Date: April 3, 2025
Author: Elliot Park, Brookville Chamber Intern
The Brookville Chamber has been busy through the first four months of 2025, by developing new branding, organizing community events, and supporting our members. All the projects and events have been perfectly aligned with the Chamber’s overall mission of stimulating the economic climate of the area, promoting membership businesses, and assisting with civic activities, helping to reach the goal of enhancing the quality of life in our community. From a new website to hosting Food Truck Monday there have been all sorts of projects and events happening in the early months of 2025.
New Branding: At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the Chamber set out on developing and introducing new branding across the organization. The first component of the new branding started with a new logo, featuring Main Street Brookville. Keeping the iconic light post from the previous logo, the new logo incorporates the light post overhanging an image of Main Street Brookville. Designed by Nerdette Design, the Chamber is ecstatic to have a new logo that helps to enhance their image, reputation, and recognition. The next component to the new branding came through the revamping of the Chamber’s website, which was also performed by Nerdette Design. The most exciting part about the new website is that it is more user-friendly compared to the other website, while also eliminating the majority of glitches and malfunctions experienced. The revamped website has a differing layout compared to the old one, which also enhances the user-friendliness of it. There are also several new features on the website such as the Brookville Chamber Business Blog and the job board, which is set to release on the website here in the next couple of weeks. The final component to the new branding was a new color scheme, which now includes Slate Blue, Brick Red, Soft Sky Blue, Sage, Goldenrod, and Charcoal Grey. The Chamber is beyond excited about the new branding incorporating it in various aspects of their projects, events, and marketing.
The Chamber’s New Logo
Eggs & Issues: In February the Chamber hosted its first Eggs & Issues event of the year, bringing together members and leaders from our local community. Eggs & Issues is a series of informative presentations on a variety of interesting and important topics that impact our community, while also providing a safe environment for individuals to express their concerns, have questions answered, and interact with local legislative leaders. This past presentation featured Mary Milford, Jefferson County Tourism Director, with the topic being centered on tourism within the county. Milford provided significant insights into the direction and efforts of the county to enhance our region’s tourism industry. Some of the notable guests in attendance were State Representative Brain Smith, Jefferson County Commissioners Jeff Pisarcik & Scott North, and many others. The success of this event was overwhelming with roughly 50 individuals in attendance, many questions answered & concerns addressed, and plenty of networking performed along with a delicious breakfast from Honey Cakes. The next Eggs & Issues is May 15th @ 7:30 am and will feature several local government officials discussing updates on several Borough projects and Jefferson County’s community development efforts.
Several Chamber members pose with Mary Milford (Jefferson County Tourism Director) and Brain Smith (State Representative)
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremonies: Nothing is better than having a schedule packed filled with ribbon-cuttings, as it represents the growth and opportunities within our community. From welcoming new retail shops and restaurants to showing off some updated improvements and renovations, the Brookville Chamber has been busy with showing the growth and new opportunities in Brookville.
In February the Chamber joined North Fork Veterinary Clinic to show off North Fork’s renovations and recent additions they have added to their already renowned clinic. The ceremony was a morning packed full of activities, with attendees getting the chance to tour the facility, meet with vet techs and doctors, participate in raffles, and enjoy refreshments from Colors of the Forest.
Several Chamber Board members, community members, and North Fork Veterinary Clinic staff members pose for a picture following the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony.
In March the Chamber welcomed two new businesses into the town. At the beginning of the month we welcomed Toby Hill Pinecrest to the restaurant/bar scene. Bringing over their wonderful food, drinks, and bands from their original location in Clarion, Toby Hill Pinecrest is sure to spark some buzz around the town. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was a success on March 1st with the restaurant being filled from open to close. Throughout the day attendees got to participate in a couple giveaways, along with receiving a free appetizer. Later in the day, the fun was still rocking as Toby Hill was running drink specials and brought in a local band to perform live music. Toby Hill Pinecrest plans on continuing live music throughout the rest of the summer, so be sure to follow them for updates.
Several Chamber Board members, community members, and Toby Hill Pinecrest staff members pose for a picture following the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony.
Later in March, the Chamber had the pleasure of welcoming Nostalgia on Main to the retail scene in Downtown Brookville. This was another successful ribbon-cutting ceremony with various community members in attendance. Nostalgia on Main ran a 10% off discount special for the event and almost everyone in attendance left with a unique & vintage item. The Chamber also has several other ribbon-cutting ceremonies planned over the next couple of weeks, so be sure to follow us and stay up-to-date on all the exciting events.
Several Chamber Board members, community members, and owner of Nostalgia on Main pose for a picture following the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony.
Food Truck Monday: With a rotating lineup of vendors, Food Truck Monday promises to tantalize your taste buds with an array of options ranging from sizzling street tacos, crave-worthy burgers, legendary lobster, and a few other fan-favorites. Through the first two food trucks, Food Truck Monday is delivering on its promise and bringing all sorts of community members together. Food Truck Monday started off with Bill-Yums Good Eats, a locally owned and operated truck. Serving delicious freshly grilled sandwiches Bill-Yums was a great start to Food Truck Monday setting the bar for the rest to follow.
Bill-Yums Good Eats – First Food Truck Monday March 17th
The week after Bill-Yums, we had the pleasure of hosting Hoshi PGH, which brought a new cuisine into town for the day. Coming from Pittsburgh, Hoshi PGH brought fresh, sizzling hibachi right into Brookville, serving juicy steaks, succulent shrimp, flavorful veggies, and fried rice. Hoshi PGH was a fan favorite as many members from the community stopped by throughout the day, heck, it was such a fan favorite that Hoshi PGH sold out of food.
Hoshi PGH – Second Food Truck Monday March 24th
The success of Food Truck Monday has been unmatched so far with hopes to only get better. As the weather gets nicer and it starts to warm up outside, Food Truck Mondays will continue to bring community members together and tantalize your tastes buds. Don’t forget Food Truck Monday is 11am – 6pm every Monday through October, with a rotating line-up of vendors. Be sure to check the vendor schedule and stop by Historic Town Square (on Mondays) for some great food and great company.
As you can see the Chamber has been busy these first couple of months hosting community events, providing enhanced exposure, developing new branding, and supporting our members. The Chamber is excited for the rest of 2025 with numerous events already scheduled. As mentioned, there is another Eggs & Issues event on May 15, but before that stop by our annual Awards banquet on May 1st. Later in the year, we will be hosting our annual BBQ Bash in August and our Tasting Tour in December, which is plenty to look forward to. Be sure to subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter and follow us on social media to stay up to date with the Chamber and upcoming community events.
