Scott Township commissioners are thinking local
Bryan Calabro, township intern, explains the website he is designing for Scott Township to promote local businesses.
State Rep. Dan Miller (D-Mt. Lebanon) hands a proclamation to Jay Donohue, pastor of Ss. Simon and Jude Parish, honoring the church for its 60 years of service as David Jason, Scott Township commission president, looks on.
The Scott Township commission is examining ways to grow local businesses in the municipality through its website.
The commission tapped Bryan Calabro, a township intern, who is studying computer science and mathematics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, with reaching out to local businesses, getting their information and adding them to the township website. Calabro has dubbed the project “Invest in Scott.”
“I am trying to promote economic growth,” Calabro told commissioners at the July 14 workshop meeting. “We’re asking people to buy local and keep the money in the township.”
To steer people to the website, Calabro told commissioners that there will be flyers distributed locally that direct people to it.
“It would also be good if these businesses advertised they are in Scott Township and not someplace else,” said commissioner William Wells.
In other matters, commissioners honored Ss. Simon and Jude Parish on Greentree Road on its 60th anniversary with a proclamation acknowledging that the parish now serves 4,000 people and 1,500 families throughout the South Hills. State Rep. Dan Miller, D-Mt. Lebanon, was also on hand to give the parish a state proclamation on its milestone anniversary.
“I grew up in Mt. Lebanon,” said Jay Donohue, pastor of the church, who received the proclamations on behalf of the church. “The way the public servants go about their business is admirable. I am very grateful and appreciate this honor.”
“This is a landmark anniversary and it reflects the values of the people of Scott,” said Miller. “Sixty years is quite an accomplishment of helping people.”
Commissioners said they expect to award the bid for its new swimming pool at its July 28 voting meeting. The Scott pool is 47 years old and has undergone expensive repairs in recent years. Rather than continuing to pump money into the existing pool, the commission agreed to construct a new one for the township. The existing pool will close Aug. 16 so work can begin on the new one.