Building relationships among Elizabeth Township officials and local business leaders is a work in progress.
That message resonated in the Elizabeth Township Community Center Tuesday evening during the municipality’s third-quarter business summit. Representatives from more than 20 different groups attended the event.
Trail Town Program® Manager, William Prince and Trail Town Program Project Coordinator, Courtney Mahronich were the first presenters.
Dunbar Borough will receive technical assistance from the Trail Town Program during the next two years.
The Trail Town Program has received a $140,000 federal grant to help 19 municipalities connect with the growing number of trail users during the next two years.
A nonprofit program addressing economic development in towns along the Great Allegheny Passage and other bicycle trails announced Tuesday it has been approved for a $140,000 federal grant.
Businesses along the Great Allegheny Passage have benefitted from an increase in trail riders planning a multiple-day trip, up from 23 percent in 2011 to 57 percent last year, according to a survey of 560 users of the Great Allegheny Passage. The survey was conducted from July to October 2014 in West Newton, Connellsville, Ohiopyle, Confluence, Rockwood, Meyersdale and three trail towns in Allegheny County, as well as two in Maryland.
Ryan and Molly Mercer will be honored by VisitMercerCountyPA, the tourism promotion agency, at its annual dinner June 25 at Grove City Country Club. The Mercers are recipients of the James E. Winner Jr. Tourism Initiative Award.
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