001Hi. How long ago did you move to the town? Uh, I've been here five weeks. And what have you like? What have you seen uh that you like about the town of Ashlin so far? Well, I like the accessibility of shopping. I I've shopped with a lot of local dealers and I've had very good luck. They've all been very nice to me. I found what I wanted. I after the construction here, I find going through Ashlin is very easy. Um, get on route 9, go wherever you want. Um, I had the welcome wagon call on me. Uh, she was very kind and she introduced me to a lot of businesses here which I've patronized and I've had very good luck in Ashlin. How long have you been in the town of Ashlin? 61 years. And
002in that time, what have you seen? Well, the biggest change is going on now. I think it's great that they got that monument right across the way because it uh it's more showable than where they had it before. If they only plant another tree over there, make it a lot better. And of course, the the people in Ashland are all great people, the kids. We got the best schools in the state, I think. How long you live in Ashlin? Uh about 12 years. In that time, what have you seen happen? Uh, a lot of changes have been uh done in Ashland. A lot like the streets and stuff, the sidewalks. How long you been in Ashland? 7 years. And in that time, what changes have you seen? Well, like the whole Shaw Plaza has gone
003in. Ashland's really grown. The population's gone up a couple thousand since I've moved here. And in the future, what do you see planned for Ashlin? Uh, great. It's going to be very good. I hope more condos go up and uh some more shopping malls. That'll be great for Ashland. You You want to see Ashlin turn into a city? City. I want it to be very big. You don't like the little small town spirit? Nope. No, I want to be very big. What about you? Well, I want I think it's big enough. I think we have everything. We have a grocery store. We have our banks. We have our We have the Ashlin News. We have I I think we have enough. I don't I I think it's good as it is. I don't want it
004to get much bigger. Well, seen like Fat. He's gotten uh a lot of uh he's made a lot of other houses and it's really grown a lot since when we moved here over in the Ledgemir area. Yeah, that's where I live. I rode down here on my bike. So, over in over in that area, you really like all the developments going on? Well, it's good, but like it's getting a little bit too crowded because of all the stuff. It might get too overcrowded. What affiliation do you have with the town of Ashland? I own a business here in Ashland, Century 21, Liverpool Realy Company, Inc. And in your dealings with the people and the, you know, the realy in Ashlin. How do you see the uh town of Ashlin? I think the town of Ashland
005is great. It's very cooperative and uh we've been very successful here. Okay. In your travels through Ashland, uh what have you seen and what have you heard? Well, I heard that they were going to uh industrialize it. Oh, some people want to make big moves in here, you know, and I don't know, industrialize old strip down there and maybe on that side there. I think it'll be a big mistake. So, what have you seen change around Ashlin since? What have I seen change? The fire department. The chief isn't washing his truck anymore. The water ban has been enforced. And we got a beautiful country here. This is America. [Music]