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Hatboro Borough, Exploring PA Boroughs

The town of Hatboro is located on land purchased from William Penn around 1705 by the family of Nicholas More. Original construction by early residents of the town occurred between 1715 and 1719. Early settlement pre-dating the Hatboro name occurred in the Crooked Billet area east of York Road, between Moreland Avenue and Byberry Road. George Washington and his troops passed through the town on numerous occasions during 1777 in pursuit of British Troops during the Revolutionary War. While the British occupied Philadelphia, the Continental Army was driven off by the British and suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Crooked Billet, fought here in 1778. Early resident John Dawson entertained guests at the Crooked Billet Inn, and was a manufacturer of hats. When the post office opened in 1809, the town was called Hatborough. In the 1880s, the name was officially changed to Hatboro by the U.S. Postmaster. The Union Library Company in Hatboro, the third library company to be founded in Pennsylvania, was formed in 1755. This building stands on its original site today and still serves the community as a library. A SEPTA regional rail train stops at the Hatboro station. It runs between Warminster and Center City Philadelphia. The borough also maintains a paid parking lot for commuters near the Hatboro station, along with on-street parking meters along Jacksonville Road near the train station. The main north-south road in Hatboro is Pennsylvania’s Route 263 (York Road) and serves as the town's main street. The main east-west street in Hatboro is Moreland Avenue. According to the US Census Bureau, the borough covers a total area of 1.4 square miles.

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00:26 - WELCOME TO THIS ISSUE OF EXPLORING

00:27 - PENNSYLVANIA BOROUGHS I'M

00:29 - CHRIS CAP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

00:30 - THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE

00:31 - ASSOCIATION OF BOROUGHS.

00:33 - EACH MONTH TO VISIT COMMUNITIES

00:34 - ACROSS THE STATE. HOW THE

00:36 - HISTORY CULTURAL PROGRESS TAKING PLACE.

00:38 - TODAY WE SCORE THE BOROUGH HATBORO

00:39 - TO RECOUNT THE BOROUGH'S HISTORY IS UNIQUE

00:42 - THERE'S GEORGE WASHINGTON'S

00:44 - TROOPS PASSED THROUGH THE TOWN

00:45 - OF 1777. THE LIBRARY COMPANY

00:48 - HAD GIRL, THE 3RD TO BE FOUND

00:50 - IN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS WOMAN,

00:52 - 1755. THE BUILDING STANDS AT

00:54 - THE ORIGINAL SITE IT STILL

00:56 - SERVES AS AN EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARY.

00:59 - TODAY HAVE ROSE THE FASTEST

01:00 - GROWING COMMUNITY MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

01:02 - VISITORS WILL TAKE NOTICE OF

01:04 - THE VICTORIAN ERA LIGHTS, IT

01:05 - SERVES AS A GUIDE THROUGHOUT

01:06 - THE DOWNTOWN. THE HOPE YOU

01:09 - ENJOY THIS TOUR. WELL

01:10 - PENNSYLVANIA HAS MANY GREAT

01:12 - COMMUNITY.

01:13 - ALLOW ON BY A HEAVILY ON THE

01:15 - BOROUGH MANAGER FOR THE BOROUGH

01:16 - OF HATBORO AND TODAY ON THE

01:17 - BEAUTIFUL DAY WE'RE HERE AT THE

01:18 - HALF WORLD COMMUNITY FOR

01:20 - AFTER ALL IS A BEAUTIFUL

01:22 - LOCATED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

01:24 - ROUGHLY 30 MILES FROM THE CITY

01:26 - OF PHILADELPHIA.

01:27 - WE ARE 1.5 SQUARE MILES AND WE

01:30 - ARE BORROWED IT EVER GROWING

01:32 - WITH 7500 RESIDENTS AT THE.

01:35 - WE ARE GOVERNED BY A

01:37 - SEVEN-MEMBER COUNCIL AND A

01:38 - MAYOR IN 2018 THE GIRL FOLLOWED

01:41 - FIRST WITH THE FIRST

01:43 - FEMALE MAYOR SWORN IN FOLLOWED

01:45 - BY MYSELF AT FIRST THE MALE

01:47 - BOROUGH MANAGER WITH THEN

01:49 - FOLLOWED BY THE ENTERPRISE FIRE

01:50 - COMPANY ELECTING THE FIRST

01:52 - FEMALE PRESIDENT.

01:53 - THE MAIN NORTH-SOUTH ROAD AND

01:55 - HATBORO IS HE A ROUTE TO 63,

01:58 - WHICH SERVES ARMY STREET

02:00 - SEPP TO PROVIDE A REGIONAL RAIL

02:02 - SERVICE TO THE BORROW AT THE

02:03 - HALF ROAD TRAIN STATION ALONG

02:05 - THE WARMINSTER LINE

02:06 - WHICH RUNS BETWEEN WARMINSTER AND CENTER

02:09 - CITY PHILADELPHIA. THIS LINE

02:11 - ENABLED MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS

02:12 - WHO WORK IN THE CITY AS AN

02:14 - EASY COMMUTE. SEPTA ALSO HAS A

02:17 - BUS ROUTE ROUTE NUMBER 20 SO

02:19 - THAT SERVE TOP EARL LONG

02:20 - YORK ROAD. THE QUEEN WORE

02:21 - MISTER AND THE COLONY

02:22 - TRANSPORTATION CENTER.

02:24 - THE BOROUGH HAS A FULLY STAFFED

02:26 - FULL-TIME PUBLIC WORKS

02:27 - DEPARTMENT THAT MAINTAINS OUR

02:29 - ROADS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR

02:31 - PARKS, OUR COMMUNITY POOL AND

02:34 - ALSO PICKED UP TRASH AND

02:35 - RECYCLING 4 DAYS A WEEK.

