Month: May 2011

Airplane rides this weekend for just pennies-a-pound!

A huge shout-out to Pottstown resident Debby Penrod for passing along the details of this amazing opportunity for area folks to experience the thrill of flight! She herself is a member of The Ninety-Nines and has her very own plane, which is kind of hard for me to wrap my head around. I have enough trouble keeping air in my Honda’s tires.

So, here are the details. Head over to Heritage Field Airport in Limerick this weekend – Saturday and Sunday – weather permitting, of course, to get a plan ride at the price of just 15 cents/pound, based on your own weight: minimum $7, maximum $25! (cash only)

For those who have always wondered about those smaller airplanes, or never really took the time to come by the airfield, or whose kids have always dreamed about flying…don’t miss this opportunity to check it out. My first time in a plane took place on just such a weekend, out of Limerick, when my dad took me and four of my siblings for a Sunday car ride. We were surprised to end up at the airport and learn that we were actually going to fly. We all piled into a small plane, and a few minutes later, we were passing over our house at the corner of Franklin and Master in the north end. It was amazing to see how the town was laid out and how our house and yard fit into all that. You get a whole different sense of how we’ve arranged the way we live as a community when you see it from up in the air. Who knows? Maybe this was the first experience that got my brain working like an urban planner’s… Parents: give this some serious thought. These kinds of adventures change kids’ lives!

This flight weekend is being sponsored by the Eastern PA Chapter of The 99s, Inc., and you will find a number of pilots from this chapter or friends from Heritage Field Airport on hand, fielding your questions, looking forward to sharing their passion with you and taking you to the skies.

The Ninety-Nines were established in 1929 by 99 women pilots including Amelia Earhart as first president, The Ninety-Nines is the international organization of women pilots that promotes advancement of aviation through education, scholarships, and mutual support while honoring their unique history and sharing their passion for flight. All proceeds support aviation education and scholarships for The Eastern PA Chapter of The Ninety-Nines.

When:
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
10:00am to 5:00pm
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
11:00 am to 5:00pm

Where:
Heritage Field Airport
(formerly known as Pottstown Limerick Airport)
3310 West Ridge Pike
Pottstown, PA 19464
Phone: 610-495-7000

More Info
Web: http://www.easternpa99s.org
Contact: epa99s@gmail.com

Tri-County for A Cure Video Project

The weekend is finally almost here for Yoga on the Steps, which benefits the amazing organization: Living Beyond Breast Cancer.  In case you weren’t able to attend our last Positively!Pottstown Happy Hour and you haven’t seen this video circulating around the internet (especially on facebook), here’s the culmination of some fun ideas, a lot of great participation by local business owners and leaders, and the talent of a certain photographer, Melia Rios-Lazo of Priceless Moments

Owner of High Street Yoga and the creative force behind the video, Barbara Kosciewicz offered her thoughts today about the video.  She writes of the project:

Throughout the long winter, during each class someone would comment or giggle about a certain pose we could do in a location in Pottstown.  We dreamed for spring to come and decided it would be our spring project.   Before long, the idea began to grow and evolve into raising awareness and funds for our Yoga team Tri-County for a Cure that is attending Yoga on the Steps on Sunday May 15th. Suddenly the project became much  greater than ourselves and became something both fun and meaningful

You can read the rest of her thoughts on her blog, Yoga Wisdom for Everyday, which is also a Mercury Town Square Blog. 

There is still time to get involved with Yoga on the Steps:  you can donate to the Tri-County for a Cure team or even sign up to participate on Sunday.  Just visit www.yogaonthesteps.org to get the details.

How would you spend $25K to attract River Trail users to Pottstown?

For those who have been following the development of Pottstown’s Heritage Action Plan or HAP, it’s time to rank the various projects and strategies that have surfaced.

The purpose of a HAP is to inventory and assess our heritage resources – arts, culture, history and recreation – and then come up with a vision and marketing strategy to entice hikers and bikers off the Schuylkill River Trail and into the downtown. We have already identified our resources and are now at the point of prioritizing projects and strategies for the $25,000 we hope to receive in implementation funding from the Schuylkill River Heritage Area in the coming months.

Anyone can participate! We welcome input from all organizations and individuals who care about the revitalization of Pottstown’s downtown. Here’s what to do:

Attached is a TRAIL TOWN COMPONENT RANKING  spreadsheet. If you have a few minutes over the next 24 hours, please follow the instructions below and return your rankings by tomorrow, May 11th to ptownHAP@gmail.com.

1.       Click on the link above to open the file.
2.       Rename file, adding your name, e.g. “REPKOtrailtowncomponentranking.xlsx”
3.       Rank each component on a scale of 1 to 10; 1 being extremely important to 10, not important.
4.       In the suggested location column, add a suggested location or a comment, if you want.
5.       Return the completed ranking form as an attachment in .xlsx or .xls (EXCEL) format by tomorrow, May 11th to ptownHAP@gmail.com.

