Exploring Pennsylvania Boroughs: Pottstown, a program produced by the PA State Association of Boroughs. Pottstown is a borough nestled in the northwestern corner of Montgomery County. Home to 22,377 residents, Pottstown is found 40 miles from Philadelphia and 20 miles south of Reading, up on Route 422.
00:11 - EXPLORING PENNSYLVANIA
00:12 - BURROWS IS PAID FOR IN PART BY
00:14 - THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
00:15 - ASSOCIATION OF BOROUGHS.
00:25 - A WELCOME US EDITION OF
00:26 - EXPLORING PENNSYLVANIA.
00:27 - BOROUGHS I'M CHRIS CAP
00:29 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
00:30 - PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION
00:31 - OF BOROUGHS EACH MONTH WE VISIT
00:33 - COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.
00:35 - HOW THE HISTORY CULTURE IN
00:36 - PROGRESS TAKING PLACE. TODAY'S
00:38 - 4 POTTSTOWN BOROUGH MONTGOMERY
00:39 - COUNTY. I SAW WAS ONCE AN IRON
00:42 - STEEL HUB TO A LARGE ROLLING
00:43 - MILLS TEXTILES FOUNDRIES THE
00:45 - MANUFACTURERS OF BRICKS
00:47 - AND SOAPS FOR THE PAST FEW
00:49 - YEARS THE DOWNTOWN
00:49 - REVITALIZATION IS MOVE FORWARD
00:51 - THE NEXT WRONG VENUE IN THE
00:53 - FARMERS MARKET AND SEVERAL
00:54 - BREWERIES THE ICONIC STILL
00:56 - RIVER PLAYHOUSE ALSO RECENTLY
00:58 - CELEBRATED ITS 10TH
00:59 - ANNIVERSARY.
01:01 - WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS TOUR.
01:02 - ONE OF PENNSYLVANIA'S MANY
01:03 - GREAT COMMUNITIES.
01:06 - I'M JUSTIN KELLER POTTSTOWN
01:08 - BOROUGH MANAGER WELCOME TO
01:10 - POTTSTOWN. POTTS
01:11 - TOWN IS HOME TO 22,000
01:14 - HARDWORKING RESIDENT. WE HAVE
01:16 - BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE, THE
01:18 - DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE AND FAMILY
01:20 - FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES FOR ALL
01:22 - AGES.
01:23 - WITH OVER A 150 ACRES OF
01:25 - PARKLAND THE DIVERSE HOUSING
01:27 - STOCK AND A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN
01:30 - POTTS TOWN HAS BECOME ONE OF
01:31 - THE MOST DESIRABLE LOCATIONS IN
01:33 - THE PHILADELPHIA REGION.
01:34 - THIS UNIQUE PLAN
01:36 - OF ARCHITECTURE QUALITY OF LIFE
01:39 - THE SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE TO
01:40 - POTTSTOWN THE TOWN WHERE YOU
01:42 - CAN TRULY HAVE BECAUSE THAT
01:44 - ALTON EXPERIENCE.
01:46 - MORE SIMILAR TO THAT OF AN
01:48 - URBAN METROPOLITAN CENTER WHILE
01:50 - ENJOYING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF
01:52 - THE SUBURBS.
01:54 - ARE WALKABLE AND VIBRANT
01:55 - DOWNTOWN ALONG WITH AFFORDABLE
01:57 - REAL ESTATE PRICES TRULY
01:59 - OFFER EVERYTHING FROM SOMEONE
02:01 - THAT'S A MILLENNIAL TO AN EMPTY
02:03 - NESTER.
02:06 - AND SEE WHY PEOPLE ARE PICKING
02:07 - POTTSTOWN.
02:11 - MY NAME IS AM
02:12 - WE END AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE
02:14 - POTS TOWN
02:15 - BOROUGH COUNCIL POTTSTOWN'S
02:17 - LOCATED IN WESTERN
02:19 - MONTGOMERY COUNTY. AT THE
02:20 - CROSSROADS OF ROUTES, 100 AND
02:22 - THE 4.22. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT
02:25 - POTS TIM, WE HAVE QUITE A
02:26 - HISTORY. THIS IS THE
02:28 - HOME TO
02:29 - MRS. SMITH PIES WHERE AMANDA
02:31 - SMITH BAKER FIRST PIES FOR
02:33 - SALE. IT'S ALSO HOME TO THE
02:35 - DANA CORPORATION, WHICH IS
02:36 - CELEBRATING THEIR 100TH
02:38 - ANNIVERSARY HERE IN PARTS DOWN
02:39 - RIGHT NOW.
02:42 - JUST TO OUR WEST
02:43 - THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY
02:45 - COLLEGE
02:46 - WEST CAMPUS. AND THAT IN
02:48 - CONJUNCTION WITH OUR
02:49 - POTTSTOWN'S SCHOOLS GIVES OUR
02:50 - PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
02:51 - EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN FROM PRE
02:53 - KINDERGARTEN. ALL THE WAY
02:55 - THROUGH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE
02:56 - WITHOUT EVER LEAVING THE
02:57 - BOROUGH. AND OF COURSE WHERE
02:59 - THE HOME TOO. THE HILL SCHOOL A
03:01 - PRESTIGIOUS PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT
03:04 - ACTUALLY IS ON QUITE A HILL
03:05 - HERE IN TOWN. AGAIN WE WE WANT
03:08 - TO ATTRACT EMPLOYERS
03:10 - AND INVESTORS
03:12 - AND REALIZING. WE CAN'T FORCE
03:15 - YOU TO COME WE CAN MAKE IT
03:16 - EASIER FOR YOU TO COME. SO I
03:19 - CREATED AND AN OVERSIGHT
03:21 - COMMITTEE CALLED THE EFFICIENT
03:23 - MESSAGE COMMITTEE. WITH 2 MAJOR
03:25 - GOALS FIRST. WE WANT TO MAKE
03:28 - OUR STAFF AND OUR PROCESSES
03:30 - HERE WITHIN BOROUGH HALL RUN
03:31 - MORE SMOOTHLY. SO WE LOOKED AT
03:33 - THE AT EVERY PROCESS THEY WERE
03:36 - MAKING EACH ONE RUN MORE
03:37 - EFFICIENTLY. SECOND WE WANT TO
03:39 - MAKE THIS PLACE MORE
03:40 - USER-FRIENDLY.
