After nearly five years serving as Innovation Director at Ascender, a local business incubator, Annia Aleman will now head the University of Pittsburgh 's Small Business Development Center.
Several local businesses have been regular participants ... Small businesses often know their customers by name and can offer them a unique shopping experience each time they visit.
Titled the Heart of Our Community campaign, nominations will open Dec. 1 to suggest businesses to be awarded. “It is a campaign that is going to run throughout all of 2025.