Thank you in advance for your input and ideas!

If you want to learn more, you can find previous blog posts and discussions here:
https://positivelypottstown.wordpress.com/category/trail-towns-tours/ or check out Pottstown Heritage Action Plan on Facebook.

Keller Williams Realty Group in Limerick Ready for 3rd Annual “RED Day”

Associates from Keller Williams Realty Group in Limerick will “Give Where They Live” as part of RED Day, one of the biggest events in the real estate industry. Short for “Renew, Energize and Donate,” RED Day was created to unite Keller Williams Realty offices and associates in an international day of service. The kick-off for the local Keller Williams efforts will be held this Thursday, May 12, 2011.

  Keller Williams Realty Group in Limerick will be supporting Operation Backpack – an organization that provides local hungry students with much needed food for the weekend. In Pottstown alone there are more than 10% of families living below the poverty level and more than 60% of students qualified for free and reduced lunches. Operation backpack works with individuals and organizations to gather donated food and supplies.

The Food Drive begins at 9am on May 12, 2011 with Special Festivities beginning at 11a.m. at the Limerick location at 542 North Lewis Road in Limerick. They will continue to collect food through May 20, 2011 then the drive will continue and culminate with the 5k Run/Fun walk at RiverFront Park in Pottstown PA.

Keller Williams Realty Group will also be holding a Blood Drive conducted by Miller-Keystone Blood Center on Thursday, May 12th from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at their Limerick location. Because there is a desperate need at this time for blood, they encourage you to stop by to show your support to this much needed cause.

For more information about RED Day and how you can participate by donating to Operation Backpack or the Blood Drive, please log on to www.kwrealtygroup.com

During RED Day 2010, over 35,000 Keller Williams associates participated in activities ranging from food and blood drives to cleaning up trash in public parks, doing yard work for neighbors in need or revamping gardens at nursing homes totaling more than 150,000 hours of service, making RED Day one of the biggest events in the real estate industry.

Keller Williams Realty Group is located at 542 North Lewis Road in Limerick, PA. Their mission is to Build Careers Worth Having, Businesses Worth Owning, and Lives Worth Living. For more information on a career in real estate, or to find out how to be a part of their growing team in Limerick, please visit their website at www.kwrealtygroup.com

Happy Mother’s Day and Happy Spring!

Wishing all the moms a Happy Mother’s Day and Happy Spring to everyone! Be sure to set aside some time to get outdoors with your loved ones today or for some quiet time yourself. For information about parks and recreation in the region, check out our Parks & Rec Series, sponsored by the Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation. For more tips on healthy living, visit them online at www.missionhealthyliving.org.

Memorial Park, Pottstown
Coventry Woods, North Coventry
Mocharniuk Meadows, Upper Pottsgrove

Ranking projects for Pottstown’s Heritage Action Plan

For those who have been following the development of Pottstown’s Heritage Action Plan or HAP, it’s time to rank the various projects and strategies that have surfaced. These rankings will determine the initial priorities for funding and completion.

To bring everyone up to speed… With funding from the Schuylkill River Heritage Area, Tom Carroll and I have been leading a cross-section of the community through a Heritage Action planning process on behalf of the Borough. The purpose is to produce a plan with a vision and marketing strategy around our heritage resources – arts, culture, history and recreation – so that we can entice hikers and bikers off the Schuylkill River Trail and into the downtown. We have identified our resources and ranked them, and are now at the point of prioritizing projects and strategies for the $25,000 we hope to receive in implementation funding from the SRHA in the coming months.

Anyone can be a participating partner! We welcome input from all organizations and individuals who care about the revitalization of Pottstown’s downtown. Here’s how to participate in the ranking:

Attached is a TRAIL TOWN COMPONENT RANKING  spreadsheet. If you have a few minutes over the next few days, please follow the instructions below and return your rankings by next Wednesday, May 11th to ptownHAP@gmail.com.

1.       Click on the link above to open the file.
2.       Rename file, adding your name, e.g. “Repkotrailtowncomponentranking.xlsx”
3.       Rank each component on a scale of 1 to 10; 1 being extremely important to 10, not important.
4.       In the suggested location column, add a suggested location if you are so inclined; i.e. “Bike Lane Striping” Suggestion: “Add bike lanes to Evans and Franklin Streets; connecting the North End to the Downtown”
5.       Return the completed ranking form as an attachment in .xlsx or .xls (EXCEL) format by Wednesday, May 11th to ptownHAP@gmail.com.

Thank you in advance for your input and ideas!

If you want to learn more, you can find previous blog posts and discussions here:
https://positivelypottstown.wordpress.com/category/trail-towns-tours/ or check out Pottstown Heritage Action Plan on Facebook.

The musical NUNSENSE at Tri-PAC in Pottstown!

NUNSENSE, the hilarious international hit musical, opened last night at the Tri-County Performing Arts Center in downtown Pottstown, and it runs this weekend and next weekend only.