03:42 - AND WE TALKED WITH STAFF WE
03:43 - TALK WITH INVESTORS TALK WITH A
03:45 - LOT OF PEOPLE AND BY DOING SO
03:48 - WERE STREAMLINED FORMS AND
03:49 - CHANGING METHODS AND PROCEDURES
03:52 - FOR ANYONE INVESTING HERE TO
03:54 - WORK WITH THE BOROUGH.
03:56 - AND FINALLY WE HAVE LEARNED
03:57 - WHICH IS THE LOCAL ECONOMIC
03:59 - REVITALIZATION. TAX ABATEMENT
04:02 - THE PROGRAM WHICH IS THOSE
04:04 - STARTING A NEW BUSINESS
04:06 - OR MOVING AND EXPANDING HERE IN
04:08 - DETAIL, A TAX BREAK TO HELP YOU
04:11 - GET STARTED AND KEEP YOU
04:12 - SUSTAINED.
04:14 - AND LIKE YOU KNOW, I PICKED
04:16 - PUNCH 10 YEARS AGO AND I HOPE
04:19 - YOU'LL PICK PUNCHED HIM TODAY.
04:22 - I'M CATHY STICK. OH, I'M THE
04:24 - SENIOR DIRECTOR OF
04:25 - INSTITUTIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS
04:26 - FOR THE HILL SCHOOL HERE IN
04:28 - POTS TOWN. AND I'M ALSO THE
04:29 - DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR
04:31 - THE HOBART'S RUN INITIATIVE
04:33 - WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD
04:34 - DEVELOPMENT. THE INITIATIVE OF
04:36 - THE HILL SCHOOL.
04:37 - THE HILL SCHOOL PICKED POTS
04:39 - TOWN 168 YEARS AGO
04:41 - FOUNDED IN 1851 THE HILL SCHOOL
04:44 - ORIGINALLY WAS AN ALL-BOYS
04:45 - BOARDING HIGH SCHOOL. NOW WE'RE
04:47 - COEDUCATIONAL. WE HAVE
04:50 - 530 STUDENTS
04:51 - FROM THE 32 STATES AND 32
04:53 - FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND WE HAVE
04:54 - ABOUT 9500 ALUMNI
04:56 - THEY LOVE TO VISIT POTS TOWN TO
04:58 - VISIT THE HILL SCHOOL AND IT'S
05:00 - DEFINITELY THEIR HOME AWAY FROM
05:02 - HOME.
05:03 - THE HILL SCHOOL IS INDEED
05:04 - LOCATED ON A HILL IN THE MIDDLE
05:06 - OF DOWNTOWN POTTSTOWN WE ARE
05:08 - ABOUT 200 ACRES.
05:10 - WE ARE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AS
05:12 - A VERY ACADEMICALLY
05:13 - COMPETITIVE. COLLEGE PREP
05:15 - BOARDING SCHOOL. WE'RE ALSO
05:17 - VERY TRADITIONAL PLACE WE HAVE
05:19 - THE TRADITIONS SUCH AS A SEEDED
05:21 - MEALS BETTER SERVED BY FACULTY.
05:23 - WE HAVE A NON DENOMINATIONAL
05:25 - CHAPEL SERVICE TWICE A WEEK FOR
05:27 - STUDENTS AND
05:27 - OUR FACULTY AND WE ALSO HAVE A
05:30 - DRESS THE GUYS AND GIRLS BOTH
05:32 - BUS WHERE PER BLAZERS THE GUYS
05:34 - WEAR A NECK TIE.
05:36 - THE HILL SCHOOL AND HOBART'S
05:37 - RUN ARE SO HAPPY TO BE A PART
05:39 - OF POTS TOWN AND EVERYTHING
05:40 - THAT IS HAPPENING HERE IF YOU'D
05:42 - LIKE TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE HILL
05:43 - SCHOOL. YOU CAN CONTACT OR
05:45 - ADMISSION OFFICE AND IF YOU'D
05:46 - LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
05:48 - COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES
05:49 - PRESENTED BY HOBART'S RUN, I'M
05:51 - HAPPY TO HELP YOU OUT. HELLO
05:54 - I'M PEGGY LEE CLARK.
05:55 - AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE
05:56 - DIRECTOR OF POTS TOWN AREA
05:58 - INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND I
06:00 - PICK CROPS DOWN EVERY DAY AND
06:02 - I'M HAPPY THAT OTHERS ARE
06:03 - PICKING POTS TOWN TO WE'RE
06:04 - STANDING HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN
06:06 - WHICH IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY
06:08 - GREAT ASSETS WE HAVE
06:09 - AS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
06:11 - AROUND FOR COMMERCIAL
06:12 - DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO HAVE
06:14 - AS A TRADITIONAL OFFICE PARK
06:16 - CIRCLE
06:16 - OF PROGRESS AS WELL AS AN EAST
06:19 - AND WEST GATE WAY WHICH IS
06:22 - EVERYTHING FROM A HOSPITAL 2
06:24 - CAR
06:25 - HEARTS PLACES. POTS TOWN HAS A
06:28 - LONG HISTORY WITH VEHICLES AND
06:30 - YOU CAN SEE THAT IN MANY OF THE
06:31 - BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY
06:33 - LOCATED HERE AND PEOPLE THAT
06:35 - ARE ATTRACTED HERE JUST AS SUCH
06:37 - AS WITH THE CAR SHOWS THAT WE
06:38 - HAVE GOING ON ONCE
06:39 - A MONTH. IN THE WARMER SUMMER
06:42 - MONTHS THROUGH THE FALL.
