Mayor Paul - Hopewell Valley Neighbors

If “Small Town Mayor, Big City Attitude” was a person, it’d be Mayor Paul.  Paul greeted me at his home and promptly invited me in. He started by offering me a few goodies – the coolest of which was a board game called Hopeopoly, which he proudly helped design during Covid.  Think Monopoly meets Hopewell mash-up, with trivia and local geography.  Paul had no idea that I’m a major geography and trivia nerd, however, my family does so they are not so willing to engage me for the inevitable L.

For the portrait session, we walked around town and stopped by the locations Paul was most proud of.  We would have made our way around town quicker but about every other car stopped to say hi, or just yell, “Hey Mayor Paul!”

Considering Paul is both a Mayor and a Lawyer, that’s saying a lot.    Glad to know Paul and happy we didn’t get pelted with tomatoes  – which is a segue to mentioning that, if you are in Hopewell, be sure to pick up some smashed tomato spread on freshly baked bread from Nomad Pizza.  After enjoying the pizza, take a walk around the town.  It’s a clean, safe lovely little town, and an ideal place to live, thanks in large part to Mayor Paul!