The show focuses on the five surviving sisters at the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery. The nuns are organizing a talent show as a fundraiser after their order is reduced by the tainted vichyssoise soup prepared by Sister Julia, Child of God. With humor, song and dance, and audience interaction, NUNSENSE is a huge crowd-pleaser. No two shows are alike due to audience participation and improvisation by the actors. The original production received four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including best musical and became the second-longest running Off-Broadway show, bested only by THE FANTASTICKS.

NUNSENSE is showing tonight and tomorrow at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. It will run next weekend too, from Thursday through Sunday. See show times below. Ticket prices are reduced for Thursday shows and always discounted for students and seniors. Tri-PAC is located in the heart of Pottstownat 245 E. High Street. If you haven’t seen a show there, you’re missing out on one of Pottstown’s arts and cultural gems. For more info and tickets, check them out on the web at www.tripac.org.

Thursdays
May 5 (preview) & 12
7:30 pm

Fridays
May 6 & 13
8:00 pm

Saturdays
May 7 & 14
8:00 pm

Sundays
May 8 & 15
3:00 pm

Special Events
Talkback with the Director/Cast: Thursday, 5/5 & Sunday, 5/8

Tickets

ADULT:  Thurs $15; Fri, Sat & Sun $17
STUDENT/SENIOR(65+): Thurs $13; Fri, Sat, Sun $15
CHILD (12 & under): Thurs $11; Fri, Sat & Sun $13

Classic Cars Return to Pottstown

Don’t try to drive down High Street this Saturday night; instead, take a walk through the Pottstown Classics Nostalgia Night scheduled for 5-9pm. 

The summer season for classic cars kicks off May 7th with the first of many car shows to come to town this summer-every first Saturday from May to September.  You can check out old cars and for the first time even new cars will be included in the show. 

Pottstown Classics Car Club is over 30 years old and does more than just gather car enthusiasts, it helps the community.  The club truly lives out their motto of “Serving the community through our hobby” by giving much of the  proceeds from each event to organizations such as Pottstown Seniors Center, Make A Wish Foundation,Vietnam Vets, World War 2 Memorial, Pottstown Police, Boy Scouts, Relay For Life, Ambucs, Genesis Crisis and Pregnancy Center as well as to individuals the club realizes are in need.

So, take a walk down automotive memory lane this weekend for the Pottstown Classics Car Club Nostalgia Night and help them get the 2011 season off to a great start.

Weekend Happenings in Pottstown

The first full weekend of May is here and the weather actually seems to be agreeing with the calendar for a (very welcome) change.  This weekend is all about Mom, with Mother’s Day on Sunday, but maybe you can change things up a bit this year and head outside instead of out to eat-or better yet, do both!

Here at Positively!Pottstown, we are big fans of the parks in our area.  Our loyal readers already know all about the Parks Series we wrote in the fall of last year, but if you are new to the blog, you should definitely check out all the opportunities our local parks offer for families.  The ground is drying out and a picnic lunch at Memorial Park or watching the model airplanes at Swamp Creek Park would be the perfect way to spend this Saturday or Sunday. 

Pottsgrove Manor is hosting their annual May Fair on Saturday, from 11am to 5pm and there will be fun for all ages, including historic crafts, cooking in the Manor’s kitchen and even old-fashioned games for the kids. If you have never been to Pottsgrove Manor, or haven’t been in a while, this weekend is a great time to visit. 

The Pottstown Classics Car Club Nostalgia Nights are back, starting this Saturday night on High Street.  From 5pm to 9pm you can check out some amazing classic cars and enjoy food and fun.  This all ages event will be held once a month throughout the summer. 

Take Mom to brunch at Sunnybrook this year!  Brunch and shopping with mom in mind from 11am to 2pm on Sunday.  The buffet menu includes everything from French toast to carved roast beef. 

Enjoy the weather and the weekend in Pottstown!

Application deadline for $10K Arts Scholarship this Saturday!

The application deadline has been extended until this Saturday, May 7th for the Greater Pottstown Foundation Arts Scholarship

Seniors from Pottstown, Pottsgrove, the Hill School and Owen J. Roberts High Schools, who will be furthering their education in the arts, are eligible to apply. For a complete prospectus and application, please go to The Gallery School of Pottstown’s website: www.galleryonhigh.com.

The Greater Pottstown Foundation Scholarship for the Arts is designed to financially assist a qualified applicant in obtaining a degree from accredited academic institutions of higher learning for a study in the arts. The scholarship is awarded based on a scholarship essay and based on merit as measured by artistic performance at the Greater Pottstown Foundation Senior High School Art Exhibit at the Gallery School of Pottstown. The applicant’s intended field of study must include a major in an arts related field.

For application details: go to www.galleryonhigh.com today! This is a unique opportunity offered right here in Pottstown to support young artists. The Greater Pottstown Foundation supports education, the arts, tolerance and the environment in the general Pottstown, Pennsylvania area.

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