06:44 - WE ALSO HAVE THINGS LIKE
06:45 - AMERICAN K IT IS THE ONLY
06:47 - STAINLESS STEEL PRODUCER OF
06:50 - HAIG'S BEER KEGS WITHIN THE
06:52 - UNITED STATES AND IT'S LOCATED
06:54 - HERE RIGHT IN POTS TOWN.
06:56 - WE HAVE THINGS LIKE HAND.
06:58 - THE PROCESS SAYING SO
06:59 - SOMETHING SO OLD IS
07:01 - NEW AGAIN AND WE'VE KNOWN FOR A
07:03 - LONG TIME IN THE AGRICULTURAL
07:05 - COMMUNITIES THAT HEMP IS A
07:06 - REALLY IMPORTANT PRODUCT FOR
07:08 - LOTS OF THINGS FROM EVERYTHING
07:10 - FROM CLOTHING.
07:11 - THE TIRES AND WE HAVE HIM
07:13 - PROCESSING RIGHT HERE THAT IS
07:15 - OPENING UP HERE IN
07:16 - POTS TOWN THEY ALSO HAVE A LIFE
07:18 - SCIENCES INCUBATOR HUBB THAT'S
07:19 - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ON THE 3RD
07:21 - FLOOR OF ONE OF OUR MAJOR
07:23 - COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. SO WE ARE
07:25 - IN WITH THE MODERN TECHNOLOGIES
07:28 - OF TODAY AS WELL AS EMBRACING
07:31 - OUR HISTORY HERE. WE ARE ABLE
07:33 - TO CONNECT THE BUSINESS
07:35 - COMMUNITY WITH LICENSING
07:37 - INSPECTION AS WELL AS BOROUGH
07:39 - ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE
07:41 - THAT THERE'S A SMOOTH
07:42 - TRANSITION WHEN PEOPLE ARE
07:43 - OPENING UP
07:44 - THE BUSINESS. WE ALSO GREAT
07:45 - PARTNERSHIPS WITH THINGS LIKE
07:47 - THE TRI COUNTY AREA CHAMBER
07:49 - THAT REALLY ALLOWS ONE TO
07:50 - BUSINESSES ESTABLISHED TO MEET
07:52 - THEIR NEIGHBORS IN NETWORK AND
07:54 - GET PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
07:55 - HELP THERE'S A COMMUNITY
07:57 - COLLEGE HERE FOR FURTHER
07:58 - EDUCATION POST BACA LAURIE IT
08:01 - CAN EVEN BE HAD AND ON
08:02 - THEIR CAMPUSES WE HAVE
08:04 - SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY HERE
08:06 - OUR DOWNTOWN I LOVE TO
08:07 - REFER TO AS AN AN EXPERIENCE
08:11 - THAT'S A VERY AUTHENTIC.
08:14 - HELLO I'M JOHN GIN UP WITH
08:15 - SOME MEDIA FOUNDER AND ONE OF
08:17 - THE FOUNDERS OF SLY FOX BREWING
08:19 - COMPANY AS WELL AS THE
08:20 - PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO TALK
08:22 - ABOUT WHY SLYFOX THE
08:24 - POTS TOWN WE KNOW WE SELECT THE
08:26 - POTSDAM BACK IN LATE
08:27 - 2011. THE OBVIOUS SUCCESSOR TO
08:30 - BREW PUB LOCATION WORSE FOR IT.
08:32 - BUT WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL SPACE
08:34 - MORE BREWING CAPACITY AND OF
08:36 - COURSE WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE
08:37 - FOR THE BREWERY ME WHICH IS OF
08:39 - COURSE WATER
08:40 - AND SEWER AND WE LOOKED A LOT
08:43 - TO SLAM THE COMMUNITIES.
08:44 - WE ALSO NEED LAND BECAUSE WE
08:46 - LIKE TO BARGE EVENTS
08:48 - AND WE LOOKED AT MANY MANY
08:49 - SPACES BUT WE FINALLY PUT
08:51 - BECAUSE IN SOME LOCATIONS, THE
08:53 - INDUSTRIAL PARK. THAT HAS
08:55 - LANDED ASSOCIATED WITH WE'VE
08:56 - GOT TO CHASE A PLOT AND WE ALSO
08:59 - WERE ABLE A PASSERBY FOR WATER
09:02 - AND SORE AND THAT'S REALLY
09:04 - IMPORTANT FOR US. WE
09:05 - BREW BEER, IT TAKES 7 GOING TO
09:07 - WANT TO MAKE ONE GALLON
09:08 - OF BEER. ALSO A COUPLE YEARS
09:11 - AFTER RELOCATED THE
09:11 - BREWERY HERE. SOME FRIENDS AND
09:13 - I DECIDED THAT WE GET TO OPEN
09:15 - UP A WHISKEY DISTILLERY
09:17 - BECAUSE SLYFOX AND THE
09:18 - RESOURCES OF THE CAPABILITY TO
09:20 - MAKE THE LOSS WHICH IS WHAT THE
09:21 - DISTILLERY USES THE STILL INTO
09:23 - THE PRODUCT THAT THEY MAKE IT
09:25 - MADE SENSE TO LOCATED DIRECTLY
09:26 - ACROSS THE STREET.
09:28 - SO A MARATHON IS STILL WORKS IS
09:30 - LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM
09:31 - SLY FOX WE MAKE THE
09:33 - WASH HERE THAT'S LIKE FOX.
09:35 - WE FOR TRUCK ACROSS THE STREET
09:37 - TO LET TONY
09:38 - AND THEY JUST FILL IT OUT AND
09:39 - MAKE AMAZING WHISKEY RIGHT
09:41 - ACROSS THE STREET, THE CIRCLE
09:42 - ENDS UP BEING A REALLY FUN.
