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PITTSBURG —
Downtown Pittsburg will soon add another business. A dog grooming shop will open at 606B N. Broadway, next to Four Paws thrift store, building owner John Kutz told the Downtown Revitalization Committee at its Thursday afternoon meeting. It will be the first business to open at that location since Comeau Jewelry Co. moved out and to its current location about 10 years ago.
“The whole side is filled, now,” Kutz said.
The city also is getting closer to getting help from Kansas Main Street, committee member Deena Hallacy said. Kansas Mainstreet is a group that helps communities revitalize their downtown districts with a four-point approach of organization, promotion, design and economic restructuring.
Pittsburg is close to achieving crucial Tier 3 status, which would signify that it has enough local drive and organization, and qualify it for help from the group. Once a city is designated, according to the organization’s website, the group establishes a board of directors and develops a local program to bring about revitalization of the commercial core area, as well as hiring a director to administer the program. The community is responsible for raising funds to staff and administer the local program.
The Board plays a critical role in the program by establishing policy, determining priorities and partnering with the staff and volunteers to implement activities in all four areas of the Main Street Approach.
“They can give us some ideas and expertise that we hopefully can use,” Hallacy said.
The city doesn’t have a designated director for revitalization, said board director Judy Westhoff, but it has enough people working toward revitalization that Kansas Main Street considers them to be the equal of one. Westhoff and Hallacy will submit the application in the next week or so, Hallacy said.
Also Thursday, JST Bobby G’s co-owner John Kutz said business at his new bar, which opened has “totally surpassed our expectations.” Kutz said the owners had planned to expand upstairs with some sort of gallery where groups could meet, probably within the next five years. But because business is going so well, they probably will begin construction sometime within a year.
“I’ve never had a business where people have been thanking me for being in business,” Kutz said.
Also Thursday, Pittsburg Beautiful Committee officials announced that the group will host a clean-up session on the U.S. Highway 69 bypass Monday morning with the assistance of city crews. Volunteers are welcome to assist. The clean-up crews will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of 20th Street and the bypass in the RV park.
Downtown Pittsburg will soon add another business. A dog grooming shop will open at 606B N. Broadway, next to Four Paws thrift store, building owner John Kutz told the Downtown Revitalization Committee at its Thursday afternoon meeting. It will be the first business to open at that location since Comeau Jewelry Co. moved out and to its current location about 10 years ago.
“The whole side is filled, now,” Kutz said.
The city also is getting closer to getting help from Kansas Main Street, committee member Deena Hallacy said. Kansas Mainstreet is a group that helps communities revitalize their downtown districts with a four-point approach of organization, promotion, design and economic restructuring.
Pittsburg is close to achieving crucial Tier 3 status, which would signify that it has enough local drive and organization, and qualify it for help from the group. Once a city is designated, according to the organization’s website, the group establishes a board of directors and develops a local program to bring about revitalization of the commercial core area, as well as hiring a director to administer the program. The community is responsible for raising funds to staff and administer the local program.
The Board plays a critical role in the program by establishing policy, determining priorities and partnering with the staff and volunteers to implement activities in all four areas of the Main Street Approach.
“They can give us some ideas and expertise that we hopefully can use,” Hallacy said.
The city doesn’t have a designated director for revitalization, said board director Judy Westhoff, but it has enough people working toward revitalization that Kansas Main Street considers them to be the equal of one. Westhoff and Hallacy will submit the application in the next week or so, Hallacy said.
Also Thursday, JST Bobby G’s co-owner John Kutz said business at his new bar, which opened has “totally surpassed our expectations.” Kutz said the owners had planned to expand upstairs with some sort of gallery where groups could meet, probably within the next five years. But because business is going so well, they probably will begin construction sometime within a year.
“I’ve never had a business where people have been thanking me for being in business,” Kutz said.
Also Thursday, Pittsburg Beautiful Committee officials announced that the group will host a clean-up session on the U.S. Highway 69 bypass Monday morning with the assistance of city crews. Volunteers are welcome to assist. The clean-up crews will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of 20th Street and the bypass in the RV park.
