Meet a Mayor: The ‘star’ at the edge of Allegheny National Forest

Meet a Mayor: The ‘star’ at the edge of Allegheny National Forest

Kane Mayor Brandy Schimp says rural areas can get a bad reputation as boring or “barren land,” but it’s “really quite opposite.”

Meet a Mayor: The ‘Star’ at the Edge of Allegheny National Forest

Kane Mayor Brandy Schimp feels it’s a shame that places like her hometown can go overlooked. “I think that people would be surprised how much there is to do here,” Schimp said of the borough of about 3,500 people in north-central Pennsylvania. “Sometimes rural can get a bad rap — like it’s behind, or there’s not as many activities, or it’s barren land. And I think it’s really quite opposite.” There’s so much to do in Kane, she said, that it’s ki…