Shop Mainstreets Pittsburgh:
"Good Things Come in Small Neighborhoods"
As graduate students, we don't exactly have unlimited cash to throw around. We
tend to shop in the neighborhoods where we live. And we love discounts! That's
why the "Shop Mainstreets Pittsburgh" Campaign is such a perfect match for our
penny-pinching lifestyles. The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh
launched this campaign to promote local spending in fourteen Pittsburgh
business districts, including Bloomfield, East Liberty, Oakland, the South
Side, and the Strip District. Shopping and spending where you live leads to
benefits for your neighborhood. Here are just a few reasons to Shop
Mainstreets Pittsburgh:
- To preserve local character
- To promote local prosperity
- Locally owned businesses recycle revenue back into the neighborhood
- Small businesses sustain thriving and walkable neighborhoods, which
ultimately ...
- Reduce sprawl, automobile use, habitat loss, air pollution, and water
pollution
As if all of this weren't reason enough to start shopping, you can also
enter for a chance to win $1000 at any one of the approximately 150
participating local merchants. No purchase is necessary to enter, and the
winner will be drawn on July 31, 2004. These merchants are also offering 10%
discounts on selected items when you present your Discount Card (your very own
copy can be found below, ready to be clipped and used!).
Here are a handful of the Oakland businesses that are participating:
- Avalon Exchange, 115 Atwood St.,
www.avalonexchange.com
- CD Warehouse, 3613 Forbes Ave.,
www.yourcdwarehouse.com
- Dave & Andy's Ice Cream, 207 Atwood St.
- Fuel & Fuddle, 212 Oakland Ave.,
www.fuelandfuddle.com
- Joe Mama's Italian Deluxe Restaurant, 3716 Forbes Ave.,
www.joemamas.com
- Kiva Han, 3533 Forbes Ave.,
www.kivahan.com
- Sir Speedy Printing, 3614 Forbes Ave.,
www.sirspeedy.com/pittsburgh-oakland
For additional reasons to shop locally, and information on participating
merchants and neighborhoods , visit
www.ura.org/ShopMainstreets.
The campaign will end on July 31, 2004!
Information and Discount Card provided courtesy of the Urban Redevelopment
Authority of Pittsburgh.
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School of Information Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
135 N. Bellefield Avenue
Pittsburgh , PA 15260
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