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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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Welcome to Our New Businesses!
Tona Pure Salon
638 Broadway Avenue 412-331-0888 Clintona Robinson, owner 
#1 Broadway Family Fitness Center 732 Broadway Avenue 412-452-0295 Dennis Golling, owner 
West Park Cut Flowers
628 Broadway Avenue
412-458-0923
Don Drogowski, owner
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Downtown Recognition Award
 The Stowe Business District Advisory Committee has chosen Constable Joseph Saloshey as its 1st Quarter Downtown Recognition recipient for 2010. Joe has taken a great deal of initiative in promoting the Block Watch program in an effort to dispel the perception that Stowe is an unsafe neighborhood. As Captain of the Block Watch group, he secured "Crime Watch" signs
from Guardian Protection and placed them throughout the community. Constable Saloshey is a lifelong resident and resides with his wife Linda on Broadway Avenue. He also owns a remodeling and property maintenance company.
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Downtown Stowe Calendar of Events
Thaw Out Your Memories (March 1936 Flood)
March 20
11 AM to 2 PM
CDC Office
711 Chartiers Avenue
Sto-Rox Block Watch Meetings
March 23rd
July 22nd
7:00 PM
Municipal Building
McKees Rocks VFD Night at the Races
March 27
Contact VFD for more details
Hammy Dance 2
April 17
7 to 11:55 PM
Kennedy Township Fire Department
Stowe Township Fire Department Fair
July 5-10
Sto-Rox Football Field
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SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN STOWE
Recently, Sustainable Pittsburgh sponsored a team of architects and planners to participate in a problem-solving exercise with the Stowe Business District Advisory Committee (BDAC). Sustainable Pittsburgh is a nonprofit organization that seeks to integrate economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality to bring sustainable solutions to communities and businesses.
The issues discussed included how to enhance the business district via streetscape and greening strategies; the interest in bringing a community bank back to town; and consideration for subsidized housing in the downtown. Some observations considered by the group included: Stowe is a geographic link between McKees Rocks and Kennedy Township; the perception of safety issues in Stowe and the success of the current Block Watch program; the upcoming lighting improvements; the need to create linkages between the residents and the downtown; and the need to address the large number of blighted buildings in the downtown.
The Stowe BDAC will consider the information discussed during this exercise, and work with Town Center Associates to incorporate key elements of the discussion into our annual Strategic Action Plan. Stowe's Strategic Action Plan focuses on bringing about positive revitalization within Stowe's central business district.
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Streetscape Project Underway
 An important step forward has been taken towards the goal of improving the streetscape along Broadway Avenue. In a collaboration of the Stowe Business District Advisory Committee and the Char West Council of Government, Stowe Township has selected an engineering firm to design and engineer improvements to the Broadway Avenue business district.
This design and engineering effort is being funded by a Community Development Block Grant from Allegheny County Economic Development and is expected to be complete by next summer. Requests for proposals were issued and thirteen firms responded. That was reduced to three firms invited to make presentations. In the end, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) was chosen from an impressive field of companies that specialize in streetscape design.
In talking with all the firms, a great deal of emphasis was made to ensure the new design must be easy to maintain, long-lasting, and cost effective. Because such a plan by its very nature is expensive and complex, the process of improvement is projected to be done in two phases. Phase one is lighting, trees, and landscaping. Phase two is sidewalk and curb improvements. None of these improvements can happen until design and engineering plans are in place which then allows for the search for funding and actual implementation.
A primary requirement in the selection process was that the design and engineering firm selected must be committed to interacting with the public on an on-going basis in formulating the conceptual plan. Stay tuned for updates as plans unfold! |
Downtown Stowe First!
Think Downtown Stowe.Think Local
The
new Downtown Stowe First program makes it easy to choose Downtown Stowe
businesses, first! Downtown Stowe First is part of an innovative new regional
program called Downtown First, which is designed to promote and support
the downtown business districts in our region.
Visit www.downtownfirst.net, and
select Stowe, and you'll find an entire program focused on marketing Downtown Stowe
businesses. Downtown First promotes Downtown Stowe and encourages residents and
visitors to enjoy the wonderful businesses that Downtown Stowe has to offer.