02:37 - FIRE PROTECTION AND PRO IS

02:39 - FIRE ALL VOLUNTEER ENTERPRISE

02:41 - FIRE COMPANY LOCATED ON BY

02:43 - EVERY ROAD. THE MEN AND WOMEN

02:45 - OF ENTERPRISE ARE AN INTEGRAL

02:46 - PART OF OUR COMMUNITY

02:48 - AND PARTICIPATE IN ALMOST ALL

02:50 - OUR COMMUNITY EVENT.

02:52 - EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDED BY

02:54 - SECOND ALARM ERS

02:55 - RESCUE SQUAD WHICH MAINTAINS A

02:57 - STATION IN THE YIELD FIRE HOUSE

02:59 - LOCATED ON MAIN STREET AND HAVE

03:01 - HER OUT HOWEVER WAS SERVED BY

03:03 - THE HACKER WERE FROM SCHOOL

03:04 - DISTRICT AND IS HOME TO 2

03:06 - ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, CROOKED

03:07 - BILLET AND PENNY PACK.

03:09 - APPRO IS HOME TO MANY GREAT

03:11 - COMMUNITY GROUPS INCLUDING THE

03:12 - VILLAGE PLAYERS, THE LOCAL

03:14 - COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE AND WE ARE

03:16 - FORTUNATE TO HAVE W R D DAY FM,

03:19 - PUBLIC RADIO OF DELAWARE VALLEY

03:22 - LOCATED ON MAIN STREET HAVE

03:23 - WROTE WITH AN AUDIENCE

03:25 - THAT REACHES SOUTH JERSEY BUCKS

03:27 - COUNTY AND PARTS OF PHILADELPHIA.

03:30 - IS HOME TO THE SWEET BAKERY

03:32 - AMERICA, THEY TWICE IN THE LAST 2 YEARS.

03:35 - WE HAVE MANY 10 YOUR BUSINESS

03:37 - GREAT EMPLOYEES AND THIS IS WHY

03:40 - I'M HONORED TO LIVE HERE.

03:42 - WORK HERE AND SERVED THE TOWN

03:43 - THAT I LOVE SO MUCH.

03:46 - COMING TO A ROBUST PARK SYSTEM.

03:48 - WE CURRENTLY OUT 5 PARK.

03:50 - MILLER MADDOW WHO PARK UNDER

03:53 - PAR. MEMORIAL PARK

03:55 - AND THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

03:56 - LOCATED AT COUNTY LINE AND WHERE MELROSE.

04:01 - TOOL THE COMMUNITY POOL.

04:05 - IN THE

04:06 - 1950'S IT WAS FULLY RANDOM EAT

04:09 - IT WITH GRANT FUNDS COMMUNITY

04:10 - CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2006 THE POOL

04:14 - IS OPEN TO ALL WHO JOIN AND

04:16 - FEATURES A SLY SAND

04:18 - VOLLEYBALL COURT. A READING

04:19 - LIBRARY. ADULT SWIM.

04:22 - 2 PAVILIONS IF YOU'RE HUNGRY.

04:25 - THERE IS A FULL-SERVICE NEXT

04:26 - AND AND GRILL FOR FAMILY

04:28 - BARBECUES THE POOL IS AVAILABLE

04:30 - FOR PARTIES.

04:31 - THEY'RE A MEMBER COMMUNITY DAYS

04:33 - MOVIE NIGHT. CHRISTMAS

04:35 - IN JULY AND OTHER THEME PARTY

04:37 - FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP, THE POOL IS

04:39 - HOME TO THE COMPETITIVE SWIM

04:41 - TEAM KNOWN AS THE HEAD

04:42 - STORM RECENTLY WE ADDED

04:44 - ADDITIONAL PARKING AND RESERVE

04:46 - PARKING FOR VETERANS.

04:48 - HELLO MY NAME IS TIM SCHOLTZ

04:50 - I AM A HISTORIAN.

04:52 - THE BOROUGH AT BOROUGH AS

04:53 - WELL AS THE PRESIDENT, THE

04:55 - GREATER HATBORO CHAMBER OF

04:56 - COMMERCE RECENTLY WE CELEBRATED

04:58 - OUR 300 ANNIVERSARY AS A PEARL.

05:01 - AFTER ALL BEGAN

05:03 - WHEN IN ENGLISH SETTLER BY THE

05:05 - NAME OF JOHN DAWSON

05:07 - BUILT TO HOUSE ALONG YORK ROADS

05:09 - IN THE CENTER OF WHAT WOULD

05:10 - BECOME HAPPIER. HE WAS A HATTER

05:12 - WE ACTUALLY MADE HATS. AND SOME

05:15 - 30 YEARS LATER THAT SAME HOUSE

05:18 - THAT YOU MADE HATS AND WOULD

05:20 - BECOME A TAVERN OR A REST STOP.

05:24 - ALONG THE STATE'S COACH PATH

05:26 - FROM PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK.

05:29 - THE CROOKED BILLET IN. IT WAS A

05:31 - PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD REST

05:33 - AND GET THE FRESHMAN. ON THE

05:35 - TRIP UP TO NEW YORK.

05:36 - IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE

05:38 - REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

05:40 - THE CAMPAIGN OF 1777 TO 78.

05:44 - OUR FUTURE PRESIDENT GEORGE

05:45 - WASHINGTON ACTUALLY STOP AND

05:48 - STAY AT THE CROOKED BILLET IN.

05:50 - DURING THIS TIME.

