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A PROGRAM OF
Alleghenty County Economic Development |
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ALLEGHENY TOGETHER |
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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. |
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WELCOME TO OUR NEW BUSINESSES!
Illusions Studio
Hair Care & Make Up Center
2006 Noble Street
412-271-1000
Shawn Lewis, owner
Get Nails
2012 Monongahela Avenue
412-271-2411
Hong The Pham, owner
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DOWNTOWN RECOGNITION AWARD
Fr. John Lynam
The Swissvale Business District Advisory Committee has chosen Father John Lynam as the 1st quarter 2010 Downtown Recognition Recipient. Fr. Lynam was born in Wilmerding and served as a marine prior to becoming a priest. In 2006, he was assigned to the Madonna del Castello Roman Catholic Church in Swissvale.
Through his actions and personality, Fr. John has reinvigorated the only Italian parish in the area. In fact, parishioners who moved out of Swissvale are now returning to their church for worship.
Additionally, he is always willing to serve the Swissvale community in everyway possible. He volunteered with the Swissvale Civil Service Board to interview candidates interested in becoming full time police officers and is also serves as a member of the Swissvale Ministerial Association.
Many thanks to Fr. Lynam for his continuous dedication to the Swissvale community! |
DOWNTOWN SWISSVALE CALENDAR OF EVENTS
LENTEN FISH FRYS!
Madonna del Castello
Baked or fried fish dinners or sandwiches, haluski, macaroni & cheese, pasta e fagioli, roll and beverage
$7/adults...$4...children
Take-out and questions...412-271-3959
Fridays in Lent (except Good Friday)
12 to 7 PM
Parish Social Hall...2021 S. Braddock Avenue
Word of God
Jumbo fried haddock, fried cod, baked cod (dinner only), jumbo shrimp, stuffed shells, haluski, baked potato, macaroni & cheese, buttered noodles, hush puppies, onion rings, French fries, zucchini plants and mozzarella sticks.
Prices range from dinners to a la carte
Take-out and questions...412-371-8388
Fridays in Lent
Lunch take-out and local business delivery only
11 AM to 1 PM
Dinner take-out and local business delivery only
2:30 to 7 PM
School multi-purpose room...7436 McClure Street
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SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN SWISSVALE
Recently, Sustainable Pittsburgh sponsored a team of architects and planners to participate in a problem-solving exercise with the Swissvale 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. This problem-solving exercise included a conversation between the sponsored team, the Swissvale BDAC and members of the community present at the meeting. Issues discussed included the streetscape beautification project being considered which involves the aging bridge over the bus way and how to best redirect traffic from the highly used Braddock Avenue and Monongahela Avenue in order to increase the vibrancy of the business district.
The discussion between the architects and planners and the BDAC committee focused on possible ideas or needs such as: the Mon Valley Initiative housing development being built just across the bus way from the business district; renaming the two connector streets (Waverly & Roslyn) from Braddock Ave to Noble Street for the purpose of having the entire business loop identified as Noble Street; the need to clean and restore the Washington Ave. Bridge; the idea of extending the width of the Washington Ave. Bridge to create a wider bike path and pedestrian walkway as a 'gateway' to Noble St. from over the bridge; building of a pedestrian bridge from the new development over the bus way to the present station; creation of an identity via "gateways" and wayfinding signage; possibly drawing traffic in to the Noble Street corridor via landscaping, lighting, and gateway elements; and embellishing Noble Street with the development of a 'public space' along with front and rear façade improvements.
The Swissvale 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. Swissvale's Strategic Action Plan focuses on bringing about positive revitalization within Swissvale's central business district.
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SWISSVALE FIRST!
Think Downtown Swissvale. Think Local
The new Swissvale First program makes it easy to choose Swissvale businesses, first! Swissvale 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 Swissvale, and you'll find an entire program focused on marketing downtown Swissvale businesses. Downtown First promotes downtown Swissvale and encourages residents and visitors to enjoy the wonderful businesses that Swissvale has to offer.
One of the first services offered through Swissvale 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 SWISSVALE PROPERTIES!
 Are you looking for a storefront to buy or lease for your business location? Are you a downtown property owner looking to sell or lease your building? 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 SWISSVALE E-NEWSLETTER
You are reading the Swissvale 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.infoand 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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