Tony D'Imperio

By Tony D'Imperio on March 9, 2010

More breaks for Main St. businesses

Nine downtown Mount Morris business people have applied for a total of nearly $230,000 through the Microenterprise Program; this represents three existing and six new businesses. And it creates 22 new jobs.

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By Tony D'Imperio on February 22, 2010

Livingston County Tourism Director Lisa Burns at the Mount Morris Dam Visitor Center explaining the tourism opportunities in the county.

Along the 'Greatest Generation Trail'

Visit the 1941 Historic Aircraft Museum, the New Deal Gallery, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Exhibit, and you’ve done the Greatest Generation Trail. County Tourism Director Lisa Burns remarked that these exhibits will “give a wonderful understanding of the Greatest Generation history.”

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By Tony D'Imperio on February 10, 2010

The Mount Morris 'Beanery', no longer in operation, is located just northeast of the Main-State Street intersection. It is visible from State Street while approaching Main from the east. It's currently owned by Brady Farms and used for storage. Photo by Tony D'Imperio

19th century grain elevator still standing

In the 1870s, wooden grain elevators began cropping up alongside railroad tracks in nearly every farming community. Mount Morris was no exception. The Mount Morris elevator, commonly referred to by locals as the ‘Beanery’, specialized in the processing of ‘dry’ beans that were cleaned, sorted by screens with different sized holes and bagged.

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By Tony D'Imperio on January 14, 2010