05:51 - THERE WAS ALSO AN INFAMOUS

05:53 - BATTLE THAT TOOK PLACE WITHIN

05:55 - THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR TOWN.

05:58 - CALLED LATER THE BATTLE OF

05:59 - CROOKED BILLET. ON THE MORNING OF

06:05 - 5/1/1778. 900 BRITISH REGULARS

06:08 - CAME UP HORSHAM ROADS.

06:11 - I'M SURPRISED THAT ACT THE

06:13 - AMERICAN MILITIA WHICH WERE

06:14 - CAMPED AROUND THE CROOKED BILLET THEM.

06:18 - IT WASN'T SO MUCH A BATTLE AS

06:19 - IT WAS A ROUT. AND THE

06:21 - AMERICANS QUICKLY RETREATED TO THE WOODS.

06:29 - THE BATTLE WAS A A

06:30 - LOSING BATTLE ON THE PART OF

06:32 - THE AMERICANS. BUT IT WAS A

06:34 - RALLYING CRY. 2 OTHER PATRIOTS

06:43 - MANY YEARS LATER. RIGHT BEFORE THE

06:45 - CIVIL WAR. THE TOWN DECIDED

06:48 - THAT THEY WOULD BE WRECKED THE

06:49 - MONUMENT. THE HONOR THOSE WHO DIED. TODAY

06:54 - WE'RE STANDING IN THE ROBERT LOLLAR ROOMS.

07:00 - LOTTER ACADEMY WAS MADE POSSIBLE. BY.

07:06 - ROBERT JAY LAWLER WHO WAS A

07:07 - CONTINENTAL SOLDIER. PATRIOT,

07:10 - AN EDUCATOR, AS WELL AS A

07:12 - STATESMAN. AT THE TIME OF HIS

07:14 - DEATH. IT GAVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR

07:16 - HIS GOOD FRIEND, ANOTHER

07:17 - FOUNDING FATHER, PAT. YOU LOOK

07:20 - FOR THE LIVE. 2 CONSTRUCT

07:23 - A SUITABLE PLACE OF EDUCATION.

07:26 - HERE A LARGELY

07:27 - FARMING COMMUNITY. THE FURTHER

07:29 - EDUCATION. THIS BUILDING THAT

07:32 - WE'RE IN HERE TODAY. IT NOW THE HOME OF.

07:40 - IN 1812.

07:41 - AS THIS BUILDING

07:43 - BEING FINISHED ISAIAH LUKENS IT

07:46 - WAS LOCAL FROM NEIGHBORING PORTION. THE

07:50 - ACTUAL CLOCK. THAT WAS TO BE

07:53 - HOUSED IN THE TOWER. ISAIAH LUKENS.

07:57 - A BILL CALLING 3 CLOCKS AS FAR

07:59 - AS WE KNOW THIS IS ONLY ONE OF

08:01 - 2 SURVIVING THE OTHER. AS THE

08:03 - CLOCK TOWER DOWN IN INDEPENDENCE HALL.

08:08 - LOLLAR ACADEMY OR

08:09 - BOROUGH HALL WALKED ACROSS THE

08:11 - STREET HERE TO MILLER MEADOW.

08:13 - WE LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT

08:14 - ABOUT. THEY HAVE FOR CHAMBER OF

08:16 - COMMERCE. GREATER HAVE CHAMBER

08:18 - OF COMMERCE HAS BEEN HELPING BUSINESSES.

08:22 - WITH THEIR COMMUNITY EVENTS

08:23 - THE LAND AND IN SOME YEARS AND

08:26 - I'M PROUD TO HAVE SERVED.

08:28 - AS THE CHAMBER FACT PRESIDENT

08:29 - FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

08:31 - WE HAVE 2 MAIN BOOKEND EVENTS

08:34 - AT THE HALF ROAD CHAMBER AND

08:36 - THAT IS THE CAR SHOW IN THE

08:39 - SUMMER. THE LAST.

08:44 - WHAT'S CALLED THE MOONLIGHT

08:46 - MEMORIES CAR SHOW.

08:48 - AND WE DRAW 4 TO 500 CAR, OURS.

08:55 - WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 59TH

08:57 - YEAR OF THE HOLIDAY PARADE.

