)HEUXDU\0DUFKZZZDOOHJKHQ\ZHVWPDJD]LQHFRP )URPWKH PUBLISHER & EDITORS +RSH:H$UH6HUYLQJ<RX:HOO The holidays have passed once again, and another new year is upon us. We are all most likely making our resolutions and setting our goals for the year. Here at Allegheny West Magazine, we’re taking a moment to look back on the year and review what we accomplished, both as a publication and as a business. What did we do well? Where did we fall short? What can we do better? Looking at ourselves during 2012 helps us to set new goals for 2013. We are always open to suggestions for improvement, story ideas, and more. From our first issue in 1999 until now, in 2013, our goal has always been to be a community connector, a liaison to share good news, information, and announcements that are important to you. That goal will remain unchanged in 2013 as we maintain our mission statement, “Allegheny West Magazine is an all positive, good news publication mailed free into the homes and businesses to connect communities, promote people, heighten awareness about the richness of the airport region, and build pride in the western suburbs of Allegheny County.” Our goals in 2012 included increasing our social media presence by adding more postings on our Facebook page, and communicating more regularly with our advertisers and local businesses through an e-mail newsletter program called Constant Contact. Consider “liking” our Facebook page so you, too, can get updates in between magazine issues. We hope we are doing our job to serve you well. And, we hope to continue that effort through 2013. Happy New Year! Pat Jennette, Publisher & Editor +HOS6XVWDLQ/RFDO$UWV If you’ll recall, we ran a piece in our October/November issue about some West Allegheny art teachers, students, and alumni who were working to create an online auction to support the art program’s annual art show. The date of the auction kick-off has been set for March 5, which doesn’t leave the art club a whole lot of time to get everything together. They’re calling on local artists to donate artwork and art-related services, and to buy those items through the auction. As art teacher Carol DeWitt told me awhile back, the idea has the potential to create an entrepreneurial, self-sustaining opportunity, as it helps fund this year’s art show, entitled, “Renaissance 2 Revival.” The arts permeate our daily lives and drive our economy. Yet under No Child Left Behind, schools have been given few incentives to continue funding them. This is an opportunity to show that the arts are indeed economically viable, and to create an alternative funding model that could be utilized by art programs at other schools. You can learn more about the auction in Karen Ruhl’s piece in the school newsletter on page 17, and by following the link we’ll be posting on our Facebook page. Doug Hughey, Assistant Editor $OOHJKHQ\:HVW0DJD]LQH)HEUXDU\0DUFK LEFT TO RIGHT: Celebrating the ten-year anniversary of MTO Clean’s membership with the Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce are, left to right: Doug Hughey, assistant editor of Allegheny West Magazine; chamber Ambassador Melissa Hodge; MTO owners John and Marilyn Walters, chamber Ambassadors Joyce Kane and Carly Hartranft of the Hampton Inn Airport. 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