You can make all the excuses you want for not shopping locally, just don't tell me its because there is nothing here. I drove through many small communities this weekend as my 9 year old and I meander back roads on our way to a basketball tournament. It made me realize how lucky we, here in Philipsburg, are to have as much as we do. Some of these older, small towns are practically ghost towns. Goes back to a principal I believe with my whole heart- we need to support the businesses we have or we will end up like those other little towns!
No joke, I shop in the "greater" Philipsburg area 90-95% of the time. And I try really hard to do it at locally owned businesses. If I can’t do that, I at least try to stay in town. A small consolation when I have to shop a chain is that local “Big Box” is employing my friends and neighbors. Granted, I am NOT a huge shopper. Not for lack of trying (thanks Ryan) but I do have 3 children who need new clothes and shoes when they out grow them, they need food and medicines weekly, their friends have birthdays for which I must provide a gift, I need gas to run them around, and they will break my kitchens chairs and I will need new ones, and I can do all of those things here. I wouldn’t say I shop a lot, but when I do, I try to do it here. I know you can’t always but if you do it when you can we all win.
I recognize that you cannot always shop local. Something I cannot find/cannot be bought in Philipsburg- Beyblades and Star Wars Galactic Heroes, two things my boys MUST have, lol. I will buy all my Easter candy at Gardner's, get all my prescriptions from Grattan's. My kids favorite choice for pizza is Brother's. Chinese- Main Won. We LOVE the Rowland and and whoopie pies from the Farmers' market. Chicken fries at the Gaslight (while I have the BEST salad ever) and the Little Restaurant for "the mess" for breakfast. Bock's has the best french onion soup in the world and The 1921 in the Philips Hotel offers fantastic seafood! Seriously, why would I go anywhere else? Off the top of my head, these are things you can do just in downtown Philipsburg and I am sure I have missed some. I am also pretty sure a lot of other towns would he thankful to have a list like this.
What can you do in downtown Philipsburg?
Drycleaning… Marrara’s and Shamrock
Auto Repair/Towing… Price Parkway, Choice Bumper, Flathead Dan's
Food… Bock’s Dining and Tea Room, Snappy’s, Subway, Minit Mart, Brother’s, Main Won, Little Restaurant, Retro Eatery, Gaslight Café, 1921 in the Philips Hotel, BTO
Hair- Jackie Mostyn’s, Elaine Adams, Sharon and Kelly’s, Sarah Miller, Bill Spanogle
Retail… Bock’s Village Store, Grattan’s, National Furniture, Gardner’s, Front Street Jewelers, PSR, Rothrock’s, Transfer Express, Jackie’s Vintage Hairloom, Olenick’s Printing, Steiners’ Hometown Appliance, Dollar General, The Gaslight Café, Elaine’s Beauty Salon, Wicker and Brass Works, Katey’s Korner, Universal Furniture, Universal Square, Ricotta Jewelry, Fisher Auto Parts, Philipsburg Electric, Bordas TV & Electronics, YBC, Weis Markets, Philipsburg Electric
Entertainment/Recreation/Fitness… The Rowland Theatre, Shaw and Ghaner School of Dance, DJ Studios Karate, Williams’ Billiards, Curves, Ultimate Weight Loss Center
Doctors…
---2 Podiatrists
---Psychiatrists- Dr. Mary Hart; Spaw Counseling Services
---Dentists- Dr. Piniuk, Dr. Chintella, Dr. Mackin, Dr Irwin
---Chiropractors- Casteel Chiropractic
---Ophthalmologists- Central Penn Vision
County/State Government/Non-Profits- Philipsburg, Historical Foundation, Senator John Wozniak, Stat Rep Conklin, Holt Memorial Library, Tapestry of Heath, WIC, Community Action, Philipsburg Area Daycare, Philipsburg Elks, Philipsburg Masonic Lodge, Philipsburg Main Street Program, VFW, AMVETS, Moshannon Valley EMS, Hope Fire Company, Reliance Fire Company, United States Post Office,
Attorneys…Mason Law Offices, DeBoef & Lucchesi, Joann Y. Parks Mackin, John Carfley, The Closing Company
Insurance… All-State, Nationwide, Simler Insurance, Jones Insurance, State Farm Insurance
Professional Offices… Professional Satellite Repair, Surferquest, ECMG Marketing
Banking… M&T Bank, CNB Bank
Financial Services/Accounting… Pappalia Financial, Central PA Tax Doctors, H& R Block, Jackson Hewitt
Newspapers…The Philipsburg Journal, The Progress
Churches- First Lutheran, St Thomas of Canterbury
Other… Jay Krause, Hurwitz Brothers, Guenot Builders, The Towers, Philips Place, Philips Court, RP Supply,
Auto Repair/Towing… Price Parkway, Choice Bumper, Flathead Dan's
Food… Bock’s Dining and Tea Room, Snappy’s, Subway, Minit Mart, Brother’s, Main Won, Little Restaurant, Retro Eatery, Gaslight Café, 1921 in the Philips Hotel, BTO
Hair- Jackie Mostyn’s, Elaine Adams, Sharon and Kelly’s, Sarah Miller, Bill Spanogle
Retail… Bock’s Village Store, Grattan’s, National Furniture, Gardner’s, Front Street Jewelers, PSR, Rothrock’s, Transfer Express, Jackie’s Vintage Hairloom, Olenick’s Printing, Steiners’ Hometown Appliance, Dollar General, The Gaslight Café, Elaine’s Beauty Salon, Wicker and Brass Works, Katey’s Korner, Universal Furniture, Universal Square, Ricotta Jewelry, Fisher Auto Parts, Philipsburg Electric, Bordas TV & Electronics, YBC, Weis Markets, Philipsburg Electric
Entertainment/Recreation/Fitness… The Rowland Theatre, Shaw and Ghaner School of Dance, DJ Studios Karate, Williams’ Billiards, Curves, Ultimate Weight Loss Center
Doctors…
---2 Podiatrists
---Psychiatrists- Dr. Mary Hart; Spaw Counseling Services
---Dentists- Dr. Piniuk, Dr. Chintella, Dr. Mackin, Dr Irwin
---Chiropractors- Casteel Chiropractic
---Ophthalmologists- Central Penn Vision
County/State Government/Non-Profits- Philipsburg, Historical Foundation, Senator John Wozniak, Stat Rep Conklin, Holt Memorial Library, Tapestry of Heath, WIC, Community Action, Philipsburg Area Daycare, Philipsburg Elks, Philipsburg Masonic Lodge, Philipsburg Main Street Program, VFW, AMVETS, Moshannon Valley EMS, Hope Fire Company, Reliance Fire Company, United States Post Office,
Attorneys…Mason Law Offices, DeBoef & Lucchesi, Joann Y. Parks Mackin, John Carfley, The Closing Company
Insurance… All-State, Nationwide, Simler Insurance, Jones Insurance, State Farm Insurance
Professional Offices… Professional Satellite Repair, Surferquest, ECMG Marketing
Banking… M&T Bank, CNB Bank
Financial Services/Accounting… Pappalia Financial, Central PA Tax Doctors, H& R Block, Jackson Hewitt
Newspapers…The Philipsburg Journal, The Progress
Churches- First Lutheran, St Thomas of Canterbury
Other… Jay Krause, Hurwitz Brothers, Guenot Builders, The Towers, Philips Place, Philips Court, RP Supply,