08:59 - IT WAS STARTED BY A GROUP OF

09:00 - BUSINESSMEN IN HAVE LOOKING TO

09:03 - DRAW COMMERCIAL UH HUH

09:05 - ATTENTION TO THE BOROUGH RIGHT

09:07 - BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

09:08 - SEASON. THERE ARE IN THE

09:10 - SUMMER. WE HAVE A NEWER EVENT

09:12 - IT'S CALLED SUMMER NIGHTS THAT

09:14 - FIRST SUMMER NIGHT

09:15 - IS EVERY OTHER FRIDAY

09:17 - THROUGHOUT THE 4 MONTHS OF

09:19 - SUMMER. AND WE HAVE A FARMERS

09:21 - MARKET THAT THE BAPTIST CHURCH

09:24 - WHERE WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO A

09:26 - THE BY THERE THEY'RE FRESH

09:28 - PRODUCE AND OTHER GOODIES AND

09:30 - THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CRUISE

09:32 - NIGHT THAT'S COORDINATED ON THE

09:33 - SECOND FRIDAY. OF THE

09:36 - SUMMER NIGHTS AND WE ACTUALLY

09:38 - RECREATE WHAT HAPPENED WILL

09:39 - LOOK LIKE BACK IN THE 70'S AND

09:41 - EARLY 80'S, WHEN GAS WAS VERY

09:43 - CHEAP. HELLO MY NAME IS JAMES COMEY

09:47 - I THE PRESIDENT HAVE FROM MAIN

09:49 - ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER HERE AND HOW

09:51 - UNTIL WE STOP

09:52 - ROW TAVERN I'VE IN THE TAVERN

09:55 - BUSINESS HERE AND HAVE PRO FOR

09:57 - A 23 YEARS NOW THE

09:59 - GREAT TOWN GREAT PLACE TO BE IN

10:01 - BUSINESS UM WE HAVE A LOT OF

10:03 - DIVERSIFIED THIS IS UP AND DOWN

10:05 - TO MAIN STREET, LOTS OF RESTAURANTS

10:07 - TO VISIT THERE'S A COUPLE

10:09 - BREWERIES IN TOWN WE ALL KINDS

10:12 - A LITTLE BUSINESSES NICHE UP AND DOWN

10:15 - MAIN STREET. ALL RIGHT NEXT TO

10:17 - ME HERE WE HAVE ON THE ABOUT

10:19 - POPCORN UP AND DOWN THE MAIN

10:20 - STREET WE HAVE JEWELERS AND

10:25 - A LOT OF DO YOURSELF TYPE OF

10:27 - BUSINESSES THAT ARE POPPING UP

10:28 - NOW WHICH IS KIND OF A COOL

10:30 - EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU COME OUT

10:31 - WITH FRIENDS. THERE'S SOMETHING TOGETHER.

10:34 - THE ONE ADVANTAGE IS THAT WE

10:35 - HAVE IS HOW PEROT'S HAVING A LOCAL TRAIN

10:37 - STATION HERE. SO IT S ABILITY

10:40 - TO HELP BOROUGH IN AND OUT IS

10:42 - REALLY NICE. WE HAVE A LOT OF

10:43 - PEOPLE THAT USE THE TRAIN TO

10:44 - GET INTO THE CITY OF WORK.

10:47 - ONE THING THAT'S NICE ABOUT HOW

10:48 - FOR THE RICE WALKABLE COMMUNITIES.

10:52 - MY NAME'S TURNEY

10:53 - WE'RE STANDING IN REDEFINE CAFE

10:56 - AT METAL AND WOOD. WE ARE

10:57 - CONNECTED TO SOLVE AND SCRAP

10:58 - METALS AND HAVE HER.

11:00 - THIS CAFE CAME TO BE BECAUSE

11:03 - MIKE WHALEN ON THE BUSINESS HAS

11:05 - SOLD HIS CAPITALS THIS IS

11:06 - THE OLD OFFICER STANDING IN

11:09 - THAT HE CONVERTED INTO A CAFE

11:11 - IS HE REALLY LIKES COFFEE.

11:12 - WE STARTED METAL

11:13 - AND WOOD BECAUSE MIKE WANTED TO

11:15 - REPURPOSE FOR INTERNAL THINGS

11:17 - THAT CAME INTO SOLD GUNS.

11:19 - AND HAVE A CREATIVE OUTLET.

11:21 - SO WHEN I STARTED HERE. YOU

11:23 - KNOW WE HAD THE INTENTIONS OF

11:24 - MAKING CUSTOM THINGS OUT OF

11:26 - MATERIALS THAT ARE COMING

11:27 - SCRAPPED. AND IT KIND OF

11:30 - EVOLVED MORE INTO A PRINTING

11:32 - BUSINESS WHICH YOU CAN SEE SOME

11:34 - OF THE PIECES ON THE WALL

11:34 - BEHIND ME ARE SOME OF THE

11:36 - THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE ALONG

11:37 - THE WAY. WE DON'T

11:40 - NECESSARILY REPURPOSE THINGS AS

11:42 - MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO.

11:44 - BUT WE DO STILL WORK WITH SO

11:47 - THEN WE WILL FROM TIME TO TIME.

11:49 - YOU KNOW GOOD THINGS COMING IN

11:50 - THAT ARE INTERESTING ENOUGH FOR

11:51 - US. WE'RE WANT TO SHOW OFF IN

11:53 - THE CAFE AND A LOT OF THOSE

11:55 - THINGS WE ACTUALLY USE YOU

11:57 - BUILD THE CAPITAL.

11:58 - THIS IS A SMALL PROJECT.

12:00 - THAT WE DID USING.

12:04 - ALL THESE LICENSE PLATES HAVE

12:06 - BEEN SITTING IN A WAREHOUSE

12:07 - INSIDE THAT. REALLY NO PURPOSE

12:10 - AND NO INTEREST FROM ANYONE.

12:13 - AND. THE FRONT OF

12:15 - OUR CAFE KIND OF THOUGHT HERE

12:18 - AND THERE WAS.

12:21 - AND WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT

12:22 - TO DO WITH IT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SLAPPING

12:25 - SOME OF THE WOODS

12:26 - STICKERS THAT MIDDLE WOULD

12:28 - PRODUCE IS ON THERE AS WE COME

12:29 - UP WITH NEW DESIGNS THAT COULD

12:31 - TAKE YEARS. SO

12:33 - AS WE ARE CLEANING UP THE SHOP

12:34 - YESTERDAY. SCOTT FOUND ALL OF

12:37 - THESE UNDECIDED THAT YOU JUST

12:38 - GO IN MAKING THE DECISION TO

12:40 - INSTALL THEM FROM A COUNTER.

12:43 - I DON'T NO GO FOR HER TO LOOK

12:45 - GOOD BETTER THAN JUST RECYCLING THEM.

12:49 - THIS IS ANOTHER CUSTOM PIECE WE

12:51 - HAVE IN THE CAFE AND I'M LIKE

12:54 - HIMSELF I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY

12:56 - WHEN IT WAS CREATED OR FOR WHAT

12:58 - PURPOSE. BUT IF I HAD TO GUESS

13:00 - THIS MIGHT BE THE REASON MIGHT.

