December 26, 2024 • 38 mins
Moriah Tyler, Executive Director for Main Street Hanover, Inc. sits down with the group to discuss exciting new ideas and developments with downtown Hanover.
Moriah Tyler, an accomplished artist and curator from Sabillasville, Maryland, grew up in the Catoctin Mountains immersed in her parents’ small business, Kingdom Landscaping, alongside her four siblings. This upbringing instilled in her a deep appreciation for small businesses and the unique stories behind each storefront. Holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Mount St. Mary’s University, Moriah honed her skills in arts management and creative problem-solving, which she applied during her tenure as Education & Visual Arts Coordinator at the Carroll County Arts Council.
Now the Executive Director at Main Street Hanover, Moriah is dedicated to revitalizing downtown Hanover, fostering community connections, and supporting local businesses.
Outside of work, she finds inspiration in nature through hiking, gardening, and exploring new art techniques.
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You are entering a wondrous land beyond GPS coordinates hidden latitude to
matter of the Mason Dixon line hovering over northern south straddling logic
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curiosity mystery and history where heart beats drum to destiny you are now
into Hannover land welcome to Hannover land today's special guests were honored
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to welcome Moriah Tyler an accomplished artist and curator from
Sevilleville Maryland who grew up in the Catoctin Mountains immersed in our
parents small business this upbringing instilled in her a deep
appreciation for small businesses and the unique stories behind each storefront
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holding a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Mount St. Mary's University
Moriah honed her skills in arts management and creative problem solving
which she applied during her tenure as education and visual arts coordinator at
the Carroll County Arts Council now the executive director at Main Street
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Hannover Moriah is dedicated to ongoing to the ongoing revitalization of
downtown Hannover fostering community connections and supporting local
businesses outside of work she finds inspiration in nature through hiking
gardening and exploring new art techniques Hannover landers please give a
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hearty welcome to Moriah Tyler
welcome thank you so much for your time today thank you so much for inviting me
this is very exciting so you've been on the job now for several months six
months six months already six months more yeah time flies
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incredible and I've noticed the new maps that you have downtown which are really
cool I love that you have the QRCs of the quick response codes everywhere look
the kiosks that your predecessor worked on justine I worked with in a lot of
collaborations they're looking great you saw that you updated them with the maps
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what else I mean it seems like you're brimming with energy and ideas that
you're hitting the ground running is that correct yeah I hope so so yeah we
have the new maps that we just introduced so kind of we gain inspiration
from Main Street Rainesboro's program so they had done a map this past summer
they just kind of highlighted all the different businesses and so you know one
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of the great things about a printed map is it gives you a visual of what's
happening downtown I think a lot of people drive through and they don't
realize what a great diverse collection of businesses that we have so this kind
of gives them the opportunity sad thing about printing a map businesses move so
you know it is something we'll update on the six month two-year basis because
we already had some some moving but yeah doing that and then we just had a
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partnership with explore York to supply free marketing materials for the
downtown businesses that includes you know the broken we did a bifold brochure
that has an example itinerary of things to do with it as well as the map some
greater handover area ideas a passport program so people shop downtown at six
different participating businesses fill out the cards submitted to us then
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they're able to get a little free keychain as a thank you for shopping
small so those are some of the cool initiatives that we're working on
currently that's awesome so Matt earlier mentioned the QRC codes so what all if I
go ahead and put my phone on that what all am I gonna get from that yeah so the
chaos that he mentioned specifically we have four different ones so we have an
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online directory on our website mainstreethanover.org and you can explore
different dining options shopping services and arts and entertainment so if
you're looking for something specific to do something specific to eat you can
scan one of each of those codes and that'll take you to the online directory
great thing about that directory we do update it on a pretty frequent basis as
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soon as I hear about something I try to get on there and get that updated so that
is the it's something on the map is missing always go to our website okay
great thank you and so you know we're in the middle of the Christmas season we
had a really I mean this past weekend you know I write history and I've been
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around a few few blocks and neighborhoods what a weekend in Hanover I
mean drama and also I feel like like because we were downtown Saturday at big
likes and other folks other places and it was bustling like it was really moving
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and you know I thought to some of the proprietors and they said they had like
historic days even though we had you know a tragic incident that morning talk
about like jumping into the fry pan right with the oil already yeah so that
was an experience for you that's like a chapter in a book definitely well that
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was our so one of our revamping is our second Saturday's program so starting in
2025 will happen on a monthly basis versus quarterly which they had in the
past so this past Saturday was our first kickoff for the hot chocolate a cookie
stroll downtown which we had sold out a ticket so over 200 tickets sold where
people could explore the different stops we had over 26 different stops where
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people could get hot free hot cocoa or cookies it kind of you know the real
goal was to have people explore the downtown and luckily you know despite
what happened in the morning thank goodness we have an amazing emergencies
response team and over and and they're incredible so we were able to just
delay the event an hour and still continue and have everything which was
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which was great and attendees were excited they you know when they checked
in not one complained about you know or was concerned about the process which
really shows their trust and in our emergency response teams and and that
they know that we don't want to put them in you know in harm so that's how
excellent yeah good for us I'd like to know buddy like from from the liberal
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officials to to Main Street to even folks running social media groups nobody
flipped their lid like nobody lost it and nobody's you know got overly dramatic
they it was I was really like proud to live here and I call myself a
very because people handled it people in leadership roles from emergency services
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on down to social media folk leaders really handled it responsibly with
maturity nobody freaked out no absolutely that was one of the you know I
sent out a thank you email to all of our businesses who participated and in that
email you know made reference to obviously on a perfect day would have been
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a normal day downtown but the fact that you know none of the business owners
freaked out they you know which I explained to them I was like this shows
the resilience and how incredible you all are you're able to pivot and
understand that you know things are going to be okay and you not get stuck up
in the drama and you know and overreacting because at the end of the
day that wasn't going to help the situation anyways and I was at a lucky
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spot for lunch today and they're back to normal that's awesome and they're all
there and they they went through you know a traumatic day morning but they're
humming and ticking again so it's a beautiful thing we're hand over strong