One of the first services offered through Downtown Stowe First is an online
Business Directory, found at www.downtownfirst.net.
The directory also provides an opportunity for individual business owners to
enhance their directory listing with an advanced webpage system, through which
they can offer coupons, discounts, information about special events and products/services
and more! Downtown First is currently offering business owners a FREE 60 day
webpage trial. Visit www.downtownfirst.net
to learn more.
Downtown First is a downtown business support and promotion program created by
Town Center Associates.
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Find Available Downtown Stowe Properties!
 Introducing TCA's New Business Recruitment Tool
Are you looking for a storefront to buy or lease for your business location? Are you a property owner interested in leasing or selling your downtown property?
Be sure to check out www.downtownproperties.net! Town Center Associate's innovative new business recruitment program includes this website, which is one hundred percent devoted to properties for sale or lease in your downtown's central business district, as well as other local business districts.
DowntownProperties.net features the vacant/available downtown properties in your business district complete with:
- Property Photos
- Property Owner Contact Information
- Address Information
- The ability to add additional information to each listing, such as realtor contact information or details about the property
- Features that enable you to email listings to interested parties, map listings, as well as print listings
More than just a website, the DowntownProperties.net program offers key benefits to the municipality. Benefits include having a central source of property contact information, and a readily available resource to attract new businesses-by marketing vacancies and available properties.
Additionally, TCA will provide property owners with a FREE, colorful DowntownProperties.net poster to put in their vacant or available storefront window to demonstrate that the building is available.
If you have a vacant or available downtown property that is not currently listed on the site, let us know. Just send an email to tca@towncenter.info, or call us at 412-577-7447 or 724-728-0500. |
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Your Census Form is Good for Your
Community
Simply filling out your
census form can benefit our downtown and our entire community by making it
known what resources are needed for our community.
Accurate data reflecting
changes in the community are critical in apportioning seats in the U.S. House
of Representatives and deciding how more than $400 billion per year is
allocated for infrastructure projects.
That's more than $4
trillion over a 10-year period for things like public works projects and
services like job training centers.
Additionally, residents
themselves have used census data to support community initiatives involving
environmental legislation, quality-of-life issues and consumer advocacy.
Do your part for your
downtown efforts and your community as a whole by filling out and sending in
your 2010 Census Form.
Information garnered from the US Census website at www.2010.census.gov.
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PHLF Update
Great
businesses capture foot traffic, maintain their building's historical
integrity, and are intensely focused on customer service. PHLF is offering
technical assistance to business owners to help them make their businesses the
best they can be.
As many
property owners are aware, Allegheny
County's Allegheny Restores program is a way for
you to make capital improvements to the façade of your building. However, this
is not the only assistance available to you. PHLF is offering the services of
an interior designer to you and your business. Our designers can help you draw
in more foot traffic through an eye-catching window display, improve the
interior layout of your space, and offer suggestions for new paint colors or
window treatments. This is a great opportunity for your business to get
recommendations from a design professional, free of charge. To set up an
appointment, please contact David Farkas at 412-471-5808.
As
previously mentioned, Allegheny Restores is a great opportunity for property
and business owners in the Allegheny Together communities to make improvements
to their facades. PHLF will be stepping up its role in
this area and assisting property and business owners in bidding the work out to
subcontractors, as well as helping to advise about the construction phase. PHLF brings over 40 years of
restoration and renovation experience, and we are excited about working with
interested business and property owners.
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Downtown Stowe E-Newsletter
You are
reading the Stowe FOCUS: your quarterly downtown e-newsletter. By using
e-newsletters instead of print newsletters, we can send the information about
our downtown revitalization efforts to a greater number of people and save
paper--a win for the community and the environment!
To
receive your copy of the e-newsletter via email, simply send an email to
tca@towncenter.info and indicate your email address, as well as the name of the
town or towns for which you'd like to receive the e-newsletters. You can
also call Town Center Associates to sign up at 412-577-7447.
Please also
take a moment to forward this email along to your friends, colleagues, family
and neighbors, and encourage them to sign up today! This will help to inform
(and involve) more citizens about the revitalization efforts taking place in
our downtown.
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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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