Our Downtowns

With its unique Victorian architecture, Berwick’s Downtown District is the site of unique shops, restaurants, banks, office suites, a movie theater and much more.  Numerous events take place in and around the downtown each month.  The famous Thanksgiving Day "Run for the Diamonds" hosts about 1000 runners a year. The Jaycees Christmas Boulevard, a light and decoration display along Market Street, is held throughout the month of December.  In the spring, the Boulevard is transformed into a flowering vista.

When visitors traverse the Boulevard, they pass a beautiful, historic home, known locally as the Jackson Mansion.  This century-old Victorian Mansion was planned by Colonel Clarence G. Jackson in a Civil War Confederate prison. The building was completed in 1878, two years before Colonel Jackson died at the age of 38.  It was built of specially-worked Vermont stone, with hand carved wood-work, handmade tiled fireplaces, and heavy 9-foot high entrance doors, set in a beautifully landscaped park, a memorial to him and his wife Elizabeth.  The Jackson Mansion is currently home to the Berwick Historical Society. 

The Borough of Berwick has several parks throughout the Borough. Test Track Park is the most nature-oriented park out of all of them, located along the beautiful Susquehanna River, where you can walk through trails, fish along the bank, launch a boat, and enjoy the beauties of nature just outside of town.

For more information, visit www.berwickborough.org.  

Bloomsburg, a historic picturesque college town, along the Susquehanna River in Columbia County is located on US Rt. 11 and is highly accessible to Interstate 80.

Discover Bloomsburg as a regional cultural destination. Experience Bloomsburg as a welcoming downtown for everyone. Bloomsburg supports and enhances a variety of cultural and artistic events, talents and individuals that make Bloomsburg such an interesting place to live, work and visit.

Discover Bloomsburg as a regional dining and entertainment destination. Gather with friends and family in Downtown Bloomsburg. Experience our local mix of restaurants, meeting places, and entertainment venues. Bloomsburg is a vibrant and fun place to be, to be seen, and to be with others.

 Mill Street is the heart of the Danville business district, extending from the hills above the town to its riverfront. Flanked by well-preserved Italianate and Victorian architecture, it is bisected by historic Market Street and anchored by the Montgomery House, the Columbia Montour Visitors Bureau, the Montour County Courthouse, and remnants of the North Branch of the Pennsylvania Canal.

Throughout its history water has been a significant influence in the development of Danville and its business district. For much of the 19th century it was the dominant artery of commerce. This was particularly true for the iron industry but for almost all agriculture and trade, as well, since the Susquehanna River and the Pennsylvania Canal permitted the movement of large quantities of raw materials, commodities and finished products to and from the region.

With friendly neighborhoods only a short walking distance away, quaint shops, busy restaurants, historic buildings, and the riverfront along which to stroll, for those who visit Danville it still evokes a small town atmosphere. Nevertheless, large crowds attend its annual festivals and events, its William Montgomery House is well-known and admired for its collection of 18th and 19th century American memorabilia, and its future is shaped by being a regional leader in health care, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals

Today only a small portion of the Pennsylvania Canal remains, but the Susquehanna River still beckons to those who turn to Danville as a place for recreation and a vital link to the past, present and the future.