13:03 - FIRST GOT INTO THE HOLE.

13:06 - AND REPURPOSING IDEAS. I THINK

13:08 - IT WAS DONE WHEN HE WAS

13:09 - LEARNING HOW TO WELD AND WORK WITH MEDALS.

13:12 - THIS ROOM IS THE LOUNGE

13:14 - SECTION OF OUR CAFE

13:16 - WHEN WE WERE FIRST OPENING.

13:19 - WE HAD AN IDEA IT'S NEW MURAL

13:20 - ON THE WALL RIGHT BEHIND ME

13:22 - WHICH I NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO

13:23 - COMPLETELY FINISH. BUT IT WAS

13:24 - INSPIRED BY MIRO THAT HAS SEEN

13:27 - A LOCKER ROOM COFFEEHOUSE IN FISHTOWN.

13:30 - ACTION FINISHING AT THE SAME

13:32 - DAY WE HAD OUR OPENING HERE.

13:36 - I WOULD LIKE TO DO A MURAL ON THE

13:38 - MAIN OFFICE, THE SIZE OF THE

13:40 - WHOLE FACADE FACING THE STREET

13:42 - IN HOPES THAT OTHER BUSINESSES AND HAPPER

13:45 - WILL SEE THAT AND BE INSPIRED TO DO SO.

13:48 - I'M MICHAEL CELLA DOWN THE

13:50 - DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY COMPANY

13:51 - OF APPLE. WE ARE THE

13:53 - 3RD OLDEST LIBRARY IN THE

13:54 - COMMONWEALTH, THE 12 COAL DUST,

13:56 - THE COUNTRY. THAT'S ALL THEY

13:58 - KNEW WAS A COLONY WHEN THE

13:59 - DRIVER WAS FOUND OF THE 7 TO

14:01 - 55. AT THAT POINT OTHER ONLY

14:03 - ABOUT 15 FARMHOUSES IN THE

14:06 - AREA. AND PEOPLE HAVE GROWN UP

14:08 - TOGETHER AND AND FOR THE

14:10 - LIBRARY COMPANY. I WAS THAT

14:11 - IMPORTANT TO THEM AT THAT EARLY STAGE EVEN.

14:14 - 2 HAVE OPPORTUNITIES

14:16 - FOR EDUCATION LIBRARIES BEEN IN

14:18 - THIS ROOM SINCE IT WAS BUILT IN

14:20 - 1849.

14:21 - WE'RE ALREADY ABOUT 94 YEARS

14:23 - OLD WHEN THIS WAS BUILT.

14:24 - SO BEFORE THAT. THE COLLECTION

14:27 - WOULD ROTATE. SOMETIMES THE

14:28 - MODEL LIBRARY MEMBERS HOUSES OR

14:31 - OTHER TEMPORARY PLACES IT COULD

14:33 - BE FOUND INCLUDING THE CROOKED

14:34 - BILLET IN WHATEVER.

14:36 - THE FIRST SHIPMENTS OF BOOKS

14:38 - CAME FROM LONDON OR PAY FOR IT

14:40 - POUNDS WE KNOW FOR RECORDS OF

14:42 - ONE OF THE EARLY SHIPMENTS OF

14:43 - BOOKS CAME RIGHT VERY WET

14:45 - AND THE MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY

14:46 - AND SPEND A FEW DAYS THERE TIME

14:48 - AIRING OUT THE WHAT

14:51 - JOBS. SO THAT SHOWS THE

14:52 - DEDICATION THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN

14:53 - HERE AT THIS LIBRARY. SINCE

14:55 - THE BEGINNING 7 TO 55.

14:58 - THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL CIVIL

15:00 - WAR FLAG THAT WAS MADE IN 18 64

15:02 - BY THE LOYA LADIES MORELAND

15:05 - THAT WAS GIVEN TO US IT'S BEEN

15:06 - HERE SINCE 19 OH 9. IT'S NEVER

15:09 - BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THAT.

15:11 - THIS CLOCK WAS ANOTHER

15:12 - IMPORTANT GIFT TO THE LIBRARY,

15:13 - LET'S FOR EXACTLY WHEN IT

15:15 - WAS BUILT. BUT IT'S BEEN HERE

15:17 - SINCE GIVEN TO US IN 1912.

15:20 - WE WIND IT EVERY WEEK IT JUST

15:21 - KEEPS TICKING.

15:23 - DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR WE HAVE

15:25 - FREE STORY TIME EVERY WEEK.

15:26 - THE CHILDREN HAVE GROWN THE

15:28 - SUMMER WE HAVE SUMMER READING

15:29 - WHICH INCLUDES MAGIC SCIENCE IS

15:32 - IT ANIMAL PROGRAMS. LAST WEEK

15:34 - WE HAD A POSSIBLE OUT BACK 90

15:37 - CHILDREN CAME OUT TO MEET.

15:40 - THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE

15:41 - GOING ON HALF ROAD STAY HERE

15:42 - THEIR WHOLE LIVES. THEY'RE ALSO

15:44 - HAVE PRO-FAMILY TO GO BACK

15:46 - GENERATIONS, SOMETIMES

15:48 - SOMEONE WILL COME IN AND SAY TO

15:49 - ME I DID MY STORY TIMES HERE

15:50 - WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND I'M HERE

15:52 - WITH MY GRANDKIDS TO THE STORY

15:53 - TIME FROM THE SAME PLACE TODAY.