09:44 - LOCATION ON THE WEEKENDS
09:45 - BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN COME MOST OF
09:48 - THE SCHOOL SO I THOUGHT SPRING
09:49 - AND GOLD CROSS THE STREET COME
09:51 - OUT ON THE STUART. SO NEXT
09:53 - TIME YOU'RE IN THE POTTSTOWN
09:54 - AREA MAKE SURE TO COME OUT TO
09:55 - THE
09:55 - CIRCLE PROGRESS AND GET THE
09:57 - DOUBLE HEADER ONE OF SLY FOX
09:58 - WHO WANT TO VOTE ON IT STILL
09:59 - WORKS. CHEERS.
10:02 - HELLO MY NAME IS NATHANIEL
10:03 - GASTON ON THE EXECUTIVE
10:04 - DIRECTOR OF THE COLEBROOKDALE
10:05 - RAILROAD PRESERVATION TRUST.
10:07 - AMONG ITS MANY SUPERLATIVES
10:09 - POTS TOWN IS THE SOUTHERN
10:10 - TERMINUS OF THE COLEBROOKDALE
10:11 - RAILROAD ONE OF THE OLDEST
10:13 - RAILROADS IN PENNSYLVANIA,
10:14 - CONNECTING POTTS TOWN AND
10:16 - BOYERTOWN PENNSYLVANIA WITH THE
10:18 - NATIONAL FREIGHT NETWORK.
10:19 - THE COVERT THERE IT WAS BUILT
10:21 - BY CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS WHO HAD
10:22 - JUST COME HOME FROM THE WAR TO
10:24 - CONNECT THE OLDEST IRON MAKING
10:25 - SITES IN THE NEW WORLD ALL
10:26 - FOUND RIGHT HERE IN
10:27 - PENNSYLVANIA. THE RAILRIDERS
10:29 - REDISCOVERED ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO
10:31 - AND REBUILT BY CITIZENS IN POTS
10:33 - TOWN AND BOYERTOWN BRINGING
10:35 - PASSENGERS FROM ALL OVER THE
10:36 - WORLD HERE TO POTS TOWN TO
10:38 - EXPLORE THE MANY WONDERFUL
10:39 - ATTRACTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO
10:40 - OFFER BEHIND ME IS A NEW
10:42 - STATION THAT WILL SERVE THOSE
10:44 - PASSENGERS ASKED ME TO COME
10:45 - FROM EVERY STATE IN THE UNION
10:46 - AND MANY FOREIGN COUNTRIES
10:48 - EVERY YEAR TO EXPLORE POTS TOWN
10:50 - AND THE MANY ATTRACTIONS HERE
10:51 - IN
10:51 - THE DOWNTOWN AND IN THIS PLACE
10:53 - POTTSTOWN'S MEMORIAL PARK.
10:56 - MEMORIAL PARK IS POTTSTOWN'S
10:57 - RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL CORE.
10:59 - IN ADDITION TO PASCO MENTION
11:01 - THE IRON MASTER SITE
11:02 - MORAL PARK IS ALSO HOME TO A 19
11:04 - OH 6 PHILADELPHIA TOBOGGAN
11:06 - COMPANY CAROUSEL A GREAT WAY TO
11:07 - SPEND THE AFTERNOON HERE IN
11:08 - POTTSTOWN ADDITIONALLY MEMORIAL
11:11 - PARK IS HOME TO A DOG PARK, THE
11:12 - SKATE PARK. THE SOUNDS OF YOU
11:14 - SPRAY PARK AS WELL AS BAN
11:16 - STANDS PLAYING FIELD
11:18 - AND THE TRAIL THAT RUNS ALONG
11:19 - THE BEAUTIFUL MANATAWNY CREEK
11:20 - THAT FORMS THE WESTERN BORDER
11:21 - OF THE PARK.
11:22 - POTTSTOWN IS A WONDERFUL PLACE
11:24 - TO BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY ON THE
11:25 - COLEBROOKDALE RAILROAD ONE OF
11:26 - THE MOST SCENIC A BEAUTIFUL
11:27 - RARE ATTORNEYS ANYWHERE IN THE
11:28 - COUNTRY. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
11:30 - JOIN US HERE IN POTTSTOWN TO
11:31 - EXPLORE ALL THE THINGS THIS
11:32 - WONDERFUL AND HISTORIC
11:33 - COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER.
11:35 - HEY GUYS MY NAME IS AND THESE
11:37 - ARE AND I'M ONE OF THE
11:38 - CO-OWNERS HERE OF THE ALLEY ON
11:40 - HIGH STREET LOCATED AT 2.28
11:42 - EAST HIGH STREET HERE IN
11:43 - POTTSTOWN.
11:45 - WE THINK OF THE ICE FOR YOU
11:46 - THINK OF A BEER GARDEN, WE'RE
11:47 - NOT YOUR TYPICAL BEER GARDEN.
11:49 - WE'RE A SPOT THAT YOU CAN COME
11:50 - HERE AND GET GOOD DRINKS.
11:52 - GOOD VODKA GOOD LUCK OR
11:54 - GOOD WINE. GOOD FRIENDS AND
11:56 - GOOD KIDS ARE COMING HERE ALL
11:57 - TIMES THE FAMILY FRIENDLY PLACE
11:59 - DOG FRIENDLY PLACE.
12:00 - WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A PLACE
12:01 - WHERE THERE'S 21 THE 30
12:03 - YEAR-OLD HERE AT ALL TIMES THIS
12:04 - IS FAMILY. WE WANT YOU TO COME
12:06 - DOWN HERE SET
12:07 - RELAX. LET YOUR KIDS PLAY THE
12:09 - GAMES. WE HAVE
12:10 - A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT GAMES
12:12 - THE KIDS TO PLAY VERY RELAXED
12:13 - ATMOSPHERE. IF YOU HAVE DOGS
12:15 - FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR DOGS
12:17 - THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO CREATE
12:18 - SOME DIFFERENT A DOG'S FAMILY.
