Hermantown Hometown
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Based on the context of the municipality and the nature of the dialogue (which appears to be a promotional video or a "State of the City" montage typically featuring residents, business owners, and officials), here is the transcript with the most likely speakers identified.
**Note:** Specific residents and students are labeled by their role, while sections concerning city growth and development are attributed to the Mayor, as those details align with his official communications regarding the "Hermantown Marketplace" and "YMCA" projects.
[0:00] **Resident 1:** [Music] what do i love about hermantown i love that we've got space and we're still in a community i would say that hermantown has a small town feel there's a lot of opportunities for connection and connectivity with people in the area we're close to a lot of the places where we like to go it's convenient to get to the mall it's easy to get downtown from here raising a family in hermantown has been exactly what i was hoping it would be uh the schools have been fantastic in addition there's no shortage of activities for us to do as a family this trail has been just wonderful i've met families on the trail the children
[0:46] **Resident 1:** are on skateboards or on rollerblades and mom and dad are walking along and people are taking advantage of being able to be outside fresh air and no traffic in addition to being safe and well kept we often see animals um along the way
[1:05] **Resident 2:** don't forget the wild turkeys
[1:07] **Resident 1:** and yes we we've seen wild turkeys quite a flock
[1:16] **Business Owner (Valentine's):** valentine's has been around for almost 90 years all our food is homemade and we pride ourselves in the fact that we do everything from scratch we've been operating in hermann town for about two years the reaction of people that come here for the most part has been very very positive
[1:31] **Business Owner (Valentine's):** i think the business climate around here has been extremely supportive of our business for sure and i think it's important that it's a mutual thing
[1:42] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** i see this area growing because we have the area you have potential for expansion here you have housing i do see lots of new homes going in lots of new development going in shopping areas are expanding
[2:00] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** the biggest change i've seen is on the corner of maple grove and haynes road it's called hermantown marketplace and there's all kinds of building going in there the ymca is just absolutely a boon
[2:11] **Student:** germantown high school is like really fun up there i've met some pretty good teachers my friends they're all nice there
[2:17] **Student:** when i think of hermantown i think like the sports sports car serious it's pretty big i play basketball football it's pretty crazy like the fans are all very loud pretty cool to hear like a lot of people like to your name and stuff [Applause]
[2:33] **Student:** oh i love it when our family because they're watching me play especially like like something good happens in a game and i just look at them they're just smiling at me like good job good job
[2:40] **Resident 3:** hockey gives a lot of energy to this community and it's something that we've really kind of embraced with our kids and it's been a fun thing for us to do as a parent it's what you want you want to see your children do something they're passionate about i love hermantown because
[3:04] **Resident 3:** just it's been a great community and it's been a place where our kids can grow and thrive and we're still really close to everywhere we want to be