yeah Boston Boston could do it we can go
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for anyone outside of what happened to them do we need to explain properly I
don't want to get into the gory details well I mean it's you know I mean you
were wondering I'm sure what what exactly did happen I didn't even know
about this till two days ago well I'm right more I had would you like to be
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our carotid Rivera so at least explain it from the mainstream perspective yes so
basically you know what had happened was there was a shooting incident in an
apartment on Broadway it seems like it was between two neighbors they must have
gotten some sort of a disagreement fortunately a gun was involved luckily
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the wound was not fatal so you know there was the individual who was wounded
was then airlifted you know and take it to a hospital but the whole situation
then made you know the the person who had shot the individual had disappeared so
that caused the downtown to be closed down from like the square all a Broadway
across Chesna you know and you saw tactical officers you know and there
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was a police investigation so that's kind of what happened in the situation and
when it was originally reported it was reported that there was a shooting at
Lucky Spot Lucky Spot shares the same address as the apartments above them so
like you mentioned eating there today and stuff you know initially it was
really scary you know you were worried about you know was there you know a
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more grotesque situation happening downtown but luckily I mean that's kind of
the overalls is opposite I am in no way I don't want to leave out important
details excellent just use the word alleged use the word allegedly allegedly
the same as the alleged thank you so much for for enduring this this past
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weekend and also I want to thank you for on the kiosk a project near and dear to
my heart is the heart of Hanover trails and I'm really excited for the future
of that program as we embark upon our second round of storyboards which
called all kinds of possibilities like with your passport idea all kinds of
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interactive games and scavenger hunts and as long as we as long as everyone
collaborates and I think you and I talked about some I'm gonna act like a
little man here which I'm almost there this new fangirl technology these
headphones that these kids are wearing now that blocks out the sound apparently
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the truck traffic but they can hear the curators on a walking towards that is
that correct that sounds like science fiction to me yeah so we actually
graciously the rotary club gave us a Hanover wonderfully gave us a grant to
purchase walking tour equipment so the equipment is actually traditionally
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used for silent discos which is the cool thing about that is it does mean it
blocks out the sound you know they're made for being used in places like that
that you can't I'm sorry I have to hard stop there or soft stop what is the
silent disco it's not like a rave it's kind of funny to watch a silent
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disco basically everyone wears headphones and you just listen to the music in
your headphones and there's usually lights flashing and people dance and
everything and everyone hears the same thing if I come in with my like Glenn
Miller orchestra and my own foxtrot that probably wouldn't work probably you can
do a foxtrot to something so good to get some but I'm not sure if it has
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anything to do with phones but usually if you go to one they kind of they have
their own it's really for and I know this because of my son who's on the
spectrum it's actually from my understanding it don't hold me to that
but it was kind of developed for kids who have sensory issues so they could
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attend school dances they can still be a part of the community you know because
they can raise the sound as high or as low as they need to their comfort level
and it is fascinating because you know and thanks for sharing that about your
son it took courage I think and so I'll share you know I have PTSD and I my
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trigger my big trigger is noise so when we do walking towards downtown I love
doing them and I learn something every time I love meeting people one-on-one
but boy when a big and even walking her today it's beautiful day one truck I
can just walking over the railroad tracks here one car done their engine you
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know and I I jump I get all jittery and it hand over is so beautiful and
wonderful so many ways had this is probably a tough question and we didn't
work this is not gotcha journalism but it's a good discussion to have how can
he ever temper no one's saying you know we're gonna eliminate all the noise but
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how can we soften civilized and humanized the downtown so it's more
pedestrian friendly family friendly dog friendly and bicyclist friendly yeah so I
think you know one of the great things and this is more of a question that I
think that the borough could answer better but one of the projects they're
working on is a streetscape and they apply for a grant for that you can find
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this information if you go to their website under meeting minutes and stuff
for their council meetings and if you're really curious please reach out to them
you know asking for information they're very transparent and we'll share with
you but that will increase walkability downtown it'll connect some of the
roadways it'll redo crosswalks you know they're trying I mean that's the thing
is there is a need to make it more walkable to make it more friendly that
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kind of stuff and I think when it has those options and when you can go
downtown and you feel like you're getting something more out of it then
you're not so worried about if a truck drives through you know and it's a little
noisy because it's worth it you know what I mean so I feel like that's
something that they're currently working on and hopefully fingers crossed we'll
get awarded the grant and then we can start kind of implementing those great
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strategies and things that they've done but as far as the walking tour equipment
one of the great things is that it does cancel out those trucks and like you
mentioned people can change the volume so if someone has any type of a hearing
impairment you're able to increase the volume someone doesn't they can lower
it but you're still getting the tour guide information just as crystal clear as
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anybody else is so you're not you know you're not missing out or feeling like
you have to be right next to them to hear which sometimes even happens in
museums you know a lot of times you end up kind of getting you know away you
can't hear so so that's something you know but as far as like improving the
downtown that's a really big project you know keep your eye on it next six months
they should hopefully know if we're there or awarded or not what the next steps
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are for implementing it wonderful I gotta bring this up because it made me
think of this you recall you and I attending a meeting down yes down in the
basement of the past I do and they were at that time that was the beginning that
was the beginning of the streets it was like a beautification project of I may
have been I was tracking years that could have been eight years ago maybe even
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longer but it made me think when I was just stating that they're working on
getting that to happen I don't remember what the outcome of that was I just
remember you and I leaving going well that was interesting well you know that
that's a really great question I'll give some context and where I can fill us in
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war but on that meeting was they had hired a firm it was it was it was
interesting because it was during a summer where there was a lot of
streetscaping and there was a lot of road excavation you know probably mess up
the terminology but there were there when you when you talk about streetscaping
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it's almost like you're creating a dialogue with your own citizens about
what is beautification or streetscaping because if you remember Steve we have
had meeting it was standing room and because most of the people there were
not there to talk about you know the green blue I think it's called or
streetscape or walking enhancements they were there because their actual