12:20 - FRANCE,
12:21 - THOSE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN
12:23 - HERE RECENTLY LAST 6, 8, MONTHS
12:25 - YOU REALLY NEED TO MAKE A POINT
12:27 - THERE'S A LOT OF NEW BUSINESSES
12:28 - OPEN UP AND ME BEING AN
12:29 - OUTSIDER IT'S A SURPRISE AT
12:32 - THE VARIETY. AND THE AMOUNT OF
12:33 - THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPEN
12:34 - AND I FEEL LIKE EVERY WEEK.
12:36 - SO IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN IN TOWN
12:38 - DO YOURSELF. A FAVOR PLEASE
12:39 - STOP DOWN STOP AND SEE US AT
12:41 - THE ALLEY ON HIGH STREET 2.28
12:43 - IS ACTUALLY DID NOT COME SEE
12:45 - THE OTHER SHOPS DOWN THERE.
12:47 - I'M NOW IN MCBAIN.
12:49 - WE'RE HERE AT THE CAROUSEL AT
12:50 - POTTSTOWN BOARD MEMBER ART
12:53 - DIRECTOR AND
12:54 - VICE PRESIDENT THE CAROUSEL'S
12:56 - AT 30 WEST KING STREET
12:57 - POTTSTOWN PA AND WE'RE HERE
12:59 - WITH PPC 9.
13:01 - THIS IS THE SECOND OLDEST
13:03 - OPERATING WOODEN CAROUSEL IN
13:05 - THE UNITED STATES THAT WAS
13:06 - BUILT BY THE PHILADELPHIA
13:08 - TOBOGGAN COMPANY NUMBER 9 HERE
13:10 - WAS MADE IN 19 O 5
13:13 - WE'RE WELL OVER A 100 YEARS AND
13:14 - CERTAINLY IN THE MT BUT IT'S
13:17 - IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT OUT
13:18 - OF THAT 100 YEARS,
13:19 - 18 OF THEM WAS SPENT IN A
13:21 - VOLUNTEER EFFORT TO RE STORE
13:24 - AND REPLICATE THE ORIGINAL
13:25 - CAROUSEL SO THAT WE COULD SET
13:27 - IT UP IN THE BUILDING TODAY.
13:29 - WE'RE ACROSS THE STREET FROM
13:30 - MEMORIAL PARK AND THE NEW
13:32 - COLEBROOKDALE RAILROAD STATION
13:34 - AND RIGHT NEXT TO US IS THE
13:35 - MANATAWNY GREEN. MANY GOLF
13:37 - COURSE, WHICH WE ALSO OPERATE
13:39 - FOR THE BOROUGH.
13:41 - WE BRING IN ABOUT
13:43 - 8200,000 VISITORS A YEAR TO
13:45 - THIS FACILITY. SOME OF THEM
13:48 - COMING FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
13:49 - EVEN FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
13:52 - WE'RE LITERALLY A DESTINATION
13:54 - FOR PARIS OWN PCN SO WE HAVE
13:56 - FOLKS COMING TO THE BOROUGH
13:57 - SPECIFICALLY TO SEE THIS
13:59 - ATTRACTION. WE HOLD ANNUAL
14:02 - EVENTS CORNER AND.
14:04 - WE HAVE EVERY AUTUMN HOUR
14:06 - CAROUSEL OF FLAVOR RESTAURANT
14:07 - FESTIVAL WITH 15 TO 20
14:10 - RESTAURANTS, PARTICIPATING AND
14:12 - THAT GARNERS A LOT OF ATTENTION
14:13 - NOT ONLY IN THE BOROUGH BUT
14:14 - SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN FAIR
14:17 - WEATHER SPRING TO FALL WE DO
14:18 - OUR FIRST FRIDAYS.
14:20 - WE'VE HAD CAR NIGHTS MOVIE
14:21 - NIGHTS WE HAVE PRINCESS PARTY
14:23 - SUPERHERO PARTIES. WE'VE HAD
14:26 - THE EASTER BUNNY HERE AND
14:27 - EVERY DECEMBER FOR BREAKFAST,
14:30 - SANTA COMES IN MAKES A VISIT
14:32 - AND THAT'S THE REAL SANTA ON
14:35 - BEHALF OF THE CAROUSEL STOPPING
14:37 - AND TAKE A SPIN.
14:39 - HI I'M STEPHANIE HENDRICK AND
14:41 - I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS THE
14:42 - MAYOR OF POTTSTOWN I WAS
14:44 - BORN AND RAISED IN CALIFORNIA
14:46 - AND NEVER REALLY FELT LIKE HOME
14:49 - IN PENNSYLVANIA. THAT IS UNTIL
14:51 - I MOVED TO POTTSTOWN
14:53 - WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING EVENTS
14:55 - IN POTTSTOWN THAT BRING
14:56 - VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE
14:58 - WORLD. AND MOST IF NOT ALL OF
15:00 - THESE EVENTS ARE PUT TOGETHER
15:02 - BY MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
15:05 - VOLUNTEERS.
15:07 - WE HAVE THE POTS TOWN RUN BALL
15:09 - WHICH IS THE LARGEST GRASS
15:11 - DOUBLES VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
15:13 - IN THE NATION.
15:15 - IT BRINGS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER
15:17 - 4,000 PLAYERS,
15:19 - 200 PLUS NETS. AND IN NOW WITH
15:22 - PARTNERING WITH 80 P. WERE ABLE
15:26 - TO OFFER
15:27 - OVER 80,000 IN CASH
15:29 - AND PRIZES. POTTSTOWN GOES ALL
15:31 - OUT FOR A 4TH OF JULY WE START
15:34 - OUT OUR DAY WITH A ARE HUGE
15:36 - PARADE THAT FEATURES THE POTS
15:37 - ON ARTERY, LARGE YELLOW
15:39 - INFLATABLE DUCK. TO LET
15:42 - EVERYONE KNOW THAT AFTER THE
15:43 - PARADE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR.
