Thursday, February 14, 2013
Brookline residents shared ideas for supporting Boulevard businesses at Monday’s meeting. Which ideas do you like best?
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Thursday, February 14
Brookline residents met earlier this week to discuss something that will soon affect everyone in the community—the Brookline Boulevard Reconstruction Project. Residents shared ideas for helping keep people on the Boulevard and shopping, even when construction barriers and make-shift sidewalks create a challenge. The Brookline Chamber of Commerce has $5,000 set aside for one or more initiatives to support the business district during the project. Ideas included holding more Boulevard Pub Crawls. Chamber member Nathan Mallory said pub crawls bring as much as $1,500 extra revenue to each business visited. Others suggested revamping the Shop the Line program, greater distribution of The Brookline newsletter, and asking contractors to eat and …
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Brookline residents attended a meeting Monday about the Boulevard Reconstruction Project. Members of the Brookline Chamber of Commerce answered many of their questions, and more answers are on the way.
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Tuesday, February 12
About 50 Brookline residents gathered Monday at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Monday to discuss the Brookline Boulevard Reconstruction Project and, mainly, to share ideas about how to support local businesses during construction. But several residents had questions about the project in general, and members of the Brookline Chamber of Commerce provided answers where they could. Construction timeframes, parking, traffic flow, bus routes and more were topics of discussion. Lois McCafferty and Nathan Mallory, both of the Brookline Chamber of Commerce, were able to provide the following answers: Unfortunately, many more answers are yet to come. Design plans are finalized and the project is scheduled to begin this spring, but a construction …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Nathan Mallory, co-owner of Cannon Coffee in Brookline, was named to Pittsburgh Magazine’s “40 Under 40” list.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Just over the Brookline border, on a farm in Baldwin Township, it’s much quieter than inside the storefront of Cannon Coffee. Away from the conversation and clinking cups, a honeybee hive is Nathan Mallory’s only focus this particular Wednesday afternoon. Unless you asked directly, he probably wouldn’t offer the fact that he just received an important local honor. Pittsburgh Magazine named Mallory to its 40 Under 40 list this year, a designation he could have earned with any number of his community projects and advocacies. Urban farming is just the latest. “The opportunity to live in a city and do this is a pretty cool thing,” he said. “I grew up on a farm, but there just weren’t people around with this kind of expertise.” The 31-year-old …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Listen to Nathan Mallory, Steve Repasky and Jana Thompson talk about the importance of urban agriculture on the radio Wednesday.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
What is urban agriculture and why is it important? Tune your radio to Pittsburgh's Essential Radio on 90.5FM this Wednesday, Aug. 29, at noon and hear the explanation from a few local people. Cannon Coffee owner Nathan Mallory of Brookline, Master Beekeeper Steve Repasky of Dormont, and Jana Thompson of the North Side will discuss urban agriculture on the air. Mallory also is the project chairman for South Pittsburgh Development Corporation, which has been working with Repasky's organization, Burgh Bees, to bring an urban beekeeping center to Brookline. Read more about that project by clicking here. Thompson keeps chickens, and helped make the case to the City of Pittsburgh that residents should be allowed to obtain permits to keep bees …
Thursday, August 2, 2012
New “shop local” program give you benefits for shopping on Brookline Boulevard.
“As sure as night is dark and day is light I keep you on my mind both day and night And happiness I've known proves that it's right …” Because You’re Mine, I Shop the Line. In the vein of Johnny Cash’s famous tune, Brookline’s new "shop local" program is designed to keep minds on something the community holds dear: its business district. The “Because You’re Mine, I Shop the Line” program is a shopper reward program that awards a cash-equal benefit for shopping at Brookline businesses. The program is a way to encourage shopping locally at small business, as well as a way to unify Brookline’s business district, said Nathan Mallory, who owns Cannon Coffee on Brookline Boulevard and is a member of the Brookline Chamber of Commerce. “This is …
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Cannon Coffee holds open mic nights every Wednesday at the coffee shop, but a few of those will be moved outdoors this summer.
Tonight's open mic night at Cannon Coffee will be held inside the coffee shop as usual, but the group tried something last week that they hope to carry throughout the summer. Community members held the event—appropriately named Music in the Park—last Thursday at Brookline Memorial Park. Cannon Coffee co-owner Nathan Mallory said the event was successful, and more open mic nights likely will be held outside this summer. "What’s awesome about this is that Cannon sponsored it, but it was mostly put together by the members of open mic night," Mallory said. The evening included a barbecue, and of course, live music. Mallory said he considers it a benchmark event, because it was organized almost entirely by community members. "I asked the …
Mike M
2:25 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
Get out and take a walk around Brookline. Get involved in the community a little more. Erin has made it pretty clear that most of the ideas that have been mentioned on here have already been addressed. Just get out and see it for yourself. Get involved. more ›