Another trail business starts pedaling Trails are fun, but trails with services are economic development drivers. Service businesses are popping up across the region on the Panhandle Trail, Montour Trail and Butler-Freeport Trail. Burgettstown, PA is starting the trail season with a new business: The Shoppe Along the Way at the Burgettstown Train Station. This new trail town is located … Continue reading
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Open House at Burgettstown Train Station in Washington County, PA
Bike rentals and other amenities will be available by mid-October along the Panhandle Trail in Burgettstown, PA. As a decade-long project to redevelop the historic train station has come to its conclusion, you’ll have the opportunity to see the building before it opens to the public. Continue reading
Model Revitalization
The Tribune-Review did a great follow-up article about our Placemaking Award. Continue reading
Trail provides positive economic impact to West Newton area
Mary Lou Rendulic does not need a study to tell her about the economic value of the Great Allegheny Passage, the popular 150-mile recreational trail that cuts through West Newton as it connects Pittsburgh with Cumberland, Md. “We’re finding that we are renting more and more rooms per season,” said Rendulic, who operates Bright Morning Bed & Breakfast, The Annex Inn and the new Willow Springs Inn along Jefferson Court, just off the Great Allegheny Passage. Continue reading
Best Subway anywhere with a riverfront view
Riverfront dining is a special and memorable experience. In this region, the options are few and so they become local favorites and tourist destinations. Add Downtown West Newton to the short list.
Last week, Subway opened its best new restaurant, dare we say anywhere? Their opening is the culmination of The Progress Fund’s three-year effort to secure and rehab this exceptionally well-positioned property for a new commercial life. Continue reading
Bright Morning Bed and Breakfast to celebrate second expansion
This new addition to Bright Morning Bed & Breakfast will add four more guest rooms. The house was completely renovated with a restored front porch overlooking the Great Allegheny Passage. This house is handicapped-accessible and features a pathway connecting to the breakfast area at Annex Inn. Continue reading
Subway restaurant coming to West Newton
A Herminie native whose company operates 23 Subway restaurant franchises in the region plans to expand his business to the renovated former Riverside Lounge in West Newton, with hopes of attracting some of the Great Allegheny Passage trail users across the Youghiogheny River to eat. Continue reading
Rendulics expanding bed and breakfast business in West Newton
Mary Lou and Robert J. Rendulic, owners of Bright Morning Bed & Breakfast and the Annex Inn at 127 and 129 Jefferson Court respectively, are planning to have at least two rooms of the four-room two-story house at 131 Jefferson Court ready for visitors by Sept. 25. Continue reading
Open for Business
The Country Cupboard & Nature Run Wood Works Celebrates Ribbon Cutting in Laughlintown, PA The old general store in Laughlintown has been brought back to life as The Country Cupboard & Nature Run Wood Works. Business owners, Kathy & Chuck Moore, celebrated their Grand Opening with a special ribbon cutting last evening with a mass of family and friends along … Continue reading
Laughlintown Landmark to Reopen July 4th
Over the past two years, The Progress Fund has worked to save and reopen an important local landmark. Built circa 1873, this old country store is at the commercial center of the Village of Laughlintown along Route 30 in eastern Westmoreland County, PA. It has stood vacant for the last 16 years, in a “Catch 22” of preservation restrictions, zoning … Continue reading