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streets where they drive were dug up right and so I look back on that
process is it's almost like the first course civic literacy course on what is
streetscaping the streetscaping can mean a lot of different things from from
ballards and flashing lights like in Gettysburg even have a route 30 that
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allow pedestrians across even when a truck's coming you can press a button
and the truck has to stop and Steve Anton can walk through that crosswalk
right there on route 32 places in our downtown Gettysburg so you know that's
those are just some of the tricks of the train but it maybe it takes eight years
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because the the the follow-up to that was do we want to have a circle and that
could be enough a total of that was a big part of that could be a totally new
different episode because that's a fascinating issue with leaves of
parking spaces as I recall in the quads yeah and it'll cost a lot of money and
downtown will be shut down for quite a bit I happen to be in favor of it but my
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vote doesn't count because I'm not on the council so and I think a lot of the
people the folks and everybody's well intentioned way the pros and the
benefits and the cons and the cost and what they did come out but come up with
is a downtown beautification plan that has that's really brilliant that has a
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green inner loop that will connect see if I get them all right
DOS bank
more not
yeah so the time line and railroad yeah so the tagline for this particular
application they submitted is from a market house to market place so connect
the market house up on chestnut down to the square you know it does a section of
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it you know like I said if you go online go to their website ask for what the
the outline looks like if you're interested you know and you made the
comment about your vote not matter in a madding doesn't matter if it's because
you're not counsel but it's really one of the best things you can do as far as
civil engagement is get involved the local level so if you're interested you
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know they even broadcast you know the meetings are on zoom you know you're
YouTube you can watch them live while they're happening and they do give an
opportunity for public comment even if you are remote so don't you know get
involved as much as you can that's where you can make a difference and be heard
like you mentioned it does open up the opportunity for citizens to really have
some input and talk about what they want to see in the town well the certain
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but let's be clear that the circle is not really on the table maybe 20 years
who knows things change electric cars will come about who knows mission
standards change maybe 20 years from now maybe when I'm in my 70s if I get there
I will witness the return of the circle so I wanted to ask or verify that the
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meetings even if you can't attend them live they are still available after the
fact so those of us who would still like to see what is going on you you can't
use the excuse why couldn't attend I couldn't be there for the zoom you do
have the opportunity to review them on your own time because I get frustrated
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with folks who say things like oh well it's it wasn't convenient for me so so
now I can definitely say you have the opportunity to watch and learn and then
get out and get yourself heard to help our community yeah absolutely so they
have a YouTube channel so everything gets uploaded there you can go and find
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it links right on there what are some of these addresses what's the website
address so I believe the Hanover it might be Hanover borough PA.gov
yeah in a quick and a quick plug kudos to the borough and brava brava the home
ball their websites excellent it's it's the most transparent it's been in my
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lifetime I I think they they have you know to have recorded borough meetings
and access via zoom or streaming incredible and I know there's a lot of
folks that worked in that direction for for many years including a friend of
mine former councilman Brian Shea and the borough has a great new newsletter
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they have a great team and I you know I just look for more and more good stuff
especially communicating with the public and a borough newsletter is excellent
yes it is and that's it that's a really good point that you brought up the
newsletter because those of us who don't live in the borough you wouldn't get a
hard copy mail to us but I I live in Pentownship so I actually do sign up for
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the newsletter and get it into my email inbox and a shout out to Valerie Myers
of the borough that does the newsletter and everybody that ships in yeah yeah
she's phenomenal I mean just to verify the website is Hanover borough PA.gov
and the Main Street Hanover website is Main Street Hanover website is Main Street Hanover
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dot org and you can follow Main Street Hanover on Facebook you can also a
shameless plug Main Street can post on the Hanover land Facebook group one and
if it's such a sweet as we continue to grow and I know there are a lot of other
good good information sites and groups out there and our philosophy is let a
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thousand flowers bloom just like the nursery that you worked in with your
four siblings when you grew up in yeah it's how old is that like so yeah so I
grew up in a family with you know family owned and operated business so my
parents started Kingdom Landscaping in 1995 so a year before I was born and so
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like all my siblings at some point in time you end up working for the family
business so for me I like how you say that working for the family business
so you know growing up you know they build and still do they're still now my
mom and dad they they run it themselves they're in their 60s but they build
pond patios and walls that's kind of the tagline so you know growing up you know
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we had a pond you know in our front yard and so we would you know play with
frogs all the time we fish we feed the fish out of our hands like you know and
growing up in the Catoctin Mountains it was very rural area so just a lot of I
don't know a lot of fun growing up in stuff and having four siblings there's
plenty I'm the middle child so all the stereotypes are true my god we have a
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long time so are they located excuse me what is their business where are they
located so they are located in Sevilleville Maryland okay yep and how
far is that from here that's about I would say 40 minutes or so so and that's
where I grew up you know that's where I was born and raised same same house same
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property my entire life and they still live there so yeah did you from the
Catoctin Mountains did you ever break into Camp David so fun fact my parents
mailbox is actually on Camp David property wow yeah so always growing up
and stuff like that you know obviously a lot of people in the area they hunt you
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know my brother's hunted growing up and everything and so it was kind of like if
you ever shared a deer and runs across the road don't follow it I'm not gonna get it
like it's gonna get you so yeah so never never broken the camp David I mean
interesting helicopter drones drones you have drones and some of these everywhere
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yeah I mean there's a lot of service I'll say a lot a lot of helicopters you
know I remember as a kid always seeing them fly over the house this is kind of
you know a random thing but my fortune unfortunate enough my birthday is
September 11th so you know during that time growing up and being so close to
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Camp David and when 9-11 happened I remember as a very young kid you know
hearing this fighter jets over our house you know day and night and everything
so that's kind of an interesting experience growing up but definitely
being so close to the government properties there's quite the sense of
patriotism in the area you know so when you heard the helicopter or the
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come by fighters fighter jets was that the day of the actual 9-11 you say every
9-11 after soon after after 9-11 that week yeah not so much on a yearly basis
but yeah definitely during that time and like I said I was pretty young so you
