HOLIDAY BUSINESS MIXER

December 8th

5:00-7:00 p.m.

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall - Reception Hall

 Hear about what is happening in Carnegie & learn about new business opportunities, while enjoying holiday cheer!

RSVP by December 2 to:

Joanne at 412-276-6711

Sponsored by: Carnegie Community Development Corporation  

DOWNTOWN FIRST SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS DESIGNATION

BREAKFAST MEETING

Sustainable Pittsburgh and Town Center Associates are excited to announce the first Sustainable Business Designation & Downtown First Breakfast Meeting. This event will provide the opportunity for business owners committed to sustainability to meet and network with regional certified sustainable businesses and those interested in becoming certified. The Meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 6th from 8 to 9 AM at the Beaver Municipal Building, Community Room and on Tuesday, December 13th from 8 to 9 AM in the Bellevue Municipal Building. Both are FREE to all to participate.

Additionally, Tim Carryer, President, GreenoverGreen, a nonprofit network of energy audit and consulting businesses, will provide important information on energy efficiency, return on investments, comfort, and the benefits to your bottom-line. Tim has a Masters in Human Computer Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University where he also studied Marketing at the Tepper School of Business. He is a certified energy auditor with Resnet/BPI and a NABCEP trained solar installer. Tim has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the business and is excited to share it with the community.

Come meet other enthusiastic and dedicated community members engaged in developing a more sustainable business district! Please RSVP by December 2nd to:

Matthew Henderson at: Email: mhenderson@sustainablepittsburgh.org or Phone: 412-258-6652

CHECK OUT UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AT STAGE 62 http://www.stage62.com

Stage 62 is a non-profit theater company in residence at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, PA. This company began in Bethel Park in 1962 as an adult education theater project and turned into a thriving theater company that has produced shows continuously ever since. Their season typically includes a musical in November; a show for children's audiences in February; a drama/comedy in May; and a musical in July, with occasional cabarets and special events.

Stage 62's mission is "to unite the community in the joy of producing quality theater for all ages. We strive to enhance the cultural life in our area by offering affordable live theatre that features artists from our own community, and by providing an enriching experience for young and old to learn all aspects of theater arts and production through volunteer participation."

Through the Downtown First Program of Town Center Associates 

In late 2010, Town Center Associates (TCA) in partnership with Sustainable Pittsburgh, launched the Sustainable Business Designation Program to advance sustainable practices among small, local businesses in Allegheny and Beaver County's traditional business districts. The program recognizes businesses for implementing sustainability actions that are simultaneously good for their bottom line, the environment, and the social fabric of their communities. To date, over seventy five businesses have earned a "Sustainable Business Designation" through this innovative new program.

TCA wanted to make it possible for consumers to search the Downtown First business directories for businesses engaging in sustainable business practices. TCA asked Sustainable Pittsburgh to develop a short checklist of sustainability criteria for participating downtown businesses to receive the designation. The criteria include provisions related to energy conservation, waste reduction, stormwater management, land use policies, and alternative transportation, among other sustainability-related topics.

The Downtown First directory for each Allegheny Together town is now searchable by "sustainable businesses." The designation helps customers identify and choose businesses that are committed to sustainability as a core principle to their operations and business model. Businesses can qualify for an additional "Local Business Designation" in the directory as well.

Qualifying sustainable businesses receive a certificate of acknowledgment and window display stickers. The program is intended to inspire local, small businesses to apply sustainability practices and increase vitality among the region's rich fabric of small towns and neighborhoods. If you and your business are interested in signing up for the program, please visit: www.downtownfirst.net/sustainable-businesses for more information.

TCA and Sustainable Pittsburgh are proud of the businesses who have shown their leadership in earning sustainable designation, becoming stars in their communities. Click here to view a list of businesses that have earned the Sustainable Business Designation. 

You may have noticed an available/vacant storefront in your downtown and thought it was the perfect opportunity for a new business to move to your community! Vacant and/or available buildings and storefronts in your downtown are promoted through the DowntownProperties.net website, the only of its kind in our region. 

The DowntownProperties.net program is designed to encourage potential business owners to consider YOUR downtown when looking for a location for their business. If you have a business you'd like to ask to consider to consider locating in your downtown, you can email property listings to them directly from the site. Interested business owners can sign up to receive a notification any time a property becomes available in your downtown.

This program is promoted through Town Center Associate's innovative DowntownProperties.net website.Through the DowntownProperties.net program, YOU can be a part of helping to bring great new businesses to your downtown! 

STOREFRONT DESIGN

STAY UP TO DATE ON DOWNTOWN CARNEGIE
With Our Quarterly E-Newsletter  

You are reading the Carnegie 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.