people and places behind the products— the small businesses that benefit our community in so many ways.
Daniel Ebersol, founder of Ebersol’s Poly Crafts, is living an entrepreneur’s dream— a childhood pastime turned into a thriving business that manufactures thousands of birdhouses, birdfeeders, and mailboxes each years.