know my memory is definitely foggy but that's something that I remember growing
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up well that's another thing that inflicts middle children so we're in it
the the throws of Christmas season and so tell us what's going on tell us what's
going on this weekend in downtown historic downtown Hanover yeah so our
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last you know a mainstream event was this past Saturday but we are still
really encouraging people it is not too late to shop downtown and shop small for
your Christmas gifts so if you are looking for that map or anything go to
our website check it out we try to post frequently on our social media highlighting
the different businesses what they have going on what they offer so you know as
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far as mainstream is we don't have anything specific plan for this upcoming
weekend we're kind of you know playing it low after the holiday and all the
hard work after you know Santa's Cabin and everything that would be the last
thing that would be up for this weekend is Santa's Cabin if you're curious what
the hours are specifically you can go to our website under our programs tab you'll
see Christmas in Hanover click on that page scroll down it has all the specific
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hours you can find out when he is there it is free it's free to visit with you
and your family it's free for you to take photos you just have to bring your
own camera or cell phone but our Santa Claus is one of the best Santa Claus is
I will brag he's wonderful it's really you know wait I thought there's only one
right okay it's the best so okay family family part so my next question is with
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I know there's a lot of volunteers is there a tab where people who are
interested you know they look and see all the great work that everyone has done
decorating they want to get involved for next year how do they accomplish that
yeah absolutely so we do have a Christmas committee that if you're
interested in joining that to really be a part of the planning process please
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reach out to me at Main Street our email address is Main Street Hanover at
gmail.com just send me an email telling me you're interested if you're just
looking for general volunteer opportunities when we do events on our
website in the upper right corner there is a get involved tab click on that you'll
see volunteer and that shows all of our different volunteer opportunities and
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you can sign up for them we have a really great program that we use that
tracks hours and stuff so we're always looking for any type of help in any way
yeah if you're curious about what's going on and you want to have like a you
know in-person conversation just send me an email I would love to meet with you
and also would I be able to get into Santa's cabin or adults allowed yeah adults
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were allowed and just see would he accept my letter I think you would we also
have a mailbox there's a mailbox there is a mailbox outside and are his boot
prints really does he really wear the size of Shaquille and Neal's sneakers I
don't know if I'm I find can reveal this type of Christmas secrets yeah it's
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probably a little too personal I think we should we do hard-headed journalism
here I got a burning question yes you do yeah I don't know if you know this or
not but the the alley that runs down from alongside the municipal parking lot
that is recently looks like it's been bricked or something is that's is that a
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view into what's to come downtown in certain areas or is that just an
isolated yeah situation there along the side of that building yeah so that's
DOS alley that is definitely a puzzle P. DOS alley DOS alley yep it is a puzzle
piece to the grander project of what the borough wants to to do that is a
project that they just it's about you know they're still winning on some
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greenery and stuff like that you see it right now it still looks like it's a
little bit of construction but there are pavers a paper walkway now the thought
is to really encourage more greenways more green spaces that kind of thing so
there will be some native plantings that will go in there and they have some
other exciting plans for that area and they're kind of you know trying to
determine what would be best as people walk around and in tourism so yeah I'm
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gonna geek out here for a second so on DOS alley this is where Richard McAllister
the founder of the town actually had his first log cabin where the glove factory
is and also in DOS alley in that parking lot that you know is a connected to
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current borough offices that is where Casper Reiniger's tavern it was when a
33 year old young Thomas Jefferson stayed in Hanover in April 1776 he stayed
right there on his way to Philadelphia where he wrote the world famous
decoration of independence he even writes about it in his diary got a haircut
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there at Casper's I don't know if they call it Casper's then I think it's okay
well he was 33 he's a very dashing young man
well speak for yourself but the thing I love about that DOS alley right is that
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really and I get goosebumps even talking about because all like all facets of
Hanover history and American history and pretty incredible history is really on
that one block and then across the street at the state theater and we have a
storyboard there now that tells the story from the heart of Hanover trails is
where a bona fide stop on the undergrad railroad was and it was probably the
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biggest stop in Hanover is owned by industrialist Jacob Wurtt who had his
hands and a lot of things in Hanover so you can tell so much about American
history so much about Hanover history even before the country was formed right
in one block right pretty incredible it really is I mean that's a thing it's
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like there there's so much I feel like that downtown has to offer like you said
just in that one block loan there's so many different aspects especially for
history buffs but that's all over the downtown I mean it truly is I mean a lot
of people like I said I think we just people don't realize what a rich
experience we have and so that's one of Main Street's initiatives is to do a
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better job at advertising that you know and and being better at marketing
ourselves because we have a lot to market that's excellent I you know I
can't agree with you more and it's really wonderful to meet you and to feel
your enthusiasm your earnestness and I love that you have an arts background
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and I love that you have a like a you talked about ponds earlier and walls and
I mean that's streetscaping that's place-making right streetscaping you know
maybe that's how the meeting should have been called eight years ago Steve
it's really about place-making absolutely it's about people place-making
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softens civilized human eyes and satisfied
is there anything else you'd like to add about Main Street oh one other thing
brava brava kudos to the Christmas and Hanover committee yes downtown Hanover
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excellent excellent and I said this a few years ago when Andrea the late Andrea
Goodson was involved with with your predecessor Justine Trexas they and
and I think Mindy Crawford was involved in that hey ends and there was a group
there's like a Don Ham and there's like a this really hardcore group downtown
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never looks so good agreed as this this trend is you know it started a few years
ago and this it just gets better each year absolutely trees bigger the trees
brighter but I just think downtown Hanover is beautiful they do a great job
and that core group is still involved is that right yep yep and I'm probably
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missing people is there anybody else we can do a shout out there is but I'm
gonna mess up everybody's names and then I'll fill back for missing the whole
group there's a quite a lot of them it's a little kick boot okay so we apologize
yes advance for our sins of omission but you know who you are and thank you
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your work your dedication your affection it does not go unnoticed we notice we
see you even though we can't pronounce your name see you we hold you in our
hearts thank you so much for all the hard work you're doing I'm just can't wait
to see what comes forward from all your efforts one final question self-serving
