ALLEGHENY ANGLER

Our Featured Downtown Recognition Recipient

When Allegheny Angler relocated on the corner of Second Avenue & Ross Street in 1990, the Borough of Tarentum made a major catch.
 
For the 23 years since, the fishing and tackle shop has been a major destination for local anglers in need of bait and tackle, as well as expertise.
 
Owned and operated by Richard DeMichele, Joseph DeMichele and two other family members, the shop opened as Allegheny Bait & Tackle, it's former name, in Brackenridge in 1988, but has called Tarentum home since relocating to the building that formerly housed the Big Dipper ice cream shop.
 
With the closest bait and tackle store in Harmarville, the popularity of fishing and their proximity to the Allegheny River and the marina, Allegheny Angler is well-positioned to do steady business year-round. About four years ago, the owners sought to expand their brick-and-mortar sales by venturing into new waters-ebay.  With online sales growing, Allegheny Angler is furthering their online efforts with a new website,  http://www.alleghenyangler.com, set to launch next month.
 
Tarentum Borough would like to congratulate Allegheny Angler for 25 years in business and for its ongoing efforts to provide area anglers with the gear they need to fish our area rivers, creeks and streams.

COMPRESSION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Our Featured Downtown Recognition Recipient

In February of 2012, Tarentum gained another new business when Compression Management Services opened its sixth location in a building that for generations served as the Community Library of Allegheny Valley.

Compression Management Services/The Lymphedema Centers (CMS) is the largest and most experienced provider of compression therapy products in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania.  CMS is a resource for patients, families, and healthcare providers who seek effective products and applications that achieve a better quality of life for patients who suffer from various conditions including: lymphedema, venous insufficiency, venous stasis ulcers, varicose veins and burns. They specialize in home therapy products to reduce swelling and custom compression garments to prevent the reoccurrence of swelling.   

The Comprehensive Care Center for Women, also part of the Tarentum location, serves those who have undergone or are facing the challenges of breast surgery.  Their unique approach provides women with education and products that effectively manage and address a variety of conditions in one convenient location. The staff is dedicated to each woman's needs and the common goal of returning them to their pre-surgery lifestyle.

The line-up of products include post-surgical camisoles, breast prostheses, breast forms balance products for lumpectomy and reconstruction, bras and products for management of post-mastectomy lymphedema.

What brought the growing company to Tarentum was their relationship with Blackburn's Physician Pharmacy.  For years, Compression Management rented space within Blackburn's to service area patients once per week.  But new challenges and a burgeoning client base led to major changes.

"With the more restrictive Medicare regulations, coupled with a tremendous opportunity for growth in the area, the timing seemed right to open our own facility in Tarentum," explained Jerry Clark, Compression Management's Eastern Regional Manager.

The former library on Sixth Avenue, now owned by the Gatto family, proved to be ideal for Compression Management's team of four regular Tarentum-based staff, as well as ample space for company-wide meetings and administration functions.  Geographically, it's a convenient location for patients from Kittanning, Fox Chapel, New Kensington and other surrounding areas.

Clark added, "The Gattos have been wonderful to work with and I'm learning a lot about Tarentum's fascinating history. It's been a great move for us."

The Tarentum Business Area Advisory Committee is pleased to have Compression Management here in Tarentum and happy to recognize them as a featured downtown recognition recipient.

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 Tarentum 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!

PROMOTING YOUR DOWNTOWN PROPERTY 

 

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!

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESSES FROM PHLF

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You are reading the Tarentum 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.