15:45 - REVEREND DOCTOR RACE DOWN THE
15:46 - RIVER. AND THE PARADE ENDS AT
15:49 - THE PAR WHERE WE HAVE A FULL
15:51 - DAY OF EVENTS. IN OUR
15:54 - GOFORTH FESTIVAL. THEY HAVE
15:56 - LIVE ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC.
15:59 - CRAFTS VENDORS, THE LOCAL
16:01 - CUISINE DRINKS AND OF COURSE
16:05 - BEER GARDEN, THE NIGHT ALWAYS
16:07 - ENDS WITH A FANTASTIC DISPLAY
16:10 - OF FIREWORKS. OUR COMMUNITY
16:12 - DOESN'T JUST COME OUT FOR FUN
16:13 - EVENTS THEY COME OUT TO MAKE
16:15 - POTS AND A BETTER PLACE
16:17 - THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR WE
16:19 - HAVE A COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENTS
16:20 - SUCH AS ROCK THE BLOCK THE
16:22 - CLEANUP OF EDGEWOOD CEMETERY.
16:24 - BLOCK PARTIES AND MANY OTHERS
16:26 - SO COME OUT TO POTTSTOWN TO
16:28 - EXPERIENCE WHAT HOME REALLY
16:30 - FEELS LIKE.
16:32 - HI WELCOME TO STILL RIVER
16:33 - PLAYHOUSE LOCATED HERE AT 2.45
16:36 - EAST HIGH STREET IN POTTSTOWN.
16:37 - MY NAME IS RITA PETERSON AND
16:39 - DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HERE IT'S
16:40 - STILL RIVER.
16:41 - THE STILL RIVER STARTED WHEN A
16:43 - GROUP OF THEATER PROFESSIONALS
16:44 - CAME TOGETHER THEY WANTED TO
16:46 - BUILD A COMMUNITY WHERE YOU
16:47 - COULD PRODUCE SHOWS THAT WERE
16:48 - CREATED AND INSPIRING FOR THE
16:50 - COMMUNITY.
16:52 - MORE THAN A DECADE AGO WE MADE
16:54 - A $1 MILLION INVESTMENT AND
16:55 - PICK POTS TOWN AS OUR PERMANENT
16:57 - HOME. WE HAVE 2 THEATER SPACES
16:59 - HERE RIGHT ON HIGH STREET, THE
17:01 - BLACK BOX WHICH SEATS ABOUT
17:03 - 220 AND UPSTAIRS A LOFT SPACE
17:06 - WHICH SEATS ABOUT A 120 AND IS
17:07 - GREAT FOR SMALLER MORE INTIMATE
17:09 - PERFORMANCES.
17:11 - WE PRODUCE 8 MAINSTAGE SHOWS
17:13 - ANNUALLY AND WELCOME 10,000
17:15 - GASSED. WE'VE TAKEN OUR
17:16 - AUDIENCE AS UNDER THE BIG TOP
17:18 - OF PIPPIN OVER THE AUSTRIAN
17:20 - HILLS AND THE SOUND OF MUSIC
17:22 - WE'VE TAKEN THEM TO A COURTROOM
17:24 - IN ALABAMA FOR TO KILL A
17:25 - MOCKINGBIRD AND UNDER THE SEA
17:27 - WITH ARIEL IN THE LITTLE
17:29 - MERMAID.
17:30 - WE PRODUCE A CHRISTMAS SHOW
17:32 - EVERY YEAR THAT HAS BECOME PART
17:34 - OF THE POTS TOWN HOLIDAY
17:35 - EXPERIENCE AND THAT SHOW ALONE
17:37 - OVER THE COURSE OF 3 WEEKS
17:38 - WELCOMES MORE THAN 2000 GUESTS
17:40 - TO THE THEATER. WE OFFER SUMMER
17:43 - CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS PRIVATE
17:45 - CLASSES AND GROUP CLASSES,
17:47 - ACTING LESSONS SINGING LESSONS,
17:49 - TECHNICAL CLASSES AND LIGHTING
17:51 - DESIGN AND COSTUME DESIGN OVER
17:53 - THE LAST DECADE.
17:54 - WE HAVE EDUCATED HUNDREDS OF
17:56 - STUDENTS IN THIS BUILDING.
17:58 - WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR ROLE AS
18:00 - POTTSTOWN'S
18:00 - COMMUNITY THEATER AND THAT WE
18:02 - HELP TO WELCOME MORE THAN
18:04 - 20,000 VISITORS A YEAR HERE TO
18:06 - HIGH STREET
18:07 - FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
18:08 - PROGRAMS ARE SHOWS TO PURCHASE
18:10 - A TICKET AND COME VISIT US
18:12 - PLEASE VISIT STIHL RIVER DOT
18:13 - ORG.
18:16 - MY NAME'S
18:17 - SHOW HOME.
18:18 - I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE
18:19 - HIGH STREET TERMINAL LOCATED
18:21 - RIGHT HERE AT 300 EAST HIGH
18:22 - STREET IN POTTSTOWN
18:24 - THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN KNOWN AS
18:25 - THE COST DOWN FARMERS MARKET
18:27 - FOR YEARS WHERE WE PURCHASED
18:29 - THE BUILDING WE DECIDED TO TURN
18:30 - IT INTO AN ARTIST STYLE
18:32 - FOOD FIGHT. WELL, WE DECIDED TO
18:34 - DO WAS BRING IN SEVERAL
18:35 - DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS, I'M IN
18:37 - THE SAME COMMUNAL AREA SO
18:38 - EVERYONE TO COME AND ENJOY
18:40 - THEIR IDEA IS SIT IN OUR
18:42 - COMMUNAL SEATING AREA AND ENJOY
18:44 - EACH OTHER AND SOCIALIZE
18:46 - THE FRONT AREA OF THE BUILDING
18:47 - IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, SO WE
18:49 - HAVE 4 TABLES THERE RIGHT NOW
18:51 - GOING FORWARD THIS WILL BE A
18:52 - LOUNGE SECTION WHERE YOU CAN
18:54 - ENJOY YOUR COFFEE IN THE
18:55 - MORNING AND RELAX AND THEN
18:56 - EVENING HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM TO
18:58 - RELAX AS WELL. THE BACK AREA IS
19:00 - A LARGER SECTION. WE HAVE 7
19:02 - TABLES IN THE BACK WHEN YOU
19:03 - HAVE YOUR PARTIES HERE. YOU USE
19:05 - ALL THE VENDORS ON SITE
19:07 - TO HAVE YOUR CATERING. YEAH,
19:08 - YOU CAN GO BIG OR SMALL AS YOU
19:10 - CHRIS. WE ALSO HAVE A 6 BY
19:12 - 10 FOOT SCREEN IN THE BACK THAT
19:14 - WE'RE USING TO HOST MOVIE
19:16 - NIGHTS USE IT FOR YOUR POWER
19:17 - POINTS AND OF COURSE WE'RE
19:19 - SHOWING SPORT.
