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.
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.