15:55 - WELL WE'VE MODERNIZE IN MANY

15:57 - WAYS TOP OF THE SAME THINGS

15:58 - OTHER PUBLIC LIBRARY DO

15:59 - THIS TREE AND THE LIBRARY AFTER

16:01 - IS UNIQUE. IT FEEL WHEN YOU

16:03 - WALK INTO THE BUILDING VERY FEW

16:05 - LIBRA'S GO BACK THIS FAR IT'S

16:07 - SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD.

16:09 - HI MY NAME IS REVEREND JOSH

16:11 - BLAKESLEE AND WELCOME TO LOVE

16:12 - IN ACTION UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.

16:14 - WE ARE AN OPEN AND AFFIRMING

16:15 - COMMUNITY OF FAITH HERE AND

16:17 - HAVE WORLD. WE'RE SO GLAD TO BE

16:18 - IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS

16:19 - WELCOMED AND GRACE OUR MINDSET

16:21 - OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABOUT

16:22 - ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE STANDING

16:24 - RIGHT NOW IS THE FIRST CLEAR

16:26 - LIBRARY IN THIS PART OF

16:27 - PENNSYLVANIA JUST OPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO.

16:29 - IT'S A PUBLIC SPACE FOR ANYONE

16:31 - OF ANY AGE CAN COME. I LEARNED

16:33 - ABOUT THE LGBT PLUS COMMUNITY

16:35 - THERE'S SOME GREAT CHILDREN'S

16:36 - BOOKS HERE THEIR RESOURCES FOR

16:38 - PARENTS, IT'S ALSO GATHERING

16:40 - SPACE FOR YOU OR OTHERS

16:42 - AFTER-SCHOOL WANT TO COME AND

16:43 - HANG OUT. SPEAKING OF

16:44 - THAT ARE OUR COMMUNITY CENTER

16:46 - WHICH FOCUSES ON SERVING THE

16:47 - LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY IT'S

16:49 - CALLED SAGA. IT IS SEXUALITY

16:52 - AND GENDER SECONDS IT MEETS IN

16:54 - THIS SPACE AT LEAST ONCE

16:55 - A WEEK THERE'S A SUPPORT GROUP

16:57 - THAT MEETS YOUR THURSDAY'S IS

16:58 - ALSO ACTIVITY NIGHT FOR ALL

17:00 - PEOPLE, INCLUDING ALLIES AND WE

17:02 - SOMETIMES HAVE CLEAR CLOTHING

17:03 - SWAPS AND COFFEE HOUSES

17:05 - THAT UPSTAIRS WHERE WE USUALLY

17:07 - DO THAT ALL THE MUSIC IN THE

17:09 - CAR AN OPEN MIKE NIGHT. BUT IT

17:11 - ALSO DOUBLED THE WORSHIP SPACE

17:12 - FOR ART CHRISTIAN

17:14 - SUNDAY MORNINGS. WE ALSO HOST

17:16 - DINNERS AND OTHER EVENTS

17:17 - THERE ISN'T YOU KNOW GOD JUST

17:19 - STARTED LAST WEEK SO THE

17:20 - THOUGHT OF WELL OUR

17:22 - JASON SPACE IS RENTED OUT BY TO

17:25 - PSYCHOTHERAPIST WHO ARE BILINGUAL AN OFFER

17:27 - THOSE SERVICES EITHER FIGHTING

17:29 - SKILLS TO THE COMMUNITY.

17:30 - THOSE INVESTORS AND WE ALSO

17:32 - HAVE. SO IT IS THOUGH WHICH IS

17:34 - FROM PHILADELPHIA IN CENTER

17:36 - CITY. THEY ARE IMMIGRATION LAW

17:37 - SERVICE AND WE HAVE A LAWYER

17:39 - CHRISTINA WHO SERVES THE

17:40 - COMMUNITY THAT FEELS

17:42 - A LITTLE BIT VULNERABLE AND

17:43 - NEED SERVICES THAT MAY NOT BE

17:44 - ABLE TO FORCE THE SHOPPERS THAT

17:46 - PRO BONO AND SEE THAT THEY HAVE

17:47 - A WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO

17:50 - BE HERE WE'VE MET THE MAYOR AND

17:52 - CHIEF OF POLICE OF HOPPER ROAD.

17:53 - WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT OUR

17:55 - VISION FOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO

17:56 - HERE AT THE TOP OF THE CAPITOL.

17:58 - THERE ARE SO ENTHUSIASTIC, BUT

18:00 - ALSO THERE'S INCREASING THE WE

18:01 - WANT TO DO. SO WHEN

18:03 - WE PUT THE PRIDE FLAG RIGHT

18:05 - THERE ON YOUR CHROME WAS SO

18:06 - HAPPY TO BE ABLE

18:08 - FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE DOWN YOUR

18:09 - CULVER FROM THE FIRST THING YOU

18:10 - SEE IS WELCOME TO HAVE HER AND

18:12 - IT MAY BE THAT FLIGHT KNOWING

18:14 - THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY WHERE

18:15 - PEOPLE COULD FEEL SAFE. THEY

18:16 - CAN FEEL WELCOME WELCOME AS

18:18 - THEY ARE. AND THAT'S THE KIND

18:19 - OF COMMUNITY WE WANT TO BUILD

18:20 - THE THING FOR SOME TIME.

18:24 - WE'RE SO GLAD TO BE HERE AND WE

18:25 - HOPE THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE

18:26 - ALWAYS WELCOME IN THE SPACE.

18:28 - NO MATTER YOUR RELIGIOUS

18:29 - TRADITION OR FAITH.

18:31 - I'M GEORGE BOMBER AND THE

18:33 - COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAPPIER LIVES

18:35 - IN OFFICE SINCE JANUARY 2018.