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as usual when when can we expect these these microphones the science fiction
newfangled basis we're working on some things hopefully in the warmer weather
that's kind of what we're anticipating so maybe in 2025 maybe the
commemorate the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson coming to Hanover maybe oh my
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god very very exciting I'm gonna tell Santa and my letter
that's how you know what happens when Santa would say this yeah oh my god it's
April though that means I have to talk to Easter Bunny right on thank you so much
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to welcome Moriah Tyler an accomplished artist and curator from
Sevilleville Maryland who grew up in the Catoctin Mountains immersed in our
parents small business this upbringing instilled in her a deep
appreciation for small businesses and the unique stories behind each storefront
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holding a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Mount St. Mary's University
Moriah honed her skills in arts management and creative problem solving
which she applied during her tenure as education and visual arts coordinator at
the Carroll County Arts Council now the executive director at Main Street
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Hannover Moriah is dedicated to ongoing to the ongoing revitalization of
downtown Hannover fostering community connections and supporting local
businesses outside of work she finds inspiration in nature through hiking
gardening and exploring new art techniques Hannover landers please give a
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hearty welcome to Moriah Tyler
welcome thank you so much for your time today thank you so much for inviting me
this is very exciting so you've been on the job now for several months six
months six months already six months more yeah time flies
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incredible and I've noticed the new maps that you have downtown which are really
cool I love that you have the QRCs of the quick response codes everywhere look
the kiosks that your predecessor worked on justine I worked with in a lot of
collaborations they're looking great you saw that you updated them with the maps
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what else I mean it seems like you're brimming with energy and ideas that
you're hitting the ground running is that correct yeah I hope so so yeah we
have the new maps that we just introduced so kind of we gain inspiration
from Main Street Rainesboro's program so they had done a map this past summer
they just kind of highlighted all the different businesses and so you know one
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of the great things about a printed map is it gives you a visual of what's
happening downtown I think a lot of people drive through and they don't
realize what a great diverse collection of businesses that we have so this kind
of gives them the opportunity sad thing about printing a map businesses move so
you know it is something we'll update on the six month two-year basis because
we already had some some moving but yeah doing that and then we just had a
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partnership with explore York to supply free marketing materials for the
downtown businesses that includes you know the broken we did a bifold brochure
that has an example itinerary of things to do with it as well as the map some
greater handover area ideas a passport program so people shop downtown at six
different participating businesses fill out the cards submitted to us then
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they're able to get a little free keychain as a thank you for shopping
small so those are some of the cool initiatives that we're working on
currently that's awesome so Matt earlier mentioned the QRC codes so what all if I
go ahead and put my phone on that what all am I gonna get from that yeah so the
chaos that he mentioned specifically we have four different ones so we have an
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online directory on our website mainstreethanover.org and you can explore
different dining options shopping services and arts and entertainment so if
you're looking for something specific to do something specific to eat you can
scan one of each of those codes and that'll take you to the online directory
great thing about that directory we do update it on a pretty frequent basis as
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soon as I hear about something I try to get on there and get that updated so that
is the it's something on the map is missing always go to our website okay
great thank you and so you know we're in the middle of the Christmas season we
had a really I mean this past weekend you know I write history and I've been
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around a few few blocks and neighborhoods what a weekend in Hanover I
mean drama and also I feel like like because we were downtown Saturday at big
likes and other folks other places and it was bustling like it was really moving
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and you know I thought to some of the proprietors and they said they had like
historic days even though we had you know a tragic incident that morning talk
about like jumping into the fry pan right with the oil already yeah so that
was an experience for you that's like a chapter in a book definitely well that
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was our so one of our revamping is our second Saturday's program so starting in
2025 will happen on a monthly basis versus quarterly which they had in the
past so this past Saturday was our first kickoff for the hot chocolate a cookie
stroll downtown which we had sold out a ticket so over 200 tickets sold where
people could explore the different stops we had over 26 different stops where
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people could get hot free hot cocoa or cookies it kind of you know the real
goal was to have people explore the downtown and luckily you know despite
what happened in the morning thank goodness we have an amazing emergencies
response team and over and and they're incredible so we were able to just
delay the event an hour and still continue and have everything which was
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which was great and attendees were excited they you know when they checked
in not one complained about you know or was concerned about the process which
really shows their trust and in our emergency response teams and and that
they know that we don't want to put them in you know in harm so that's how
excellent yeah good for us I'd like to know buddy like from from the liberal
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officials to to Main Street to even folks running social media groups nobody
flipped their lid like nobody lost it and nobody's you know got overly dramatic
they it was I was really like proud to live here and I call myself a
very because people handled it people in leadership roles from emergency services
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on down to social media folk leaders really handled it responsibly with
maturity nobody freaked out no absolutely that was one of the you know I
sent out a thank you email to all of our businesses who participated and in that
email you know made reference to obviously on a perfect day would have been
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a normal day downtown but the fact that you know none of the business owners
freaked out they you know which I explained to them I was like this shows
the resilience and how incredible you all are you're able to pivot and
understand that you know things are going to be okay and you not get stuck up
in the drama and you know and overreacting because at the end of the
day that wasn't going to help the situation anyways and I was at a lucky
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spot for lunch today and they're back to normal that's awesome and they're all
there and they they went through you know a traumatic day morning but they're
humming and ticking again so it's a beautiful thing we're hand over strong
yeah Boston Boston could do it we can go
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for anyone outside of what happened to them do we need to explain properly I
don't want to get into the gory details well I mean it's you know I mean you
were wondering I'm sure what what exactly did happen I didn't even know
about this till two days ago well I'm right more I had would you like to be
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our carotid Rivera so at least explain it from the mainstream perspective yes so
basically you know what had happened was there was a shooting incident in an
apartment on Broadway it seems like it was between two neighbors they must have
gotten some sort of a disagreement fortunately a gun was involved luckily
