Hey, wait, we don't have palm trees in Carnegie! Oh, just indulge in a little California dreamin'--I don't know about you, but these murky spring days can be more tedious than any crisp winter day. And, see, Pasadena stole our idea for business banners.
As temperatures moderate and the days grow longer, events and activities are in the planning stages for businesses, residents and visitors throughout Carnegie's business district. Take a walk and plan lunch or an early dinner at one of Carnegie's restaurants!
In this update, you'll find information on our upcoming Gallery Walk, planting dates and information for Carnegie's planting sites and Adopt-a-Planter 2005, early ideas for the walking/biking trail that's been in the planning stages for Carnegie, our Sprout Fund Mural application, plans for our upcoming mixer and other items of interest in town.
Latest update March 27, 2005
look for the 
sign for most
recent updates--this time just about everything is new!
Visit Carnegie Renaissance's home page
It's been a while since I've completed an update--this site is huge and got pretty disorganized after the flood with all the information posted nearly daily sometimes. I did a little cleanup, and now it's easier to navigate in most current areas. In preparation for soliciting a fiscal sponsor and applying for Carnegie Renaissance's articles of incorporation and 501(c)3 status, I've been attending a series of seminars twice monthly since January, and have held off monthly meetings for this quarter. However, beginning in May, meetings will resume at a time and date to be named at our mixer in April. Consider joining with us to plan and sponsor events and advertising to help build our business community. Since the internet is such a quick and effective way to keep in touch with each other and the outside world, I'd like to enhance this page with Carnegie's business listings and links to your business websites as well as posting events and specials you may have, and I have added a links for feedback in nearly every article in this update. Please let me know this information is valuable to you! I'll see you around town. -- Bernadette Kazmarski, Director
SPECIFICALLY BUSINESS
Banners
Because of the popularity
of the "Welcome to Carnegie" banners, Carnegie Renaissance
is offering them once again for sale. Each banner is $100.00
and includes your business name across the bottom. Carnegie Renaissance
will be accepting orders for banners until Friday, March 25,
2004. The new banners will be installed in April. For more information
or to purchase a banner, call 412-429-9553, visit the Historical
Society of Carnegie at 1 West Main Street, 412-276-7447, e-mail
Carnegie
Renaissance or click here for the online
order form .
Business Mixer
It's time for another
quarterly mixer. These are intended not only to get businesses
together, but also to highlight the business that hosts the event.
The date will be Thursday, April 21, and we're looking for a
place to meet. Prior to Cefalo's we normally had about 35 attendees,
but even if we don't meet there I hope we'll see increased attendance
as we get to know each other better and exchange business interests.
Please e-mail
me if you would like to host the meeting or would like to suggest
a venue.
List Your Business
I'd like to make Carnegie
Renaissance's site a resource for businesses to contact each
other, residents to find businesses in town, and those outside
Carnegie to find out about our business district. Building off
of "What Our Businesses Are Doing", which was a regular
feature of the site during the flood recovery months, I will
begin a categorized directory of businesses. If
you would like to be listed, please e-mail me your business's
full name and address, contact information, a link to your website
if available, and a general category. To ensure I include
only those who want to be included, and that I get your information
correct, I will only list your business if you have contacted
me and sent your information to me.
Flood-relief
Assistance Information
Since much of the information
is still pertinent, I've maintained most of the articles about
flood relief assistance and clean-up that have been on this page.
Information on flood-relief assistance
for businesses
ABOUT TOWN
Sprout Fund Mural
Yes, we are applying for murals! The
Sprout Public Art Fund helps to organize and underwrites the
cost of murals in public places to enhance urban areas with art
that is accessible to an entire town. I met with the director
of the program and walked him and his assistant around Carnegie
on a beautiful snowy day in February to assess possible mural
sites, and they were very impressed with Carnegie in general
and the mural possibilities our town presents. Click
here to read about our application information, scheduling and
a link to their site.
OUR ARTS COMMUNITY
Gallery
Walk
Our four galleries
are sponsoring a gallery walk on Friday, April 1, from 7:00 p.m.
to 9:00 p.m. Download an invitation, visit all four galleries
and have your invitation entered into a drawing for a piece of
artwork, pictured here. Click
here to read the full details. We hope to see you Friday!
Arts Community Funding
I had the great pleasure
of distributing the grant money from donations collected and
directed to our arts community. Read
more about it here.
URBAN PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
Great
PA Clean-up Day
April 23, 2005 is the
"Great PA Cleanup Day", and the DEP and PennDOT will
provide materials for groups who will clean up in local neighborhoods
and along roadways. We are organizing volunteers to help clean
up in residential neighborhoods and areas in town which still
need to be cleaned up after the flood. Read
about it on the Pennsylvania Dep website. Please contact
me to help organize or volunteer with this worthwhile effort!
Flower Power
Adopt-A-Planter
2005
This program was so fun and successful last year, Carnegie Renaissance
is once again offering families, individuals, groups and organizations
as well as businesses the opportunity to "Adopt A Planter"
along Main Street in Carnegie. Each adoptee is given a watering
can with the program logo, a plaque with the name of the adoptee
to place on the planter and enough flowers to fill the planter.
Let's choose our color scheme and get planning!
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Planting
Sites
We have three planting sites within Carnegie which are sponsored
by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy--the Carnegie Interchange
on the Parkway West, the intersection of Mansfield and Chartiers
and the intersection of Lydia and Chestnut. The WPC also offers
your name on the signs at the planting sites for a donation to
their Community Garden Program. Click
here to see the planting layouts, scheduled dates and other details.
Veteran's Memorial Planting Sites in Carnegie
We also have two municipal war memorials in Carnegie which can
accommodate flowers, one at the bottom of Beechwood Avenue and
one in Carnegie Park. Read about
details of planting these sites.
Carnegie Park
Memorial Fund
Established in 2004 by Dorothy Kelly, we are designing a garden
for perennials and trees in Carnegie Park. Please
e-mail for further details.
The
Chartiers Trail
The draft Trail Feasibility
Study was presented two years ago, and plans are in the works
for beginning walking/biking loop trails through Carnegie's neighborhoods
and connections to other trails in the area, along with greenspace
development in Carnegie. Please
let me know your interest in this subject. I will be providing
regular updates on this, and public support from both residences
and businesses will be critical as this progresses.
Creek Information
Stormwater management
is the issue with the Lower Chartiers Watershed, encompassing
Chartiers Creek and all its tributaries. Here is a briefing on
some of what's happened in the past few months, with more to
come in the future. In addition, I've maintained some of the
environmental articles from the original
flood information page.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Carnegie Writer's
Group Meeting
The Carnegie Writers
Group will meet on Saturday, April 2, from 10:00 am to noon,
at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie.
Share ideas, talk about writing, being a writer and the business
of writing, and share new works if you'd like. Any style or subject
matter, new members are welcome. ACFL&MH is located at 300
Beechwood Avenue in Carnegie. For more information, call 412-429-9553
or 412-276-3456 or e-mail
Carnegie Renaissance.
Calling All Birdwatchers
Get your binoculars and field guides and meet in Carnegie Park
on Sunday, April 3 at 9:00 a.m. We'll be using our list of local
birds to see how many we can find in the park, and planning future
birding outings in the Carnegie area. Dress for the weather and
meet in the stone shelter in the middle of the park, weather
permitting. For more information, call 412-429-9553 or e-mail
Carnegie Renaissance.
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