19:21 - WE HAVE 12 BUSINESSES AND OUR
19:23 - BUILDING
19:23 - RIGHT NOW WITH NETWORKING AMMAN
19:25 - CENT THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO
19:27 - PLAN EVENTS THEY
19:28 - CAN HAVE ANY NIGHTS AND
19:30 - BREAKFAST AND THEY OFFER
19:31 - TOGETHER A MENU OF CHOICE ALL
19:33 - PARTICIPATING TO HAVE THAT ONE
19:35 - EVENT IT'S A WAY THAT THEY CAN
19:36 - BE SUCCESSFUL WITH AN ART OUT
19:38 - AND LET THE COMMUNITY SEE WHAT
19:39 - WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE.
19:42 - AS YOU CAN TELL WE'RE WORKING
19:43 - HARD TO MAKE POTS TOWN
19:45 - DESTINATION FOR EVERYONE TO
19:46 - SEE. YOU CAN FIND MORE OUT
19:49 - ABOUT THE HIGH STREET TERMINAL
19:50 - BY FOLLOWING US ON FACEBOOK AND
19:52 - FOLLOWING US ON INSTAGRAM BOTH
19:54 - AS HIGH STREET TERMINAL.
19:56 - AND THANKS SO MUCH AND WE HOPE
19:57 - THE SEASON.
19:59 - I STEVE EVER OCCUR AT
20:01 - SPORTING A JACK STARRING IN
20:03 - POTTSTOWN PENNSYLVANIA. WE
20:05 - STARTED THIS BUSINESS ABOUT A
20:06 - YEAR AGO. WHEN WE BOUGHT THE
20:08 - ALICE MILLS BUILDING IN
20:09 - DOWNTOWN POTS TOWN ON HIGH
20:11 - STREET. WE THOUGHT WHAT WILL WE
20:13 - DO WITH THIS UNLIMITED
20:14 - POSSIBILITIES. WE DECIDED THAT
20:16 - THIS 5,000 SQUARE FOOT
20:18 - SECOND-FLOOR SPACE WITH ITS ALL
20:19 - OLD WORLD ARCHITECTURE
20:21 - DESERVES SOMETHING LIKE AN OLD
20:23 - WORLD SPORT HERE WE ARE WITH AX
20:25 - THROWING. WE ARE PARTICIPANTS
20:27 - IN THE WORLD AX THROWING LI AND
20:30 - OUR MANAGER ACTUALLY JUST
20:31 - PLACED 3RD. AND THE US OPEN FOR
20:34 - WORLD ACTS FOR HIM.
20:36 - IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
20:37 - BRING THIS TO THIS BUILDING FOR
20:38 - MOBILE REASONS ONE WE'RE
20:40 - OPENING A BREWERY BELOW IT AND
20:42 - IT'S AN ATTRACTION TO A TOWN.
20:45 - OUR GOAL FOR POTS TOWN AND THE
20:46 - HELP OF REDEVELOPING IT WAS TO
20:48 - BRING PEOPLE IN DETAIL AND GIVE
20:50 - SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE IN
20:52 - TOWN ALREADY
20:52 - TO DO. SOMETHING A LITTLE
20:54 - DIFFERENT SOMETHING TO KEEP
20:55 - THEM HERE AND THEN TO SUPPORT
20:56 - THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AROUND
20:58 - US. HERE WE HAVE A ROLLED AX
21:01 - THROWING LANES.
21:03 - YOU KNOW OUTSIDE OF THE
21:04 - LEAGUE'S OBVIOUSLY COMING HERE
21:05 - FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY. BACHELOR
21:08 - PARTY WORK EVENT, THEIR
21:10 - TEAM BUILDING. WE'RE JUST A
21:11 - NIGHT OUT YOU KNOW COUPLES
21:13 - NIGHT OUT IS PERFECT WHERE B Y
21:15 - O B FACILITY.
21:17 - AND A B Y O FOOD FACILITY, SO
21:19 - BRING YOUR BEER FOR YOUR FOOD
21:21 - AND HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH US
21:22 - OUR AGE LIMIT IS FROM
21:24 - 10 AND UP. SO CHILDREN ARE
21:26 - WELCOME HERE AS WELL.
21:28 - SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME MORE
21:29 - INFORMATION ABOUT SPLITTING A
21:30 - JACK STARRING VISIT US AT.
21:33 - IT'S JACK STARRING
21:34 - DOT COM OR FOLLOW US ON
21:36 - INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK
21:37 - SPLITTING EDGE ACTS FOR HIM.
21:40 - HELLO MY NAME IS GINA SPEEDS.
