P-G: Advertisements coming to school, municipal fields in Mt. Lebanon

A regulation passed Tuesday night in Mt. Lebanon will allow advertising at the municipality's athletic fields and school stadiums.

Over the past month, residents have turned out at meetings to discuss the poor state of neighborhood parks and fields and how the municipality is going to pay for improvements. Many of them agree that selling ad space is a way to fund those projects without raising taxes.

Dave Franklin, a Mt. Lebanon resident supporting the regulation and a board member on various athletic associations in the municipality, started the blog "Lebo Fields" last month to keep the discussion going after the meetings.

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• www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-south/advertisements-coming-to-school-municipal-fields-in-mt-lebanon-635300 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

The Almanac: Mt. Lebanon divided on sign ordinance

When Mt. Lebanon Commission President David Brumfield introduced the idea of corporate advertising signs being permitted and regulated in new areas of the municipality, commissioners hoped it would be a source of revenue for Mt. Lebanon.

But the Mt. Lebanon Planning Board has concerns about the ordinance, and on March 27, the planning board voted against recommending adoption of the proposed ordinance.

At the commissioners April 23 meeting, a public hearing was held that allowed members of the planning board and residents to voice their opinions about the ordinance.

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• www.thealmanac.net/alm/story11/04-25-2012-ML-signs (The Almanac)

Trib: Advertising considered to pay for Mt. Lebanon programs

Mt. Lebanon might allow sign advertising at school fields, stadiums and parks for the first time in its 100-year history, as it tries to find ways to pay for maintenance and upgrades of athletic space.

Commissioners heard from the public at meetings on last Thursday and Monday, and they are not expected to vote before May 8.

Some see allowing businesses to buy advertising around fields at parks and schools as a way to usher in revenue similar to what Cranberry did, granting naming rights for a 105-acre park to Dick's Sporting Goods in 2009. The retailer committed $2.2 million over 10 years for the development of the $9 million park, named Dick's Sporting Goods Sportsplex at Graham Park. A 10 foot-tall sign at the park can be seen from the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Cranberry Manager Jerry Andree said.

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• www.triblive.com/neighborhoods/yoursouthhills/1151369-87/lebanon-fields-commissioners-million-advertising-board-park-adding-budget-businesses (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

P-G: 'Sore thumb' billboard in Castle Shannon draws much attention from Mt. Lebanon

If the job of a billboard is to attract attention, then the one installed recently in front of the building at 250 Mt. Lebanon Blvd. is working overtime.

The 180-square-foot billboard was erected in a commercial zone of Castle Shannon sometime in early to mid-March.

Not long after, a blogger in neighboring Mt. Lebanon took notice. Fake Lebo, the anonymous satirist of all things related to Mt. Lebanon, posted a picture of the billboard on a Facebook page and wrote, "If you hate this, 'like' this."

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• www.post-gazette.com/pg/11097/1137473-55.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)