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the wound was not fatal so you know there was the individual who was wounded
was then airlifted you know and take it to a hospital but the whole situation
then made you know the the person who had shot the individual had disappeared so
that caused the downtown to be closed down from like the square all a Broadway
across Chesna you know and you saw tactical officers you know and there
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was a police investigation so that's kind of what happened in the situation and
when it was originally reported it was reported that there was a shooting at
Lucky Spot Lucky Spot shares the same address as the apartments above them so
like you mentioned eating there today and stuff you know initially it was
really scary you know you were worried about you know was there you know a
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more grotesque situation happening downtown but luckily I mean that's kind of
the overalls is opposite I am in no way I don't want to leave out important
details excellent just use the word alleged use the word allegedly allegedly
the same as the alleged thank you so much for for enduring this this past
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weekend and also I want to thank you for on the kiosk a project near and dear to
my heart is the heart of Hanover trails and I'm really excited for the future
of that program as we embark upon our second round of storyboards which
called all kinds of possibilities like with your passport idea all kinds of
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interactive games and scavenger hunts and as long as we as long as everyone
collaborates and I think you and I talked about some I'm gonna act like a
little man here which I'm almost there this new fangirl technology these
headphones that these kids are wearing now that blocks out the sound apparently
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the truck traffic but they can hear the curators on a walking towards that is
that correct that sounds like science fiction to me yeah so we actually
graciously the rotary club gave us a Hanover wonderfully gave us a grant to
purchase walking tour equipment so the equipment is actually traditionally
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used for silent discos which is the cool thing about that is it does mean it
blocks out the sound you know they're made for being used in places like that
that you can't I'm sorry I have to hard stop there or soft stop what is the
silent disco it's not like a rave it's kind of funny to watch a silent
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disco basically everyone wears headphones and you just listen to the music in
your headphones and there's usually lights flashing and people dance and
everything and everyone hears the same thing if I come in with my like Glenn
Miller orchestra and my own foxtrot that probably wouldn't work probably you can
do a foxtrot to something so good to get some but I'm not sure if it has
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anything to do with phones but usually if you go to one they kind of they have
their own it's really for and I know this because of my son who's on the
spectrum it's actually from my understanding it don't hold me to that
but it was kind of developed for kids who have sensory issues so they could
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attend school dances they can still be a part of the community you know because
they can raise the sound as high or as low as they need to their comfort level
and it is fascinating because you know and thanks for sharing that about your
son it took courage I think and so I'll share you know I have PTSD and I my
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trigger my big trigger is noise so when we do walking towards downtown I love
doing them and I learn something every time I love meeting people one-on-one
but boy when a big and even walking her today it's beautiful day one truck I
can just walking over the railroad tracks here one car done their engine you
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know and I I jump I get all jittery and it hand over is so beautiful and
wonderful so many ways had this is probably a tough question and we didn't
work this is not gotcha journalism but it's a good discussion to have how can
he ever temper no one's saying you know we're gonna eliminate all the noise but
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how can we soften civilized and humanized the downtown so it's more
pedestrian friendly family friendly dog friendly and bicyclist friendly yeah so I
think you know one of the great things and this is more of a question that I
think that the borough could answer better but one of the projects they're
working on is a streetscape and they apply for a grant for that you can find
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this information if you go to their website under meeting minutes and stuff
for their council meetings and if you're really curious please reach out to them
you know asking for information they're very transparent and we'll share with
you but that will increase walkability downtown it'll connect some of the
roadways it'll redo crosswalks you know they're trying I mean that's the thing
is there is a need to make it more walkable to make it more friendly that
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kind of stuff and I think when it has those options and when you can go
downtown and you feel like you're getting something more out of it then
you're not so worried about if a truck drives through you know and it's a little
noisy because it's worth it you know what I mean so I feel like that's
something that they're currently working on and hopefully fingers crossed we'll
get awarded the grant and then we can start kind of implementing those great
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strategies and things that they've done but as far as the walking tour equipment
one of the great things is that it does cancel out those trucks and like you
mentioned people can change the volume so if someone has any type of a hearing
impairment you're able to increase the volume someone doesn't they can lower
it but you're still getting the tour guide information just as crystal clear as
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anybody else is so you're not you know you're not missing out or feeling like
you have to be right next to them to hear which sometimes even happens in
museums you know a lot of times you end up kind of getting you know away you
can't hear so so that's something you know but as far as like improving the
downtown that's a really big project you know keep your eye on it next six months
they should hopefully know if we're there or awarded or not what the next steps
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are for implementing it wonderful I gotta bring this up because it made me
think of this you recall you and I attending a meeting down yes down in the
basement of the past I do and they were at that time that was the beginning that
was the beginning of the streets it was like a beautification project of I may
have been I was tracking years that could have been eight years ago maybe even
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longer but it made me think when I was just stating that they're working on
getting that to happen I don't remember what the outcome of that was I just
remember you and I leaving going well that was interesting well you know that
that's a really great question I'll give some context and where I can fill us in
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war but on that meeting was they had hired a firm it was it was it was
interesting because it was during a summer where there was a lot of
streetscaping and there was a lot of road excavation you know probably mess up
the terminology but there were there when you when you talk about streetscaping
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it's almost like you're creating a dialogue with your own citizens about
what is beautification or streetscaping because if you remember Steve we have
had meeting it was standing room and because most of the people there were
not there to talk about you know the green blue I think it's called or
streetscape or walking enhancements they were there because their actual
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streets where they drive were dug up right and so I look back on that
process is it's almost like the first course civic literacy course on what is
streetscaping the streetscaping can mean a lot of different things from from
ballards and flashing lights like in Gettysburg even have a route 30 that
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allow pedestrians across even when a truck's coming you can press a button
and the truck has to stop and Steve Anton can walk through that crosswalk
right there on route 32 places in our downtown Gettysburg so you know that's
those are just some of the tricks of the train but it maybe it takes eight years
