IN Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Winter 2018 | Page 42

Briefly Brentwood
BOROUGH NEWS
Borough Manager’s Message
George Zboyovsky, PE
“If we don’t support local independent businesses who
will? Use them or lose them! #supportlocal
supportlocal #smallbusinesssaturday # #shopsmallshoplcoal!
It must be looking a lot like Christmas
when you hear me telling you to …
PLEASE MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!
LOCAL Businesses that is! Of course I am
referring to shopping and dining as much
as you can right here in Brentwood. I do
write about this topic every year and this
year will be no different. So this year I am
again preparing my own (more politically
correct as I will not mention specifically
any of the many businesses we do
have in Brentwood) “Top Ten List” as to
why you should keep your Christmas
shopping local.
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More Holiday Cheer to spread
since you will not get Grinch like
riding around the parking lot of South
Hills Village trying to find a parking spot
and then getting more grumpy when
you come out and your forget where you
parked!! (that never happened to me…)
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The Money you save on gas can go to
that “special” holiday gift for yourself!
(New iPhone X perhaps?).
8. Get better service locally. Try finding
someone to help you with a question at
one of “those big box” hardware stores
compared to any of the Brentwood
stores.
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Get better service locally. Try
finding someone to help you with
a question at one of “those big box”
hardware stores compared to any of the
Brentwood stores.
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You get to purchase that new James
Conner shirt while supporting
the community. Did you know that
for every $100 spent in locally owned
independent stores, $68 returns to the
local community through taxes, payroll,
and other expenditures? Spend that
online and $0 comes home! In addition, I
challenge anyone to find a better deal for
a sports team shirt anywhere other than
in Brentwood.
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Find something unique for “Hard to
shop for Uncle Marc B”. Small local
businesses tend to select their products
based on their interests and like rather
than giant marketing campaigns for
“junk” nobody really wants (or needs).
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Can get your kids off of the couch
and working. Local businesses are
the largest employer nationally and in
our community, provide the most jobs to
residents.
4
Support the 4th of July Parade
while you shop in Brentwood at
many of our businesses. Community
Organizations receive an average 250%
more support from local business owners
than from large “big box” national chains.
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Fight Blight while supporting any
of the restaurants, stores, or shops in
Brentwood. Local businesses are owned
by people who live in the community.
They tend to invest a lot into keeping
their businesses aesthetically pleasing,
modern, clean, and OCCUPIED.
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We can help build up and promote
Brentwood. A growing body of
economic research shows that in an
increasingly homogenized world,
entrepreneurs and skilled workers
are more likely to invest and settle in
communities that preserve their one-
of-a-kind businesses and distinctive
character.
And the Number 1 Reason to “Mind
Your Brentwood Businesses” this holiday
season (and year round)…..
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Free Parking!! On November 23rd
(Black Friday) and November 24th
(Small Business Saturday) Brentwood will
be offering free parking throughout the
Borough!
OFFICIALS OF THE BOROUGH OF BRENTWOOD 2018
MAYOR
DENNIS TROY
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
HAROLD SMITH, President
Dennis Troy
MAYOR
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Harold Smith
PRESIDENT
John
Frombach
VICE PRESIDENT
BRENTWOOD-BALDWIN-WHITEHALL
JOHN FROMBACH,
Vice President
A.J. DOYLE, Pro Tem
RICH SCHUBERT
AJ Doyle
PRESIDENT
PRO TEM
Pat
Carnevale
PASQUALE CARNEVALE
ROBERT PASQUANTONIO
JENNIFER GEORGE
PAT CARNEVALE
Jennifer
George
SOLICITOR
GAVIN ROBB
BOROUGH MANAGER
GEORGE ZBOYOVSKY, P.E.
Robert
Pasquantonio
Rich
Schubert