"Keep America Beautiful" has started a cigarette litter prevention program and Dormont, through the DCDC/Main Street Program, was selected as one of several host communities to launch this campaign. A clean up cigarette butt litter was done by the DCDC which partnered with the Mount Lebanon United Presbyterian Church. In return for picking up over 2000 butts, a $1,500.00 grant was awarded to the DCDC to be used to purchase cigarette ash receptacles for the business district.
In spite of the Penguins playoff game, there was a good turn out at our first recruiting meeting and many members of the community expressed an interest in becoming a member of of a committee!
We are considering holding another public recruiting event in the near future - stay tuned...
Craig Smith wrote an article that was published in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review on Thursday, July 26th 2007, about the Dormont Main Street Program - it can be found here.
Once we have completed additional administrative steps on the road to becoming an officially recognized Main Street Program (see our checklist), we'll be recruiting for volunteers for the 4 standing committees:
Dormont Main Street was started in 2006 by an independent group of volunteers seeking to revitalize the West Liberty / Potomac business district in Dormont, PA. These volunteers included local business owners, Dormont's Mayor, members of Dormont's Borough Council, and interested residents.