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because the the the follow-up to that was do we want to have a circle and that
could be enough a total of that was a big part of that could be a totally new
different episode because that's a fascinating issue with leaves of
parking spaces as I recall in the quads yeah and it'll cost a lot of money and
downtown will be shut down for quite a bit I happen to be in favor of it but my
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vote doesn't count because I'm not on the council so and I think a lot of the
people the folks and everybody's well intentioned way the pros and the
benefits and the cons and the cost and what they did come out but come up with
is a downtown beautification plan that has that's really brilliant that has a
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green inner loop that will connect see if I get them all right
DOS bank
more not
yeah so the time line and railroad yeah so the tagline for this particular
application they submitted is from a market house to market place so connect
the market house up on chestnut down to the square you know it does a section of
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it you know like I said if you go online go to their website ask for what the
the outline looks like if you're interested you know and you made the
comment about your vote not matter in a madding doesn't matter if it's because
you're not counsel but it's really one of the best things you can do as far as
civil engagement is get involved the local level so if you're interested you
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know they even broadcast you know the meetings are on zoom you know you're
YouTube you can watch them live while they're happening and they do give an
opportunity for public comment even if you are remote so don't you know get
involved as much as you can that's where you can make a difference and be heard
like you mentioned it does open up the opportunity for citizens to really have
some input and talk about what they want to see in the town well the certain
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but let's be clear that the circle is not really on the table maybe 20 years
who knows things change electric cars will come about who knows mission
standards change maybe 20 years from now maybe when I'm in my 70s if I get there
I will witness the return of the circle so I wanted to ask or verify that the
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meetings even if you can't attend them live they are still available after the
fact so those of us who would still like to see what is going on you you can't
use the excuse why couldn't attend I couldn't be there for the zoom you do
have the opportunity to review them on your own time because I get frustrated
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with folks who say things like oh well it's it wasn't convenient for me so so
now I can definitely say you have the opportunity to watch and learn and then
get out and get yourself heard to help our community yeah absolutely so they
have a YouTube channel so everything gets uploaded there you can go and find
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it links right on there what are some of these addresses what's the website
address so I believe the Hanover it might be Hanover borough PA.gov
yeah in a quick and a quick plug kudos to the borough and brava brava the home
ball their websites excellent it's it's the most transparent it's been in my
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lifetime I I think they they have you know to have recorded borough meetings
and access via zoom or streaming incredible and I know there's a lot of
folks that worked in that direction for for many years including a friend of
mine former councilman Brian Shea and the borough has a great new newsletter
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they have a great team and I you know I just look for more and more good stuff
especially communicating with the public and a borough newsletter is excellent
yes it is and that's it that's a really good point that you brought up the
newsletter because those of us who don't live in the borough you wouldn't get a
hard copy mail to us but I I live in Pentownship so I actually do sign up for
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the newsletter and get it into my email inbox and a shout out to Valerie Myers
of the borough that does the newsletter and everybody that ships in yeah yeah
she's phenomenal I mean just to verify the website is Hanover borough PA.gov
and the Main Street Hanover website is Main Street Hanover website is Main Street Hanover
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dot org and you can follow Main Street Hanover on Facebook you can also a
shameless plug Main Street can post on the Hanover land Facebook group one and
if it's such a sweet as we continue to grow and I know there are a lot of other
good good information sites and groups out there and our philosophy is let a
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thousand flowers bloom just like the nursery that you worked in with your
four siblings when you grew up in yeah it's how old is that like so yeah so I
grew up in a family with you know family owned and operated business so my
parents started Kingdom Landscaping in 1995 so a year before I was born and so
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like all my siblings at some point in time you end up working for the family
business so for me I like how you say that working for the family business
so you know growing up you know they build and still do they're still now my
mom and dad they they run it themselves they're in their 60s but they build
pond patios and walls that's kind of the tagline so you know growing up you know
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we had a pond you know in our front yard and so we would you know play with
frogs all the time we fish we feed the fish out of our hands like you know and
growing up in the Catoctin Mountains it was very rural area so just a lot of I
don't know a lot of fun growing up in stuff and having four siblings there's
plenty I'm the middle child so all the stereotypes are true my god we have a
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long time so are they located excuse me what is their business where are they
located so they are located in Sevilleville Maryland okay yep and how
far is that from here that's about I would say 40 minutes or so so and that's
where I grew up you know that's where I was born and raised same same house same
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property my entire life and they still live there so yeah did you from the
Catoctin Mountains did you ever break into Camp David so fun fact my parents
mailbox is actually on Camp David property wow yeah so always growing up
and stuff like that you know obviously a lot of people in the area they hunt you
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know my brother's hunted growing up and everything and so it was kind of like if
you ever shared a deer and runs across the road don't follow it I'm not gonna get it
like it's gonna get you so yeah so never never broken the camp David I mean
interesting helicopter drones drones you have drones and some of these everywhere
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yeah I mean there's a lot of service I'll say a lot a lot of helicopters you
know I remember as a kid always seeing them fly over the house this is kind of
you know a random thing but my fortune unfortunate enough my birthday is
September 11th so you know during that time growing up and being so close to
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Camp David and when 9-11 happened I remember as a very young kid you know
hearing this fighter jets over our house you know day and night and everything
so that's kind of an interesting experience growing up but definitely
being so close to the government properties there's quite the sense of
patriotism in the area you know so when you heard the helicopter or the
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come by fighters fighter jets was that the day of the actual 9-11 you say every
9-11 after soon after after 9-11 that week yeah not so much on a yearly basis
but yeah definitely during that time and like I said I was pretty young so you
know my memory is definitely foggy but that's something that I remember growing
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up well that's another thing that inflicts middle children so we're in it
the the throws of Christmas season and so tell us what's going on tell us what's
going on this weekend in downtown historic downtown Hanover yeah so our
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last you know a mainstream event was this past Saturday but we are still
really encouraging people it is not too late to shop downtown and shop small for
your Christmas gifts so if you are looking for that map or anything go to
our website check it out we try to post frequently on our social media highlighting
the different businesses what they have going on what they offer so you know as
