Downtown Bridgeville E-Newsletter

ALLEGHENY TOGETHER PROGRAM 

 

 

 

 
In This Issue:
Featured Downtown Recognition Recipients
Downtown Bridgeville Calendar of Events
Buy Local Every Day
Promoting Your Downtown Property
An Online Toolkit of Your Downtown
Technical Assistance for Businesses From PHLF

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.  

 

Allegheny Together is a
program of:   

 

ALLEGHENY COUNTY

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT


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BRIDGEVILLE BUSINESS DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Our Featured Downtown Recognition Recipients

 

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The municipality of Bridgeville would like to take this opportunity to recognize the members of the Bridgeville Business District Advisory Committee (BDAC) as the featured downtown recognition recipients. This committee under the leadership of Dale Miller has taken a primary role in Bridgeville's downtown revitalization efforts since the beginning of the municipality's involvement in the Allegheny Together program.

 

Dale Miller, Liz Calabro, Karen Zatta-Martin, Midge Gilson, Eric Persun, and Joyce Heinrich, all members of the BDAC committee have given so much of their time, talent and energy over the past several years! Additionally, we must mention Mary Weise. Although Mary is not a member of the BDAC, she rarely misses a meeting and assists Bridgeville with unprecedented volunteerism and dedication to Bridgeville community service.

 

The municipality wishes to thank all those serving on and involved with the BDAC committee past and present for their years of service and commitment to Bridgeville. With this committee's assistance, Bridgeville has made great strides and accomplished much in revitalizing downtown Bridgeville. 

DOWNTOWN BRIDGEVILLE CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

Monday Night Bingo

Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department

Mondays

Doors open at 5 PM
Early Birds at 6:45 PM 

Regular Games at 7 PM

 

Home School/Cyber School Book Club

Bridgeville Public Library

Tuesdays, February 5, 12, 19 & March 12

2:30 to 3:30 PM

 

Toddler Times

Bridgeville Public Library

Wednesdays, January - February

10 to 11 AM

 

Chess Club

Bridgeville Public Library

Wednesdays

11 AM to 2 PM

 

Preschool Storytime

Bridgeville Public Library

Thursdays

1 to 2 PM

 

American Girl Book Club

Bridgeville Public Library

Thursdays, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 2

6:30 to 7:30 PM

 

Babies and Books

Bridgeville Public Library

Fridays, January-February

10 to 11 AM

 

Computer Basics

Bridgeville Public Library

Fridays, January-February

10:30 to 11:30 AM

 

Scrappy Scrabblers 

Bridgeville Public Library

Wednesdays

1 to 3 PM

 

One-on-One Computer Tutor

Bridgeville Public Library

Saturdays, January-February

11 AM to 12 PM

 

Puppy Tales

Bridgeville Public Library

Saturdays, March 16, April 13, May 11

1 to 2 PM

 

Mystery Book Group

LaBella Bean Coffee House & Eatery

February 6

11:30 to 12:30 PM

 

Cartooning with Karen Hartman

Bridgeville Public Library

February 9

1 to 2:30 PM

 

Blanket Brigade

Bridgeville Public Library

February 12

2 to 4 PM

 

Bridgeville Remembered: A New Century: 1800-1825

Bridgeville Public Library

February 12

2 to 4 PM

 

Three Rivers Romance Writers

Bridgeville Public Library

February 23

10 AM to 12 PM

BUY LOCAL EVERY DAY 

  

Have you pledged your support of local, downtown businesses? If not, challenge yourself and your friends to do your shopping at locally owned Allegheny County businesses. Sign up to buy local by taking the Downtown Bridgeville Pledge today. You can pledge to shop your downtown and any or all Allegheny County downtowns every day. With the difficulties facing local economies, your local purchases can make a difference to the vitality of your hometown and of Allegheny County.

 

"Independent retailers in cities with active "Buy Local" or "Think Local First" campaigns reported stronger holiday sales than those in cities without such campaigns. These campaigns have been launched by local business alliances in more than 100 cities and towns. Independent retailers in these cities reported an average increase in holiday sales of 3%, compared to 1% for those in cities without an active Buy Local initiative." http://www.ilsr.org/holiday-sales-increase-independent-businesses-national-survey-finds/

 

Pledge your love and buy local by joining the Downtown First Movement! It's a gift to the whole community!

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PROMOTING YOUR DOWNTOWN PROPERTY 

 

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We can help you promote YOUR downtown property. Vacant and/or available buildings and storefronts in
your downtown are promoted through Town Center Associates' DowntownProperties.net website, the
only of its kind in our region.

The DowntownProperties.net program is intended to encourage potential business owners to consider YOUR downtown when looking for a location for their business. If you have a property available for sale or lease, you can help promote it for FREE through this program. If you have a business you'd like to ask 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.  

 

These great tools are available to help you promote your downtown property through DowntownProperties.net:

  • FREE color poster to draw attention to your available property
  • FREE listing on DowntownProperties.net with a photograph
  • Email Notification, making it easy for you to forward your property listing to anyone interested
  • Business District Demographics
  • Property Mapping
  • Links to town resources and town photos
If you have an available property that is not currently listed on DowntownProperties.net, please let us know by sending an email to tca@towncenter.info. We would be happy to add your property!

AN ONLINE TOOLKIT OF YOUR DOWNTOWN  

  

map Your municipality has an online toolkit at www.alleghenytogether.com full of resources to assist in your business district's initiatives. One resource that could be particularly useful in understanding your community market is the online and printable Demographic Reports. You can check out your own town's reports by selecting your town's homepage and then selecting "Demographic Report" on the left side menu. You'll find critical marketing and demographic information, such as the population within a five, ten and fifteen minute drive time radius, income and age statistics and much more.

 

Another tool in the online toolkit allows you to sort your downtown properties in the "Properties & Photos" database by various categories such as "Property Owner," "Property Address," "Tax Parcel," and "Occupant."

 

Check out your Downtown Database at www.alleghenytogether.com for these and other great tools for information about your downtown business district.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESSES FROM PHLF

 

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.

 

We'll match you up with an interior designer, who 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.

 

Have you wanted to improve the look of your building, but not sure where to start? We can discuss improvements with you that will make your business stand out (in a good way!) and generate more foot traffic. Your town has its own set of Design Guidelines available at www.AlleghenyTogether.com, which explain the types of improvements that are recommended, including many low-cost, high-impact ideas. We can work with any budget, big or small, to make a positive visual impact.

 

To set up an appointment, please contact David Farkas at 412-471-5808. We look forward to hearing from you.

STAY UP TO DATE ON DOWNTOWN BRIDGEVILLE
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You are reading the Bridgeville FOCUS: your 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.

This e-newsletter was created by Town Center Associates for the Allegheny Together Program of Allegheny County Economic Development. For more information about the Allegheny Together program, please visit www.alleghenytogether.com.