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Support Our Local Businesses


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Wal-Mart in Salem Twp.
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Small and locally owned businesses are the bridge to a more sustainable and just society. They are the mainstay of our community's economy
. Our mission is to support and protect local businesses by strengthening ordinances that control development and keep out big-box stores.

It's imperative that we as a community continue to support our local businesses. Since the General Business Overlay District was passed it will greatly effect our local businesses. When the Big Box retailers come to the Market Place on Twenty-Two the net effect will simply be shifting current local retailers into one "big box". Our local businesses in general will suffer greatly and possibly go out of business.

The General Business Overlay District not only allowed for the rezoning of 113 acres on the Buncher property for commercial development, as originally requested by developer, but Council went even further by including another 234 acres of residentially zoned land for additional commercial development along routes 22 and 66.

Please support our candidates for Murrysville Council on the Nov 3rd general elections.

Local Business will be hurt by the Large Commercial Retailers

Not only do direct competitors suffers, but since local businesses tend to support other local businesses, support businesses such as local banks, attorneys, printers, web designers, suppliers, accountants, etc suffer as well.  Local businesses keep more of their profits within the community. The two council developer incumbents seeking re-election have compromised our zoning laws and the comprehensive plan in order to fulfill self-serving needs by over commercializing our community.

 

CPRM-PAC Supports Small Business

Half of CPRM’s governing board own small local businesses.  In addition, we shop locally.  We do not think that over-commercialization and the entry of “big box” stores is good for Murrysville.

The Murrysville Economic and Community Development Corporation (MECDC) was created to support the needs or area businesses.  They have done a lot of good things for local business owners, such the Flags Over Murrysville and the proposed Streetscape project they were awarded, and we support this. 

However, we are concerned by signs that the organization is moving toward overt support for some types of growth on a scale inconsistent with the interests of local business and the desire of its citizens.  We are concerned with talk about “corridors of opportunity” for large malls and other retail clusters.  We are also concerned about MECDC’s role in promoting the general business overlay and Market Place on Twenty-Two.

We don’t think that these things are good for the citizens of Murrysville, or for our community’s small businesses.



Half of the CPRM-PAC governing are
small business owners in Murrysville
.