Welcome
to the Mt. Airy Business Association (MABA) web site,
which we hope will be a benefit to our members, an incentive for other businesses
to join, and a resource for our community, so that our fellow neighbors
realize the many benefits of shopping and patronizing Mt. Airy, located
in the scenic Northwest section of Philadelphia.
The banner joining the MABA logo and the Mt.
Airy Phila. graphic, designed a number of years ago by MABA member
Jerry Sellers, is a perfect linking that defines the uniqueness of MABA
as a business association.
MABA is directly involved in the life and happenings
of the community because not only do many of the members work in Mt. Airy,
but we live here as well, so what effects us as businesspeople effects us
as residents as well. Many MABA members serve on the boards, or are active
in the community organizations, West Mt. Airy Neighbors and East Mt. Airy
Neighbors, Mt. Airy Schools Committee and the community development organization,
Mt. AiryUSA. Most of these organizations are members of MABA. MABA played
an active role with the Schools Committee and Mt.
Airy Learning Tree to develop the Mt. Airy Community Computer Center.
When new businesses want to come into
the community, MABA is not a rubber stamp, but views the pros and cons
of the proposal as it relates to the residents and business community.
Four new restaurants have recently opened with
MABAs support, contributing to a restaurant renaissance along Germantown
Avenue.
MABAs membership is not limited
to storefronts along the main thoroughfare of Germantown Avenue, but includes
businesses east and west of the Avenue, small office/home offices (SOHO),
cultural centers, schools, churches, community organizations, and museums.
While members primarily live in Mt. Airy, MABA has attracted businesses
from the neighboring communities of Germantown and Chestnut Hill and the
suburbs.
MABA
2005 Meetings
MABA meets on the second Thursday
of every month at 8:15 a.m. Meetings conclude at 9:30 a.m. Below
are the schedule of MABA and committee meetings for 2005.
General Meetings
May
12, 2005
Mt. Airy USA
6703 Germantown Avenue
June
9, 2005
Lutheran Theological Seminary
7301 Germantown Avenue
July
14, 2005
New Covenant Campus
7500 Germantown Avenue
September
15, 2005
Acme Supermarket
Germantown Avenue and Sedgwick Street
October
13, 2005
Carriage House at Cliveden
6401 Germantown Avenue
November
10, 2005
Project Learn School
6525 Germantown Avenue
December
8, 2005
Holiday Get Together
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Small
Office/Home Office (SOHO)
Thursday,
May 5, 2005
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Cresheim Cottage Café
7402 Germantown Avenue
(Different location)
SOHO meets the first Thursday
of every month
More information available on SOHO page
Brown
Bag Forum
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
12:00 noon-2:00 p.m. Using Photoshop
Mt. Airy Community Computer Center
6335 Wayne Avenue
Committee
Meetings
Promotions/Public
Relations Committee
Tuesday,
May 17, 2005
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Mt. Airy • USA
6703 Germantown Avenue
Membership and Operations
All meetings are from 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
in the conference room at The Business Center
at New Covenant Campus, 7500 Germantown Avenue
Monday, May 23
Monday, June 27
Monday, July 25
Monday, September 26
Monday, October 24
Monday, November 28
Wednesday,
May 25, 2005
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Sovereign Bank
6740 Germantown Avenue
Wednesday,
September 7, 2005
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Sovereign Bank
6740 Germantown Avenue
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Sovereign Bank
6740 Germantown Avenue
To local businesses, we invite you to join us. To our neighbors, we welcome
your business and look forward to serving you.
Mt. Airy Business Association
6703 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119
(215) 548-2958 info@mtairybiz.com
The home page now has a slightly different look. Recently Mt.
Airy USA placed new banners along Germantown Avenue reflecting
the diversity and uniqueness of the community through pictures. This
and the
positive direction of the community is reflected in the slogan, Mt.
Airy in Motion: One Village, Many Voices. Residents submitted photographs
and a red and green banner were created. The designer was Rose Jones Fluid
Designs, and printer, Swirling Silks. The above photographs were taken by
Michael Kleiner.