18:38 - I'M STANDING IN THE RECREATION

18:39 - WITH JACKSONVILLE GREENS.

18:41 - ONE OF THE LUXURY APARTMENT

18:42 - COMPLEXES HERE IN HAPPIER.

18:45 - JACKSONVILLE GREEN ALONG WITH

18:46 - THE LOSS HAVE CHANGED THE FACE

18:48 - OF JACKSONVILLE ROADS. THEY ARE

18:50 - BUILT ON FORMER FACTORIES AND

18:52 - THEY HAVE BROUGHT A NEW

18:53 - DIMENSION TO THE BAR.

18:55 - THEIR APPEAL IS THERE ABOUT 7

18:56 - TO 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM BOTH

18:58 - THE TRAIN STATION THAT COULD

18:59 - TAKE YOU INTO CENTER CITY

19:00 - PHILADELPHIA. AND THE CENTER OF OUR TOWN.

19:03 - WE HAVE ANOTHER APARTMENT

19:04 - BUILDING DOWN TO THE SOUTH IN A

19:06 - TOWN CALLED THE BILLS THAT

19:08 - IS A PREDOMINANTLY 55 AND OVER

19:10 - COMMUNITY. IT IS CURRENTLY

19:11 - SEEKING TO EXPAND BECAUSE OF THEIR SUCCESS.

19:15 - ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS

19:16 - ALMOST COMPLETE IS CALLED HAVE

19:17 - PRO STATIONS THEY ARE LUXURY

19:19 - TOWNHOMES GO BY TOLL BROTHERS

19:21 - THERE ARE ABOUT 75% COMPLETE.

19:23 - AND THEIR APPEALS ALSO THE 5 TO

19:26 - 10 MINUTE WALK TO THE TRAIN

19:27 - STATION AND TO THE CENTER OF TOWN.

19:30 - THESE NEW PROJECTS HAVE BROUGHT

19:32 - NOT ONLY RESIDENTS BUT SHOPPERS

19:34 - TO OUR DOWNTOWN THIS.

19:37 - SHOPPERS NEW BUILD BUSINESSES

19:39 - THAT POPPED UP THIS IS LIKE NOT

19:40 - ABOUT POPCORN LOOK AT I BREWERY

19:43 - AS WELL AS MATT HAD A CAFE

19:45 - CRAFTERS IN THE BARN IN

19:46 - BERNIE'S RESTAURANT. THERE'S

19:47 - ALSO ANOTHER BREWERY PLAN AS

19:49 - WELL AS THE FUTURE RESTAURANTS.

19:51 - ALL THESE PROJECTS HAVE CHANGED

19:52 - AT PEARL BUT I'VE MANAGED TO

19:54 - KEEP A SMALL TOWN APPEAL.

19:55 - ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE HAVE

19:57 - GOING ON IS THAT.

19:59 - THAT IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM

20:00 - BOROUGH HALL IS THE ANCHOR TO

20:01 - OUR MAIN STREET.

20:03 - THAT WAS PURCHASED A FEW YEARS

20:04 - AGO COUNTY OPEN SPACE FOX.

20:07 - THE OUTSIDE THAN WORKING WITH

20:08 - THE STEERING COMMITTEE AS WELL

20:09 - AS THE COUNTY PLANNING

20:10 - COMMISSION. WE RECENTLY

20:12 - RECEIVED THE GRANT TO TRANSFORM

20:14 - THAT AREA THAT TRAILS NATURE

20:17 - VIEWING STATIONS AS WELL AS I

20:18 - CAN SEE BOTH ALIVE ENTERTAIN.

20:21 - WE THINK THAT WILL BE THE

20:22 - ANCHOR TO OUR MAIN STREET WHERE

20:23 - PEOPLE CAN WALK PLAY AND THEN

20:25 - LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE NATURE

20:26 - THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

20:27 - THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE VERY

20:28 - EXCITED FOR IS OUR NEW SCHOOLS.

20:31 - LOOK AT BILL ELEMENTARY IS

20:32 - RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM

20:33 - WHERE I'M STANDING AND THAT IS

20:34 - ACTUALLY BUILT ON A

20:35 - REVOLUTIONARY. MORE BATTLES.

20:39 - AFTER HER SON'S SCHOOL

20:40 - DISTRICT. RECENTLY THE SITE'S

20:42 - DECIDED TO RAISE THAT BUILDING

20:43 - AND BUILD A NEW BUILDING THAT

20:44 - WILL BE OPEN IN SEPTEMBER 20.

20:48 - ONE OF THE MAIN DRAW SO THIS

20:49 - AREA IS OUR SCHOOLS. I THINK

20:51 - OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THE SECOND

20:52 - TO NONE AND OUR STUDENTS

20:53 - GRADUATE, THEY ARE BOTH

20:55 - ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY

20:56 - PREPARED WHEN THEY FINISH HIGH SCHOOL.

20:59 - SO WE'RE ALL EXCITED FOR THE

21:00 - NEW SCHOOLS, THE NEW SCHOOLS

21:01 - WANT TO HAVE A ROTUNDA.

21:04 - EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF BOTH THE

21:06 - BATTLE FOR KABILA AS WELL AS THE GIRL HAVE.

21:10 - WHEN THAT OPENS THE LAW SO HAVE

21:11 - MANY CENTER ON ONE END.

21:13 - AND WE BELIEVE IT WILL BE A

21:14 - MAGNET TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE TO THIS AREA.

21:18 - A LOCUS OF A NEW WALK INTO

21:19 - THE BAR COPPER.

