DOWNTOWN RECOGNITION AWARD

Friends of Old Economy Village

The Ambridge Downtown Development Council has chosen the Friends of Old Economy Village as its 1st Quarter Downtown Recognition recipient for 2011. This group of hard-working, dedicated volunteers is being recognized for the outstanding efforts put forth to keep Old Economy Village open. Because of state budget cuts, this historic facility was scheduled to close. But thanks to the efforts of Kevin Flannery, President of the Friends of Old Economy, organization members, House Representative Robert Matzie and Senator Elder Vogel, Old Economy Village remains open to the public. The ADDC expresses sincere appreciation to everyone who worked so tirelessly to keep our historic treasure functioning and allowing its visitors a fascinating glimpse of a unique society.

The Friends of Old Economy Village was also honored as an Outstanding Community Organization at this year's Celebration of Efforts event held on January 20th at Franzee's Banquet Hall.

              (OEV Volunteers)                                 (The Grotto at OEV)

DOWNTOWN AMBRIDGE CALENDAR OF EVENTS  

Little Blue Sister Gifts, creator of one-of-a-kind photo-personalized handbags announces the addition of new items. Melanie Chiaverini is now offering a full array of handcrafted accessories ready to personalize with your favorite photograph. The company specializes in photo-personalizing make-up bags, wristlets, totes, compact mirrors, garden flags, aprons, T-shirts and more. The result is a functional, unique and beautiful way to show off your favorite photo.

The following retailers feature Little Blue Sister Gifts products:  Cable Creations (Beaver Falls), Economy Cleaners (Ambridge), Larry's Laundromutt (Sewickley), Tapas (Sewickley), Berry Vine Gifts (Bradford Woods), and Studio Baden (Baden). In addition, custom gifts can be ordered directly from www.littlebluesistergifts.com. Customers choose a gift, email a photo, and order online. 

Little Blue Sister Gifts is located at 507 8th Street in Ambridge, PA. Melanie Chiaverini, designer/owner, can be reached at 724-777-9068 or mchiaverini@comcast.net.  Studio hours are by appointment only.  Full line of Little Blue Sister Gifts' products can be found on the web at www.littlebluesistergifts.com.   

10TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF EFFORTS AWARDS

Ginny Kellinger-Outstanding Adult Volunteer

Tom Patrician-Outstanding Adult Volunteer

Recycled Dreams-Outstanding New Business

Charles Men Store-Outstanding Business

Ambridge Wholesale Tire/Shawn Gradiek-Outstanding Entrepreneur

Kevin Joy-Outstanding Public Safety Person

Friends of Old Economy-Outstanding Community Organization

Committee to Clean & Beautify Ambridge-Outstanding Community Organization

State Senator Elder Vogel, Jr. & State Representative Robert F. Matzie-Outstanding Civic Leaders

Mr. DeAngelis (Ambridge High School)-Outstanding Teacher

Elyse Mylan-Outstanding Student

Anna Olexovich-Outstanding Youth Volunteer

Mr. Frank Aloe (Posthumously)-Lifetime Achievement Award

Join the movement of hundreds of others  who have already pledged their support for our local and downtown businesses.

Take just 20 seconds to take the Downtown Ambridge pledge today! 

Taking the pledge  lets your loyal local businesses know you are happy to have them in your community, and that you want them to stay! Additionally, it sends the message to potential new businesses that your community is supportive of local businesses.

Remember, when you "put your money where your house is" you are helping to create a more vibrant downtown, decreasing time spent in the car and on fuel costs, and also helping to increase the home values in your community: a win-win-win!

Thanks for joining the Downtown First movement  to support our local and downtown businesses!

Sign up to receive a FREE email when a new property becomes available for sale or lease in your downtown!

This innovative feature of the DowntownProperties.net program makes it easy for you to be aware of opportunities for new businesses in your downtown.  

It only takes a few seconds to sign up, just click here 

You are reading the Ambridge 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 724-728-9400.      

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.