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Links Worth a Look – September 2nd

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • Events – With today’s market realities – rising energy costs; shrinking power and space capacity; increased regulatory scrutiny and higher customer expectations – going green is not only socially responsible, it’s an economic imperative. This event will address how to get started, green benefits being achieved today and thoughtful approach to building a green strategy for your entire organization. The event features keynote speaker, Charles Lockwood, green real estate authority and author of the article “Building the Green Way”, published in the June 2006 Harvard Business Review and reprinted in 2008 as the first chapter of its book "Harvard Business Review on Green Business Strategy." Presented in partnership with IBM and the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
    Date: Wed., Sept. 17
    Time:
    7:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

    Venue: Carnegie Science Center
    Cost: Free

  • Gab Bonesso, Comedian and Radio Personality – Gab is a Pittsburgh comedian – she is funny and this is her blog.
  • Steel City Artist – Charles Ott, Jr. Is a Pittsburgh artists who has some great pen and ink drawings of local landmarks.

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shopPGH – Red Star Iron Works, Entrepreneur of the Year

I was forward this article by my parents and it is definitely worth sharing.  I have been hearing a lot about Red Star Iron Works lately.  Red Star is a great business and a great story about art and business here in Pittsburgh.  I once visited the Red Star Iron Works shop when they were on Penn Avenues as part of the First Fridays on Penn Ave.  Red Star Iron Works is now located in Millvale and is thriving.  Red Star CEO Peter Lambert was named Western PA. Entrepreneur of the Year by the Small Business Association.

Red Star created the 3 rivers bike racks that are installed all over Pittsburgh – which I think are really wonderful – functional and beautiful.  I really like that Red Star brings creativity to functional things.  Checout their website www.RedStarIronWorks.com – which is filled with great pictures of what they have been working on.  Check out this railing at the 4th Street Kayak Launch…

I must add that Red Star has a wonderful website – I spend a lot of time looking at websites and blogs – they have done a great job of displaying their projects and making information easy to find.

One of the easiest ways for you to love Pittsburgh is to support locally owned businesses.  Know of other Pittsburgh based businesses?  Please share – I would like to profile other places to shop PGH.  Click here to submit a business.

Joy of Cookies Tour

The shops and galleries of Lawrenceville are hosting their annual cookie tour. This is a great place to start your Christmas shopping and to support local businesses. Each business will offer a sampling of different cookies and give away the recipe.

A new bakery, Artisan Harvest, will be celebrating their grand opening in Lawrenceville during the cookie tour.

Lawrenceville Joy of Cookies Tour
Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m
On Saturday there will be a trolley running along the tour route.
More information and map available here.