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Check out this great feature about WPAZ 1370 AM in today’s Pottstown Patch.
If you or your organization have an upcoming event, or simply want to get the word out to the community about what you do, get in touch with Dave Devlin or Ross Landy. They want to hear from you!!
Call the station at 610-326-4000 or email wpaz@wpazradio.com, or check them out at www.facebook.com/WPAZRADIO or www.wpazradio.com.
The Gallery School of Pottstown and the Pottstown Regional Public Library are holding a joint fundraiser on Saturday, August 13 from 6-9 pm at the Ballroom on High. The Books and Brushes, Beef and Beer event will feature local food and businesses and benefit the programs and ongoing operations of the community art school and the library.
The theme for this event is “local.” Popular Pottstown restaurant Grumpy’s will be catering. The Ballroom, at 310 E. High St. next to The Farmers’ Market, is also the home to SwingKat Entertainment. Pottstown’s own radio station WPAZ will be creating the soundtrack for the event, so bring your dancing shoes!
Tickets are only $20 and include hot roast beef sandwiches, pasta and veggie salads, beer and soft drinks, and homemade desserts. There will also be vegetarian wrap sandwiches available. Guests can purchase their tickets online at www.galleryonhigh.org, or in person at the School at 254 E. High St. or the Library at 500 E. High St.
The Gallery School of Pottstown is a 501c3 non-profit community art school and gallery. The School offers day, evening and weekend classes to all ages. The goal of these classes is to help students develop their creative skills through self-expression and independence. The Gallery on High hosts rotating shows featuring local artists. The Gallery also sells handcrafted, one-of-a-kind gift items.
LointerHOME specializes in the renovation of distressed and foreclosed homes. They work in Miami, Los Angeles, West Chester and Pottstown, with their previous Pottstown project being a foreclosed Edwardian townhome on King Street. Their next project will take them to 426 King Street. The Farmington Avenue home and 426 King were acquired from the Borough after the Borough came into possession via free-and-clear tax sales.
The home at 467 Farmington was marketed by Lori Vanderbilt of Coldwell Banker Hearthside in Collegeville. The gorgeous photos at http://467farmington.epropertysites.com/ were taken by Betsy Barron, a fine art, freelance photographer from Chester County.
Guitarist Russ Ferrara will appear at Juan Carlos Fine Mexican Cuisine this Thursday with guests, Jan Seiden and Nelson Rios, in an evening of original music for Native American Flutes, Guitar and Percussion. They will perform for diners from 6:30-9 pm.
Juan Carlos is located at 235 East High Street in downtown Pottstown; their number is 484-624-4931. Juan Carlos is a BYOB restaurant, drink set-ups are available, and reservations are requested.
This past Friday about 35 guests scarfed down sandwiches and an amazing salsa by Grumpy’s as they beat the heat in the air-conditioned comfort of LASERWORX, Custom Laser Engravers, at 236 E. High Street for another Postively!Pottstown Happy Hour.
We were welcomed by the Hoffmans: Steve, his wife Donna and son Jim. Steve and Jim are in business together and can provide you or your company with precision laser-engraving services on such surfaces as Waterford crystal, acrylics, metals, plastics, tile, granite, slate, wood, Corian and more. They carry dozens of options for attractive awards, plaques, signs, watches, medals, pendants, trophies, ribbons and gifts ready to be customized.
If you’ve never been in LASERWORX, you might also want to check it out for its architectural significance. It’s got beautiful, original stained glass in the entryway and on the doors and a tin ceiling inside. The name “Betty Lee” in mosaic tile in the entryway is a reminder of the former Betty Lee Women’s Clothing store at that location. 
Upcoming Events
The Happy Hours have been taking place once a month downtown since October 2010. The idea is to move around to different businesses and showcase the food of different Pottstown restaurants. The $5 cover charge goes toward paying the food vendors. Anyone who lives, works or wants to network in Pottstown is welcome. If you or your business would like to host, send an email to positivelypottstown@gmail.com. We’re booking locations now for 2012. Here are plans for the rest of the year:
August – no Happy Hour – summer vacation!
