June 2023
Small Business & Professional Services
Plus Recreation & Events
Business Insider
5-Year Plan
Success a complicated formula for new businesses –
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Taking Root
Entrepreneurs share their stories –
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Crunching Numbers
Accountants react to AI, ever-evolving tax code –
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Past and Present Together
Repurposed Family Bowlaway still rolling along –
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Summer schedule packed with events
Butler County will play host to a wide variety of fairs, festivals, car cruises and other events this summer. –
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Watchful Eye
Ex-Marine makes a living doing security, investigations –
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Changing Lives
Beauty academy trains people to go directly in to workforce –
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Cigar shop offers lounge to relax, enjoy
Matt Durso sees his business as more than a place to purchase cigars. It’s all about community and getting to know your neighbor. –
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Features
Your Voice Matters
SRU program helps foster sustainable enterprise – Page 4
Q & A
Cummings Candy & Coffee conquers COVID challenges – Page 10
Day In The Life
Event coordinator tackles challenges of hosting weddings- Page 16
Seen
Toast to Tourism dinner
Tourism based business owners gathered May 9 at the Steamfitters Local 449 event center in Jackson Township – Page 19
Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber awards gala
On May 3, the Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual awards gala at the Pittsburgh Marriott North in Cranberry Township. – Page 36
72nd Distinguished Service Awards dinner
Folks gathered at the Butler Country Club May 3 to honor Dennis Baglier, president of Baglier Buick GMC, and Jeff Geibel, a financial adviser at Edward Jones in Butler – Page 39
Employee appreciation luncheon
The Butler County Chamber of Commerce hosted its Employee Appreciation Luncheon on April 26, at the Atrium. – Page 40
Community health center dinner
The Jean B. Purvis Community Cornerstone Award Dinner was held April 21 at the Butler Country Club. – Page 42
Chamber of commerce legislative breakfast
The Butler County Chamber of Commerce held its annual legislative breakfast May 5 at the Steamfitters event center in Jackson Township. – Page 44
Highlighting agriculture in the county
Russell Redding, Pennsylvania’s secretary of agriculture, spent April 28 traveling around Butler County – Page 46
Preston Park Foundation fundraiser
The Friends of Preston Park Foundation hosted its “Light up the Night” dinner fundraiser on May 12 at the Atrium in Franklin Township. – Page 49
Ladies Night Out
Women gathered May 16 for Ladies Night Out at Butler Country Club in Penn Township – Page 51
Butler County Humane Society Fur Ball
People and animals frolicked together during the Fur Ball event that benefits the Butler County Humane Society April 29 at Butler Country Club. – Page 54
June Advertisers
- ARC – Butler County 37
- Armco Credit Union 47
- Armstrong Business Solutions 56
- Ashlar Architecture & Engineering, LLC 14
- BC3 47
- Bear Run Campground 10 /a>
- Bill’s Interior Grooming 41
- Bin There Dump That, Butler County 41
- Butler Beauty Academy 22
- Butler Cigars & Smoking Lounge 26
- Butler Farm Show 14
- CDC of Butler County 8
- Check Your Mate Investigations 21
- Cummings Candy & Coffee 10
- Dambach Lumber 27
- Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham, LLP 3
- Executive Financial Group 26
- Fairground Market 15
- Family Bowlaway 7
- Friday Coffee Club 52
- Gateway Engineering 43
- Glassmere Fuel Service 35
- Hawkins Financial Services 24
- Hunter Truck 55
- Jones’ Turkey Farm 13
- Kennihan 37
- Langer Material Handling, Inc. 8
- Lifesteps 2
- Ligo Architects 9
- Lynch Law Group 25
- Mars Bank 31
- Metal Fence Supply 9
- NexTier Bank 17
- North Country Brewing 15
- Parkers Appliances 4
- Petruso Audiology 23
- Richard Goldinger 24
- Slippery Rock University 5
- Specialized Staffing 2
- Sprankle’s 11
- Steamfitters 33
- Sunnyview 21
- ThistleSea Business Development 37
- Thompson Miller Funeral Home 4
- Turner Insurance 22
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