21:20 - MY NAME IS CHIEF TIM GARDNER ON

21:22 - THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE BAROQUE OPERA WHEN

21:24 - MONTGOMERY COUNTY. A POLICE

21:26 - OFFICER HERE AND HAVE FOR MY

21:28 - ENTIRE CAREER STARTING IN 1984

21:30 - DISPATCHER WORK MY WAY UP

21:32 - THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT TO THE

21:34 - RIGHT THE CHIEF WHICH OF

21:36 - 42,002. AFTER POLICE

21:38 - DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF 15 SWORN

21:40 - OFFICERS AND WORK FULL TIME

21:41 - FULL SERVICE LAW HAS WE

21:44 - OFFER PATROL AND INVESTIGATIVE

21:46 - SERVICES FOR ALL THROW IN THE FACT OF IT.

21:50 - HERE TODAY WERE HAPPIER PLACE

21:52 - THAT WOULD MODERNIZE.

21:54 - APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO IN

21:56 - THE TUNE OF A MILLION

21:58 - RENOVATION PROJECT EXISTING

22:01 - CARL BILDT WE NOW HAVE A STATE

22:03 - OF THE ART POLICE STATION ONE

22:05 - OF THE FINEST THE MONTGOMERY

22:07 - COUNTY, I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

22:09 - LAST YEAR.

22:09 - WE STARTED A FUNDRAISING

22:11 - CAMPAIGN TO START A CANINE UNIT,

22:13 - YOU'RE AFTER AND I'M PLEASED TO

22:15 - REPORT THE TRUTH AND PARTNERSHIPS

22:17 - AND DONATIONS WE'RE FORTUNATE

22:19 - ENOUGH TO RAISE APPROXIMATELY

22:21 - $40,000 LESS THAN 2 YEARS TO

22:22 - GET THE PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING.

22:24 - WE HAVE AN OFFICER OFFICER RIGHT

22:26 - NOW AND AND HE HAS HIS CANINE

22:28 - PARTNER LOU. LOUIS IS A TO A 2

22:30 - YEAR-OLD GERMAN SHEPHERD

22:32 - THAT WE OBTAIN FROM THE

22:33 - UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA THAT

22:35 - MARY SCHOOL. THEY HAVE

22:37 - A PREMIER. POLICE CANINE

22:40 - TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE

22:41 - LOCATION, PHILADELPHIA. OFFICER

22:43 - ALAN AND LOUISE GRADUATED IN

22:45 - MAY FROM NARCOTICS THE

22:47 - ACTUAL SCHOOL. SO LOAN WILL USE

22:49 - OF A DRUG DOG AND IN SEPTEMBER.

22:52 - HE WILL BE GOING TO TROLL

22:53 - SCHOOL GIRL WHO WAS SEARCHING APPREHENSION.

22:56 - SO I'M AT THAT POINT LOU GOLD

22:59 - CERTIFIED THE PRODUCTS THAT

23:00 - COOL. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE

23:02 - LAW LOU WEEK OFFICE AROUND AND THE PROGRAM.

23:07 - NEW MODERN BUILDING WE ARE

23:08 - GOING THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA

23:10 - LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION,

23:12 - PROGRAM. WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY

23:15 - TO JOINING APPROXIMATELY A

23:17 - 116 OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT

23:18 - AGENCIES OF PENNSYLVANIA AS BEING A CREDIT

23:21 - WHICH IS WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD

23:23 - OF THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT WE'RE

23:24 - NOT QUITE THERE YET TO WHILE

23:26 - AWAY. WE ARE HOPEFUL HAVE

23:28 - ACCREDITATION STATUS. BY 2020.

23:32 - SO.

23:33 - I'M VERY PLEASED WITH HOW

23:35 - THAT'S GOING AND I THINK

23:37 - IT IT WILL MAKE US EVEN A

23:39 - STRONGER AND BETTER LAW

23:40 - ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT WE ARE.

23:42 - WE'RE PROUD TO SERVE THE BARCAP ROLE. I

23:45 - THINK APPRO IS IN A VERY UNIQUE

23:48 - POSITION AT THE MOMENT WHO ARE

23:49 - REALLY DRIVES. I GREW UP HERE.

23:52 - I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN

23:53 - TOWN. WE HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL

23:56 - AND UPSIDE HERE. IT'S

23:57 - INCREDIBLE I'M REALLY PROUD OF

24:00 - THE COMMUNITY

24:02 - WE WE ENJOY SERVING THE PEOPLE HERE IN

24:04 - THE BUSINESSES AND I I REALLY

24:06 - ENCOURAGE ANYBODY LOOKING

24:07 - THROUGH A START-UP COMPANIES,

24:08 - YOUR BUSINESS TO GIVE US A

24:09 - CRIME THIS ARTICLE VERY OPEN

24:12 - BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND SAFE.

24:14 - I'M NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE

24:15 - FULL 5 POLICE DEPARTMENT WE

24:17 - HAVE A WE HAVE EARL FIRE

24:18 - COMPANY. AND OUR AMBULANCE

24:20 - SERVICE IS 24 7. RIGHT HERE

24:23 - IN TOWN AND THEY ARE ALL OFF

24:25 - STAFF WITH A TOP NOTCH PEOPLE.

24:27 - SO WE OFFER A VERY SAFE

24:28 - COMMUNITY. FOR WHICH A BUSINESS

24:31 - IN AN OPEN IN PRIVATE.

24:33 - THANK YOU FOR TAKING A TOUR

24:34 - OF THE BOROUGH HATBORO.

24:36 - PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE NEXT

24:37 - EDITION, IT'S GOING TO

24:38 - PENNSYLVANIA BOROUGHS RIGHT HERE ON PCN.


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