September 16 – Hosted by SCORE – 20 years in Pottstown! – at the New York Plaza, 244 E. High Street
October – Hosted by Ben Moscia and Elise LeBoutillier at The Farmers’ Market, 300 E. High Street
November – Hosted by Chris Longeway & Sam Rhame at The Milkman Lunch Co. & Cake Shoppe, 451 N. Charlotte Street
December – Hosted at The Brickhouse, 152 E. High Street
The Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities is holding its Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony today from 3-5 pm at their newly renovated building at 57 N. Franklin Street (the corner of Franklin and King Streets, in the former American Legion building.) This milestone is the culmination of a $1 million capital campaign.
The Cluster offers “A Hand Up… Not A Handout.” They provide a wide range of assistance programs to community members in need. Their philosophy is succinctly stated on their website: “Through interfaith cooperation, the Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities addresses the spiritual, social and basic needs of persons within the Greater Pottstown community. Our programs and referrals are coordinated to help individuals make real progress in moving from dependence to productive self-sufficiency.”
Come check them out today at their new location, visit their website, and perhaps learn how you can help, too.
Another Positively!Pottstown Happy Hour is taking place this Friday, July 15th from 5-7 pm at LASERWORX, 236 E. High Street in downtown Pottstown. They’re located at the corner of High and Penn Streets.
LASERWORX is a custom laser engraving company; they can help you with awards and promotional items from trophies and plaques to signs, tags, labels, unique gifts and wedding and party favors. Thanks to Steve Hoffman for hosting!
Everyone is welcome to the Happy Hours. They’re totally casual and give folks a chance to visit a business, restaurant or nonprofit organization in town and to meet others from the community. There’s a $5 cover charge, which always gets you some delicious appetizers and complimentary wine, beer and soda.
We’ve been holding the Happy Hours once a month since October of 2010. We’ll take off the month of August for summer vacations and then start up again in September, when SCORE will host on September 16th in honor of their 20th anniversary.
At this Friday’s Happy Hour, Grumpy’s will be providing food — always yummy! To RSVP, send an email to positivelypottstown@gmail.com. See you at LASERWORX!
The first item under New Business on Borough Council’s agenda tonight is a presentation of some waterfront design ideas generated by an online continuing education class of planning and design professionals.
Rutgers University’s Professional Development Institute (PDI) offers a range of courses to urban planners and other land use professionals from all over the United States and the world. This past spring some of them studied Pottstown’s waterfront, led by instructor Matt Wanamaker, a principal of the Philadelphia urban design and place-making firm Brown & Keener. Matt will be doing tonight’s presentation, along with Chris Huff of Pottstown’s Planning Commission.
As many of you know, the Urban Land Institute’s 2009 report urged the Borough to create “a place of magic” on the riverfront. The Borough should get a better idea of the constraints and possibilities, thanks to the expertise and innovative thinking that comes from directing fresh eyes and minds to an urban challenge. If you’re interested in Pottstown’s revitalization conversation, come on out to tonight’s meeting, listen and join in. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm in the 3rd floor Council Meeting Room.
This Wednesday, July 13th, at 7pm, the 78th Army Band out of Fort Dix, New Jersey will make an appearance at the band shell at Sanatoga Park. They are appearing as part of the Lower Pottsgrove’s summer concert series, sponsored by Exelon Nuclear. Check out Joe Zlomek’s story in the Sanatoga Post.
Joe also wrote via email: “To my knowledge, this is the first time in many years a military band unit has played an outdoor concert anywhere near Pottstown, and the first time in several years a unit has played in the greater Pottstown area at all.” They will be playing in much larger cities and towns this week, including Baltimore and Philadelphia, so this is a fantastic opportunity, so close to home, to hear our service men and women perform and to acknowledge their musical talent and commitment.
We featured Sanatoga Park in our Parks & Rec Series last fall for the Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation; you can see photos here. The band shell and lawn overlooking the water provide a scenic setting for the community to come together and share a musical experience. So, gather up the family, throw a blanket or some lawn chairs into the trunk, and head over to Sanatoga Park this Wednesday night!
Co-Pastors: Rev. Jim Hilker and Rev. Lisa Martin
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