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Dunmore Senior Center relocates during renovations

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By Steve Svetovich

Alison Boga, executive director of the Dunmore Senior Center, said the Dunmore Activity Hub will be relocated to the Dunmore Presbyterian Church, 137 Chestnut St., Dunmore, while renovations are completed over the next two months.

The Dunmore Actvity Hub will relocate from its 1414 Monroe Ave., Dunmore location to the Dunmore Presbyterian Church starting Monday, February 6 until churchsome time in March while the renovations are completed.

Seniors can google “Dunmore Activity Hub” and go to the website for the latest information.

Boga said the Dunmore Activity Hub is currently in need of volunteers for clerical, kitchen duty and lunch. If interested, please stop by or call 570-207-2662.

“We are always looking for ways to improve the programming provided,” said Boga. “If there is a particular speaker or activity that anyone would like to see offered at the Center please let us know.”

Gift certificates are available at the Dunmore Activity Hub in denominations of $15 or $30 for Yoga, Tai Chi, Ballroom Dancing, or Oil Painting.

A special upcoming event for the Dunmore Activity Hub will be a visit to the Everhart Museum March 16.

The artists of the Activity Hub will tour the Everhart Museum and in particular will view “Some Enchanted Land: The a Paintings of John Willard Raught.”

Born in Dunmore, Raught was an instrumental figure who put the region’s landscape on canvas in the early 1900s.

The artist hiked the sprawling hills of Northeast Pennsylvania and sketched and drew the landscape. He brought those sketches back to his studio in Moscow to create paintings.

The oil painting and sketching artists will see familiar images such as Lake Carey, Campbell’s Ledge, Moosic Lake and the Susquehanna River.

Another upcoming special event for the Dunmore Activity Hub will be a visit to the Lacawac Santuary April 26. The cost for this visit is only $5.

The Lacawac Sanctuary is 550 acres in on the shore of Lake Wallenpaupack in the Northern Poconos. Lacawac Sanctuary is a mix between an environmental education center, nature center and biological field station.

It provides visitors with an opportunity for outdoor education and exposure to a blend of diverse habitats, including wetlands, open fields, forests and lakes. The group will tour the historic Watres Lodge and participate in a moderate hike through the grounds.

Refreshments will be served. Transportation is not provided, but a carpool can be provided from the Dunmore Activity Hub for the 30-minute drive, said Boga.

An upcoming event this month will be a Healthy Cooking Class run by Harvest Catering, Dunmore. Organic ingredients will be prepared in new and delicious ways, said Boga. The date for this special event is still to be announced at press time.

The Center’s policy for closing is as follows: If the Dunmore School District is closed, the Center will be closed. If the Dunmore School District is delayed, the Center will be open. Those who are unsure, may call the Center after 10 a.m.

If there is no answer, leave a message. If you do not receive a call back by 10:30 a.m. then the Center is closed. The phone number is 570-207-2662.

 

BlackOut Design celebrates relocation

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BlackOut Design Grand Opening 4.25.16

Guests mingle and enjoy live music by the Coal Town Rounders at BlackOut Design’s grand opening on April 25.

BlackOut Design recently celebrated the relocation of its headquarters with an open house during which more than 100 of the firm’s clients and friends came  together to tour the 1,800 square foot facility located at 527 South Blakely Street, Dunmore. Jack Reager is president of BlackOut.

Spread across three stories, the office space was gutted and renovated to provide efficient, modern work space designed to accelerate decision making and improve communication. While these kinds of offices are the norm for large marketing agencies in metropolitan areas, they are rare in smaller markets like here in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

As part of its commitment to supporting the community, BlackOut Design sourced local talent for both the design and construction of the new space as well as for the grand opening. “From carpenters and painters to musicians and caterers, everyone who helped us through this process has been amazing,” said Reager.

Recently there have been dozens of studies linking the success or failure of personal interactions, performance, and innovation in the workplace to physical space. By combining emerging data with organizational metrics such as total sales or number of new product launches, scientists can demonstrate a workspace’s effect on the bottom line. For businesses like BlackOut, this means no cubicles, beige walls and florescent lighting. Instead, highly networked, shared, multipurpose spaces are the offices of not only the future, but of today.

The new headquarters houses separate areas for both design and development work as well as for strategic planning and business development activities. Each of these designated areas looks and feels differently through the use of varying pieces of furniture (swivel chairs and standing desks versus café tables and benches) but also through the incorporation of different colors, textures and lighting. A client sitting area feels less like a doctor’s waiting room and more like the foyer of a home. And the second floor holds a convertible conference room, designed to ensure when we get around a table with our clients, it feels like home.

“We came to BlackOut with a website that needed to be completely rebuilt from the ground up. Their team’s expertise, innovation, hard work, and patience resulted in modern site that is client-focused and highlights our full-service solutions. We know it wasn’t easy, but they came through in a big way, ” said Borton Lawson Engineering Marketing Manager, Lucy Boardwine.

BlackOut Design is a full service marketing agency with deep experience integrating online marketing with traditional concepts. The agency develops campaigns that span multiple media, all from under one roof.