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| BDAC's MISSION |
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To serve as a an action-oriented community -based group, committed to advising and supporting the Township through a comprehensive initiative to revitalize Stowe's central business district.
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| ALLEGHENY TOGETHER |
Allegheny Together endeavors to encourage well-planned, well-designed and geographically-focused investment in the established, urban commercial districts of Allegheny County while respecting the unique history, character, and built environment of each. The program aims to help organize and empower each community to fulfill its collective vision. |
 A PROGRAM OFAlleghenty County Economic Development |
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| Downtown Recognition Awards
Stowe Township Joins Spring Redd Up
Pittsburgh's Spring Redd Up was set for the weekend of April 24-26 and Stowe joined in this year by conducting a clean-up of Downtown Stowe. Seven volunteers came out to join in this first clean-up campaign organized by Dr. Claudia Wendell, O.D whose business is located along Broadway. Claudia is also the Business Development Chair for the Stowe Business District Advisory Committee (BDAC).
Fourteen bags of trash were cleaned up on Broadway and from the alleys behind the buildings on Broadway. Thanks goes out to Claudia, Stowe Police Chief Frank Marciw; Marty Jacobs, Fire Chief; Logan McKnight, local student; McKees Rocks Assembly of God Pastor Jim and Kathy Tracey; and Ray Puskar, Organization Chair of the Stowe BDAC.
The Stowe Business District Advisory Committee wishes to recognize this effort as their second quarter 2009 Downtown Recognition Recipient. The willingness and enthusiasm of the volunteers is appreciated!
Another clean-up day will be planned for this fall. Look for information in future e-newsletter issues and come out and join the effort to "redd up" Downtown Stowe.
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Allegheny Restores Program Update
Allegheny County Economic Development (ACED) is offering assistance to business owners and building owners of Allegheny Together communities who wish to make physical improvements to their building facades through the Allegheny Restores Program. The next round of applications is due by September 25, 2009. For more information, please visit www.alleghenytogether.com and click on Allegheny RESTORES under Special Programs in the left hand column. Here you will find program guidelines, a program application, and contact information. Allegheny County encourages you to please call and discuss your project with them prior to completing the application which will enable the County to provide additional support and assistance with program applications. |
DowntownProperties.Net 
DowntownProperties.net is a new business recruitment tool being offered to communities by Town Center Associates. The website is a central source of information of properties available for sale or lease in your downtown. Properties in the business district can be listed on DowntownProperties.net at no charge to building owners and/or real estate professionals.
Please visit www.downtownproperties.net for an easily accessible listing of property availability in Allegheny Together communities as well as other downtown-based Western Pennsylvania communities. If you have a property located in your community's downtown which does not already appear on the site and you would like to have it listed, please call Town Center Associates at 412-577-7447.
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PHLF UPDATE 
Landmarks Community Capital Corporation (LCCC), a nonprofit subsidiary of PHLF, announced in February the start of The Metropolitan Loan Fund of Pittsburgh (MLFP). The program was created in collaboration with Allegheny County, the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, Neighborhood Business Inc., Bridgeway Capital, with the support of The Heinz Endowments to help bring much needed capital investment into our smaller business districts. The MLFP has $1.75 million in funds committed to spur small and minority business opportunities in the Pittsburgh region, and is particularly well suited to traditional main street businesses. Funds are available for an array of uses, including building acquisition and improvements, equipment purchases and operating.
This program demonstrates County Executive Dan Onorato's commitment to small business in Allegheny County and in partnership with State Senator Wayne Fontana, who helped make these funds available to the County, is anxious to get the program started. "The (fund) will benefit our region on two levels - by increasing the number of minority-owned businesses and by encouraging additional economic development," said Onorato.
"This public/private partnership," said Dr. Howard Slaughter, Jr., CEO of LCCC, "is designed to provide flexible financing and technical assistance to new and existing businesses, with special emphasis on minority and women-owned businesses in the region." A key component of the program is for participants to utilize technical assistance from the beginning of the process throughout the entire life of the loan, "in order to help these firms navigate the vicissitudes of entrepreneurship," Howard added.
Eligible applicants include new or existing businesses located in or serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan statistical area.
For details contact:
Annabelle Javier Wilburn
annabelle@landmarksccc.com
412-471-2110
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| This e-newsletter was created by Town Center Asociates for the Allegheny Together Program of Allegheny County Economic Development. For more information about the Allegheny Together program, please visit www.alleghenytogether.com. |
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