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far as mainstream is we don't have anything specific plan for this upcoming
weekend we're kind of you know playing it low after the holiday and all the
hard work after you know Santa's Cabin and everything that would be the last
thing that would be up for this weekend is Santa's Cabin if you're curious what
the hours are specifically you can go to our website under our programs tab you'll
see Christmas in Hanover click on that page scroll down it has all the specific
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hours you can find out when he is there it is free it's free to visit with you
and your family it's free for you to take photos you just have to bring your
own camera or cell phone but our Santa Claus is one of the best Santa Claus is
I will brag he's wonderful it's really you know wait I thought there's only one
right okay it's the best so okay family family part so my next question is with
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I know there's a lot of volunteers is there a tab where people who are
interested you know they look and see all the great work that everyone has done
decorating they want to get involved for next year how do they accomplish that
yeah absolutely so we do have a Christmas committee that if you're
interested in joining that to really be a part of the planning process please
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reach out to me at Main Street our email address is Main Street Hanover at
gmail.com just send me an email telling me you're interested if you're just
looking for general volunteer opportunities when we do events on our
website in the upper right corner there is a get involved tab click on that you'll
see volunteer and that shows all of our different volunteer opportunities and
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you can sign up for them we have a really great program that we use that
tracks hours and stuff so we're always looking for any type of help in any way
yeah if you're curious about what's going on and you want to have like a you
know in-person conversation just send me an email I would love to meet with you
and also would I be able to get into Santa's cabin or adults allowed yeah adults
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were allowed and just see would he accept my letter I think you would we also
have a mailbox there's a mailbox there is a mailbox outside and are his boot
prints really does he really wear the size of Shaquille and Neal's sneakers I
don't know if I'm I find can reveal this type of Christmas secrets yeah it's
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probably a little too personal I think we should we do hard-headed journalism
here I got a burning question yes you do yeah I don't know if you know this or
not but the the alley that runs down from alongside the municipal parking lot
that is recently looks like it's been bricked or something is that's is that a
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view into what's to come downtown in certain areas or is that just an
isolated yeah situation there along the side of that building yeah so that's
DOS alley that is definitely a puzzle P. DOS alley DOS alley yep it is a puzzle
piece to the grander project of what the borough wants to to do that is a
project that they just it's about you know they're still winning on some
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greenery and stuff like that you see it right now it still looks like it's a
little bit of construction but there are pavers a paper walkway now the thought
is to really encourage more greenways more green spaces that kind of thing so
there will be some native plantings that will go in there and they have some
other exciting plans for that area and they're kind of you know trying to
determine what would be best as people walk around and in tourism so yeah I'm
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gonna geek out here for a second so on DOS alley this is where Richard McAllister
the founder of the town actually had his first log cabin where the glove factory
is and also in DOS alley in that parking lot that you know is a connected to
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current borough offices that is where Casper Reiniger's tavern it was when a
33 year old young Thomas Jefferson stayed in Hanover in April 1776 he stayed
right there on his way to Philadelphia where he wrote the world famous
decoration of independence he even writes about it in his diary got a haircut
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there at Casper's I don't know if they call it Casper's then I think it's okay
well he was 33 he's a very dashing young man
well speak for yourself but the thing I love about that DOS alley right is that
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really and I get goosebumps even talking about because all like all facets of
Hanover history and American history and pretty incredible history is really on
that one block and then across the street at the state theater and we have a
storyboard there now that tells the story from the heart of Hanover trails is
where a bona fide stop on the undergrad railroad was and it was probably the
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biggest stop in Hanover is owned by industrialist Jacob Wurtt who had his
hands and a lot of things in Hanover so you can tell so much about American
history so much about Hanover history even before the country was formed right
in one block right pretty incredible it really is I mean that's a thing it's
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like there there's so much I feel like that downtown has to offer like you said
just in that one block loan there's so many different aspects especially for
history buffs but that's all over the downtown I mean it truly is I mean a lot
of people like I said I think we just people don't realize what a rich
experience we have and so that's one of Main Street's initiatives is to do a
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better job at advertising that you know and and being better at marketing
ourselves because we have a lot to market that's excellent I you know I
can't agree with you more and it's really wonderful to meet you and to feel
your enthusiasm your earnestness and I love that you have an arts background
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and I love that you have a like a you talked about ponds earlier and walls and
I mean that's streetscaping that's place-making right streetscaping you know
maybe that's how the meeting should have been called eight years ago Steve
it's really about place-making absolutely it's about people place-making
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softens civilized human eyes and satisfied
is there anything else you'd like to add about Main Street oh one other thing
brava brava kudos to the Christmas and Hanover committee yes downtown Hanover
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excellent excellent and I said this a few years ago when Andrea the late Andrea
Goodson was involved with with your predecessor Justine Trexas they and
and I think Mindy Crawford was involved in that hey ends and there was a group
there's like a Don Ham and there's like a this really hardcore group downtown
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never looks so good agreed as this this trend is you know it started a few years
ago and this it just gets better each year absolutely trees bigger the trees
brighter but I just think downtown Hanover is beautiful they do a great job
and that core group is still involved is that right yep yep and I'm probably
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missing people is there anybody else we can do a shout out there is but I'm
gonna mess up everybody's names and then I'll fill back for missing the whole
group there's a quite a lot of them it's a little kick boot okay so we apologize
yes advance for our sins of omission but you know who you are and thank you
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your work your dedication your affection it does not go unnoticed we notice we
see you even though we can't pronounce your name see you we hold you in our
hearts thank you so much for all the hard work you're doing I'm just can't wait
to see what comes forward from all your efforts one final question self-serving
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as usual when when can we expect these these microphones the science fiction
newfangled basis we're working on some things hopefully in the warmer weather
that's kind of what we're anticipating so maybe in 2025 maybe the
commemorate the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson coming to Hanover maybe oh my
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god very very exciting I'm gonna tell Santa and my letter
that's how you know what happens when Santa would say this yeah oh my god it's
April though that means I have to talk to Easter Bunny right on thank you so much
ladies and gentlemen more I are Tyler and Main Street
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