Bangor seeks borough-wide remodel in pitch to HGTV series Home Town Takeover – lehighvalleylive.com

There are multiple television shows about home renovations. Could Bangor be part of a new show that provides a borough-wide renovation?

The premise of HGTVs new series Home Town Takeover is to transform an entire town. The show is a spinoff of Home Town, which features Ben Napier and Erin Napier.

On that show, the married couple renovates homes in Laurel, Mississippi. The new show is going to take their renovating expertise on the road.

Bangor Mayor Brooke Kerzner entered a contest to be on the show, which is scheduled to premier in 2021.

The show requires that the town have a population of less than 40,000, have great architecture and have a Main Street that needs a facelift.

Kerzner said Bangor fits the criteria and she thought the borough could benefit from being on the show.

I am the mayor, so, I should do everything I can to help my town in any way possible, Kerzner said.

Kerzner enlisted the help Bangor Area High School graduate and current Northampton County College student Jessie Ledergerber to produce and direct the video.

Ledergerber, along with the help of Chris Kennedy, interviewed local business owners about the problems Bangor faces, including rundown facades and difficulty drawing customers to shop in the borough.

The interviewees also talk about their love of Bangor.

I wasnt born here but I got here as soon as I could, said Patti Bray of Brays News Agency.

The video focuses on how the downtown area has beautiful architecture but could be brought back to former glory. Kerzner also talks about the borough parks and what the show could do to improve them.

Kerzner gives a brief history of the borough and speaks with Slate Belt Heritage Center member Karen Brewer.

We are very proud of our past but we dont know where were headed in the future, Kerzner said.

The mayor stated in the video that she is Bangors first female mayor but she said she later learned that there was a female mayor before her.

The shows website states it is reviewing submissions.

John Best is a freelance contributor to lehighvalleylive.com. Find lehighvalleylive.com on Facebook.

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