Paul Bradigan sees advantages to living in Armstrong County and Kittanning
Paul Bradigan is a part of the family business of Bradigan's Incorporated. By going to the web site http://www.bradigans.com you can see that they have had a very exciting journey in business development. (See their "About" page.) Not only do they provide distribution of oil and gasoline to the area, but also heating and air conditioning. One of the newest additions is a chimney sweep division.
"Paul, what do you find to be appealing in Armstrong County?" Paul easily gave a long list.
- It is a wonderful place to live.
- We have lots of natural resource.
- We have our rivers and lakes.
- Our pollution isn't high.
- People are generally friendly. So its a friendly place to live.
- We have good proximity to Pittsburgh.
- We are 45 minutes away from professional baseball teams.
- We are 45 minutes away from a variety of cultural entertainment.
- We don't have the problems you have by living in the city.
- We have a relatively low cost of living.
- My future daughter-in-law recently moved here from Minneapolis. She cannot believe the cost of living is so much less here.
- There are a lot of positives here.
- While we have our problems like any small town, by the same token, we have sustained ourselves very well.
- I'm proud to say I was born in Kittanning.
- I live here.
- I make my money here.
- I try to spend my money here.
- If I should want to influence the events of the area, I can become actively interested and try to make an impact. There is an opportunity here for that.
02-22-10