Smethport’s Route 6 Heritage Community Vision

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“Smethport, in the year 2015, is thriving economically, as a new generation of entrepreneurs, building on Smethport’s heritage and rich natural resources, are making it a hub of innovation, driven by new technologies. A vibrant, pedestrian-friendly business district has shops, lodging, restaurants, and places of worship. A promenade, dwellings, and restaurants surround the town’s centerpiece, Hamlin Lake. Visitors and residents enjoy the year-round recreational opportunities of Hamlin Lake and the surrounding mountains and forests. Residents have a high quality of life, created by merging the town’s rich heritage with its traditional values.”

“The corridor offers a broad range of employment and entrepreneurial opportunities and exceptional experiences. Public and private infrastructure make the corridor accessible and provides economic opportunities for strengthening communities while enhancing its natural, cultural, scenic, and recreational and historical resources”.

Involvement in this major state effort offers Smethport the incentive and means of bringing the community together, to publicize our existing assets, resources, and unique heritage. More importantly, the program provides encouragement to enhance the elements of the community for visitors and residents alike.

The committee envisions a friendly community tucked into the foot hills of the beautiful Allegheny Mountains that beckon visitors to stop and experience our activities and small-town experiences. Several areas of the community will be focused on to bring the vision to reality:

1. Enhance appearances of entrances to the community
2. Improve/beautify downtown business district
3. Façade improvement for historical museum, government buildings, and churches
4. Cleaning up buildings destroyed by fire
5. Developing tours/signs for the Historic Mansion District
6. Improving Hamlin Lake Park
7. Enlarge and develop the Smethport Area Chamber of Commerce
8. Develop a weekly newspaper to promote community activities
9. Establish a Community Revitalization Corporation to seek revitalization funds
10. Develop building codes focused on heritage, attracting visitors, and business