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Pan Yan Bookstore Announces Change in Ownership

September 29, 2025

TIFFIN, OHIO – September  29, 2025 – Pan Yan Bookstore, located at 144 S. Washington Street in Downtown Tiffin, has announced a change in ownership. The business has transitioned from founder and owner Judy Dezse, who opened the store in September 2022, to Penelope Logsdon, a Heidelberg University graduate and native of Medina County.

Pan Yan Bookstore offers a wide selection of new and used books, as well as a variety of knick-knacks. The store currently hosts several monthly book clubs, a Write Night, and a Fiber Club, along with multiple author events throughout the year. 

Dezse said, “Opening Pan Yan Bookstore has been one of the greatest joys of my life, and I am so grateful for the love and support this community has shown since the beginning. I know the store is in good hands, and I can’t wait to watch it grow and thrive in the years to come.”

Logsdon has been the Store Manager of Pan Yan Bookstore since 2023. Looking ahead, she shared her vision for the store: “Judy’s foundation of the store has become an asset to our community and I plan to expand Pan Yan Bookstore’s existing impact. We’re introducing monthly craft workshops along with new bookish events that provide more opportunities for readers to connect. We’re also working on a mobile bookstore filled with rotating genres that will allow us to meet residents where they are and bring books to our surrounding communities. In short, Pan Yan Bookstore is going big, and we can’t wait.”

Tiffin Mayor Lee Wilkinson added, “Small businesses are an important part of our local economy, and we are glad to see Pan Yan Bookstore continue its presence in downtown Tiffin.”

More information about Pan Yan Bookstore can be found at www.panyanbooks.com.

[pictured: Penelope Logsdon (seated), Judy Dezse]

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About Downtown Tiffin
The revitalization of Downtown Tiffin began in 2011 with the formation of Tiffin Tomorrow, a grassroots initiative led by community members dedicated to promoting economic development and ensuring the long-term prosperity of the downtown district. In 2014, the City of Tiffin partnered with local organizations to serve as the official downtown development entity. Tiffin Tomorrow was incorporated into this effort, which now operates under the Seneca County Collaborative as the Downtown Development Board, the governing body for downtown revitalization efforts.

Since 2015, Downtown Tiffin has proudly participated in Heritage Ohio’s Main Street Program, further strengthening its commitment to historic preservation, economic vitality, and community engagement. Downtown Tiffin is also recognized as a nationally accredited Main Street America Program. Learn more at www.DowntownTiffin.org.

About the Seneca County Collaborative
The Seneca County Collaborative brings together the Seneca Regional Chamber & Development, Downtown Tiffin, and Destination Seneca County under one unified structure to better serve the businesses, communities, and residents of Seneca County. This integrated approach aligns economic development, tourism, downtown revitalization, and business services to create greater impact, improve access to resources, and drive long-term success across the county. Learn more at www.OneSeneca.org.

About Downtown Tiffin

The revitalization of downtown Tiffin began in 2011, when a group of community members came together to form “Tiffin Tomorrow”, with the goal of promoting and encouraging economic development in Downtown Tiffin, and creating plans, programs, and actions to ensure long-term vitality and prosperity. In 2014, the City of Tiffin contracted with SIEDC to act as the downtown organization and “Tiffin Tomorrow” came under the SIEDC (now TSEP) umbrella as the “Downtown Development Board,” which serves as the governing board of the downtown organization. In 2015, Tiffin joined Heritage Ohio’s Main Street Program. For more information, click here.

About Heritage Ohio

Heritage Ohio promotes economic growth through the preservation and revitalization of downtowns and neighborhoods across Ohio. Heritage Ohio is the coordinating agency for the Ohio Main Street Program and is the designated statewide Ohio preservation partner with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Through saving the places that matter we can all build a community and live better. Learn more about how to become involved by visiting www.heritageohio.org.

About Main Street America

Main Street America leads a movement committed to strengthening communities through preservation-based economic development in older and historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. For more than 40 years, Main Street America has provided a practical, adaptable, and impactful framework for community-driven, comprehensive revitalization through the Main Street Approach™. Our network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program have generated more than $101.58 billion in new public and private investment, generated 168,693 net new businesses and 746,897 net new jobs, rehabilitated more than 325,119 buildings, and levered over 33.7 million volunteer hours. Main Street America is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit mainstreet.org.

 
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