Article: Mount Joy, Pa., Looks to Start Redevelopment of Downtown Area.

By David O'Connor, Lancaster New Era, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 16--Before moving to Mount Joy a year ago, Maggie Methlie and her husband Dave lived in a small town near Chicago where the once-dead downtown had found new life.

The rejuvenation of Crystal Lake, Ill., happened after local leaders got together to form a Main Street program, then they went about filling vacant businesses and organizing "activities that brought people into the downtown," Mrs. Methlie recalled. "It made a difference."

Now the Methlies and others in Mount Joy hope to do the same in their northwestern Lancaster County borough, which is celebrating ...

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