Article: Getting people involved; For Mount Joy's Allison Weiss, a key to revitalizing the town is listening to people and striving to provide what they want.

Former museum director Allison Weiss has "always been interested in grass-roots projects," she says, and in making sure regular people are involved when something big has to be tackled by a business or government.

And that's what Weiss, Mount Joy's Main Street manager for six months, thought "was really interesting" about the possibility of her new role in the western Lancaster County borough.

"It's not government telling people, 'This is what we're going to do for your town.'

"Instead, it's, 'What do you want to see happen in your town, what do you believe is going to be successful?'" Weiss says.

And that's what she wants to be the goal as she familiarizes herself with being the go-to ...

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