Article: Train station spurs ideas in Mount Joy ; Attracting state and federal grant money for the station could be a key to other efforts, possibly including bed-and-breakfasts, gift shops and coffee and tea shops/gathering places, officials say.

When you're a small town like Mount Joy, "you either progress and move forward and try to think outside the box, or you end up stagnant and dying out.

"And that's not an option."

So for Jennifer Luciani, the borough's community development director, and other officials like borough Manager Terry Kauffman, moving forward could soon be getting a big boost from the train station just a half-block from the heart of town.

They hope planned improvements to Mount Joy's heavily-used train station could spur a wide range of improvements in Mount Joy, the western Lancaster County town of some 7,000 people.

Calling the train stop a "station" might be a misnomer - it's actually part-platform, ...

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