Business View Civil & Municipal l November 2022

104 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 We are a family-owned engineering, environmental, and surveying firm that serves public and private clients. Spotts, Stevens and McCoy Our purpose is to help you stick to yours. Water and Wastewater Engineering Energy and Sustainability Services Facilities Engineering Municipal Engineering Surveying and Data Capture Follow us on social media as we celebrate our 90th year in business! WWW. SSMGROUP . COM On the local business side, the Dover Area Business Association (DABA) was started in early 2020, just before COVID hit. “That was a little bit of a challenge for the association, but we’ve survived through it,” Caden admits, conveying that through outdoor meetings and social distancing, the association was able to move forward. “We adapted and grew. Currently, we’re at 19 businesses. I think that the one thing cool about the Dover Business Association is the interconnectedness.” he added. With Dover Borough, Dover Township, Dover Area School District, Northern York County Police Department, and Representative Seth Grove and his chief of staff serving at all parts of the association, Caden believes that this offers a representation of the community it serves. Moving on from COVID, DABA holds a monthly breakfast meeting, with guest speakers who are relevant to local businesses. “We’ve had Northern York County Regional Police talk about business security, and Bob Hoffman YMCA talk about the programs they can offer for employers and their employees. We’ve had Alternative HR come and speak there, which was really intriguing. Business owners loved that presentation because it talked about how to navigate the complex HR world when it comes to hiring, firing, and all those steps in between.” Although Dover Township has been utilizing Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology since the 1990’s, a recent cataloging of each of the Township’s operations have made this even more efficient. McLucas recounts, “We have funneled them into an individual technology dashboard for every single department. That will allow for facilities to know what routes were driven during a snowstorm, or what the maintenance log is on a specific truck. For our department, we can log all the data associated with a new single-family home or a new commercial building, knowing what the approval timeline was, knowing what the