Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation (Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa.)
Organization
Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation (BARC) was established in 1989 as a 501c3 non-profit community development corporation (CDC) serving the Brownsville Borough and its neighboring communities in Southwestern PA. BARC’s offices located in the Historic Flatiron Building, 69 Market Street are part of Brownsville’s Downtown Commercial Historic District. The Flatiron Building faces the National Road Heritage Corridor (old US Route 40) and is located along the Monongahela River on the west side. In addition to the BARC offices, the Flatiron building houses two museums; the Heritage Center and the Frank L. Melega Art Museum as well as commercial and residential tenants to sustain the building.
BARC has worked to improve Brownsville’s economy by restoring buildings and bringing commercial and residential tenants to the community.
BARC’s mission is to achieve economic development through historic preservation, heritage tourism, outdoor recreation, community stewardship, education, youth advancement and the arts.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Brownsville Flatiron Building Heritage Center Clippings Collection
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Identifier: Flatiron
Brownsville Independent, 1991-10-02
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Good afternoon! -- Jim Davis provides advice around more than one court / Harry Bradford -- Library may be banking on a new building -- Harry Bradford -- Bridgeport fountain recalled / Eleanor Skibo -- Musical drama targets chemical dependence / Harry Bradford -- Flat Iron Building grant sought / Harry Bradford -- Falcons face tough task getting ready for Friday -- Keeping traffic flowing on the Mon at Maxwell Locks and Dam / Harry Bradford -- 711 Lewis St. certainly no ordinary building /...
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Publication: 1991-10-02
Mountain Guidepost (Spring), 1993
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National Pike Festival celebrates 20th anniversary May 14, 15, and 16 -- History of the National Pike / Linda Hess -- Note from the publisher -- Laurel Highlands offering Mohican packages / Linda Morlacci -- Theatrix to perform / Kathy Sante -- Shop the top: Chalk Hill Villa Plaza / Linda Hess -- Davis selected to Oxford Who's Who -- Laurel Hill Park complex celebrates festival -- Addison celebrates Pike Festival -- Old Pike limited edition post on sale now -- Watering Trough: dining on the...
Dates:
Publication: 1993
Valley Independent : the Brownsville area edition, 1992-01-22
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Good afternoon! -- Hobby becomes full-time business / Laura Jennings -- Yocabet does the unusual / Laura Jennings -- Hello...Mary Cucio -- Your community bulletin board -- Homework hotline helps kids make the grade / Harry Bradford -- CCAC sponsors job link program for Brownsville women on welfare / Harry Bradford -- Reading and writing and arithmetic with computers / Laura Jennings -- It is Girl Scout cooking time, again / Eleanor Skibo -- $20,000 awarded to Flatiron Bldg. / Eleanor Skibo --...
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Publication: 1992-01-22
Valley Independent : the Brownsville area edition, 1992-03-11
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Building ships -- Redstone students learn to weave / Eleanor Skibo -- Hello...D. Clark Sealy -- Your community bulletin board -- Learn from the past for the future / Eleanor Skibo -- Girl Scouts month -- Shipbuilding as a diversion from pain / Laura Jennings -- AAUW promotes women at work / Eleanor Skibo -- BARC plan to hold fund raiser / Eleanor Skibo -- Author, filmmaker, folklorist will visit area / Eleanor Skibo -- Now is time to register to vote -- BAHS preparing for 'Bye Bye Birdie' --...
Dates:
Publication: 1992-03-11