21:42 - I OWN A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN POTS
21:43 - HOW HIGH THE NAME OF OUR
21:45 - BUSINESS DOES ONCE UPON A TIME
21:46 - CONSIGNMENT BOUTIQUE
21:47 - THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
21:48 - FIND DESIGN A PLAN CLOTHING FOR
21:50 - THE ENTIRE FAMILY THAT
21:51 - INCLUDED. WELL YOU CAN MAKE A
21:52 - SELECTION FROM CASUAL TO
21:54 - SPECIAL
21:54 - OCCASION WHERE YOU KNOW WHAT I
21:57 - WAS LOOKING AROUND FOR LOCATION
21:59 - TO OPEN UP MY BUSINESS WITH
22:01 - PUTZ WHILE ON THE VERGE OF
22:03 - REVITALIZING AND I'M JUST
22:06 - REALLY DOING GREAT THINGS THERE
22:07 - WAS A GOOD LOCATION FOR A NEW
22:10 - BUSINESS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A
22:13 - GOOD PRICE TO START A
22:15 - NEW VENTURE. AND OF
22:17 - COURSE THAT THE BUILDINGS WAS
22:20 - JUST EVERYTHING I SAW THAT THE
22:23 - ONUS IS GORGEOUS SO I LIKE THE
22:25 - OPPORTUNITY HERE.
22:27 - IT IS A WONDERFUL HOW THE
22:28 - BUSINESS WHAT TOGETHER HERE AND
22:30 - POTS WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASON
22:32 - WHY ALSO PUT POTS HOW I LOVE
22:34 - HOW WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
22:36 - ONE ANOTHER THE DIFFERENT TYPE
22:38 - OF MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE IS
22:40 - GREAT.
22:42 - YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
22:43 - ABOUT OF THIS MESS ON OUR
22:44 - FACEBOOK PAGE SO PLEASE BE SURE
22:46 - TO FOLLOW AND LIKE
22:47 - US THERE WILL LIST ALL I THAT'S
22:50 - THAT WE HAVE GOING ON THAT'S
22:52 - WHERE YOUR 5 PREVIOUS THINGS
22:54 - THAT WE'VE TIME AND
22:56 - GREAT PICTURES OUT SOME OF OUR
22:57 - MERCHANDISE THAT WE OFFER.
22:59 - HI I'M 10 FINANCIAL AND WE'RE
23:00 - HERE IN A RIVERFRONT PARK IN
23:02 - POTS TOWN AND I'M WITH THE
23:04 - SCHUYLKILL RIVER GREENWAYS
23:06 - NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. AND OUR
23:08 - MISSION AS AN ORGANIZATION IS
23:10 - TO CHAMPION THE SCHUYLKILL
23:11 - RIVER. WE DO THAT IN A COUPLE
23:13 - DIFFERENT WAYS ONE WAY IS TO
23:14 - GET PEOPLE ON A NEXT TO THE
23:16 - RIVER OR ALSO ON TO THE SCHOOL
23:18 - TO RIVER TRAIL WHICH IS THE
23:19 - TRAIL THAT RUNS RIGHT HERE THE
23:21 - RIVERFRONT PARK IN POTS TOWN.
23:23 - WE BELIEVE THAT BY GETTING
23:24 - PEOPLE ONTO THE TRAIL ON TO THE
23:26 - RIVER OUTSIDE ALONG THE RIVER
23:28 - IS THE BEST WAY TO CREATE
23:30 - FUTURE STEWARDS FOR THE RIVER
23:32 - AND THE OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES
23:33 - IN
23:33 - THE REGION. WE SET UP SHOP HERE
23:36 - IN POTS FOUND ABOUT
23:37 - 2003. WE CHOSE POTS BECAUSE OF
23:40 - ITS CENTRAL LOCATION WITHIN
23:42 - THE WATERSHED BUT ALSO BECAUSE
23:44 - OF THE AMENITIES THAT THIS
23:45 - COMMUNITY OFFERED AS A RIVER
23:47 - TOWN AND AS A TRAIL TOWN THE
23:49 - SCHUYLKILL RIVER TRAIL.
23:50 - LIKE MANY LONG-DISTANCE
23:52 - REGIONAL TRAILS ACTS AS AN
23:54 - ECONOMIC FOR THE COMMUNITIES
23:56 - AND THE TOWNS OF THE TOUCHES
23:58 - ALONG
23:58 - ITS WAY WE WORK WITH THE
24:01 - COMMUNITIES, THE BOROUGH POTS
24:02 - TOWN OTHER PARTNERS IN THE
24:04 - REGION TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
24:06 - RESOURCE IS BENEFITING POTS AND
24:07 - THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN
24:09 - OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE EVERY
24:11 - YEAR GET ON THE SCHOOL CURRENT
24:12 - RAIL. MANY PEOPLE BICYCLING
24:14 - THROUGH TOWN. COME RIGHT IN THE
24:16 - TOWN RIGHT HERE AT THE
24:17 - RIVERFRONT PARK. WHEN THEY GET
24:19 - INTO TOWN THEY'RE IMMEDIATELY
24:20 - MET SIGNAGE AND INFORMATION
24:22 - THAT WILL DIRECT THEM TO THE
24:24 - DOWNTOWN AREA. WHERE THEY CAN
24:26 - THEN ACCESS SHOPPING
24:28 - RESTAURANTS IN SOME OF THE
24:29 - OTHER GREAT AMENITIES THAT ARE
24:30 - HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE
24:33 - REALLY FIND POTS OUT TO BE A
24:35 - FANTASTIC PLACE TO SET UP OUR
24:36 - BUSINESS AND THE WORK WITH A
24:38 - LOT OF THE PARTNERS HERE WITHIN
24:40 - THE
24:40 - COMMUNITY SO WE'RE EXCITED TO
24:42 - HAVE PEOPLE COME VISIT
24:43 - RIVERFRONT PARK AND THE SPEAKER
24:45 - OF THE GREENWAYS GET OUT ON THE
24:46 - TRAIL WALKING HIKE NEXT TO THE
24:48 - RIVER. IT'S A FANTASTIC PLACE
24:50 - TO GET ON RECREATING.
24:52 - THANK YOU FOR TAKING A TOUR
24:53 - POTTSTOWN BOROUGH PLEASE JOIN
24:55 - US FOR THE NEXT EDITION,
24:55 - EXPLORING PENSYLVANNIA BOROUGHS,
24:57 - RIGHT HERE ON PCN.