Irwin is searching for a few more business owners like Lou Botti.

Botti, who has a background in construction and property development, decided last summer to buy the former Isaly’s Bakery and Deli, a Main Street staple for 60 years until its closing in 2006.

In the past year, the building that originally was a dairy in the 1920s has been renovated on the first floor in anticipation of a Labor Day opening for the new Main Street Deli & Bakery, a spot for grabbing a scoop of Hershey’s ice cream or ordering a lunch delivery.

Four two-bedroom apartments upstairs also have been fixed up and leased.

Botti even has his eye on other vacant properties in town -- unless other investors get to them first.

"The small-town attitude is the draw. You can’t create it," said Botti, of LKB Properties. "If you have a little vision and forethought, it’s a great little town."

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