Educational Opportunities This Fall

(This post first appeared on the Souderton-Telford Main Streets website)

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has introduced two new free online finance courses to help small business owners with the basic principles of finance and borrowing. The self-paced courses are:

Finance Primer: Guide to SBA’s Loan Guaranty Programs
How to Prepare a Loan Package
These courses walk business [...]

Donated Karate Uniforms Headed to Chuck Norris’ Kick-Start Foundation

Jennefer Pursell, membership coordinator of Tsunami Karate, 516 West Walnut Street in Perkasie, and Luke Martin of Keller Williams Real Estate, 2100 Quaker Pointe Drive in Quakertown, pack used martial arts uniforms that were donated by martial artists from several local schools.
Pursell explained, “I was looking for a way to recycle outgrown gis from my [...]

How NOT to Win the PR Battle

So a local Realtor buys an irregularly-shaped property with a dilapidated single-family home on it.
Except he wants to tear it down and build a twin.
But the neighbors, all of whom live in nice singles, don’t want to see a twin in their neighborhood. It’ll lower property values, they say, and you never know what [...]

Subject Line Success

Everyone knows that the subject line in an email is critical in motivating the recipient to open it. Being descriptive, provocative, witty or mysterious are all ways to catch someone’s attention.
Now comes word that shorter is better.
Most email readers limit subject lines to 45 characters. But a recent study by MailerMailer shows that subject lines [...]

Karate Students Run Main Street Mile

Several students of Tsunami Karate, at 516 West Walnut Street in Perkasie, participated in The Perk’s Main Street Mile on Saturday, June 7. Sensei Bruce Costa and daughter Samantha Costa are shown as they approached the finish line.
This  fundraiser for Alex’s Lemonade Stand is just one of many charitable events in which students of Tsunami Karate [...]

Hot Ribs Cool Jazz

The 2008 Hot Ribs Cool Jazz festivities were a huge success, and all of us here at the Scenic Bucks County website want thank and congradulate the Perkasie Olde Towne Association, all the Perkasie businesses and residents who made this possible. It is events like this that make Perkasie a great place to live and [...]

Free Yoga for All Men

Hot Flow Yoga, located at 516 West Walnut Street in Perkasie, invites all men to experience Hot Flow Yoga for free during the month of June May in honor of Father’s Day.   
Guests who attend classes on June 15 and 16 will receive a special gift.  Offers valid for new students only. 
Learn more [...]

Men Train for Free during the Month of June

Tsunami Karate, located at 516 West Walnut Street in Perkasie, invites men of all ages to celebrate Father’s Day by training for free during the month of June (offer valid for new students only.)  Guest fathers who attend a class on June 15, 16 and 17 will receive a special gift.
Classes are offered for [...]

Hot Flow Yoga Adds New Classes

Beginning Sunday, June 1 at 9 a.m., Hot Flow Yoga, 516 West Walnut Street, Perkasie will add Hatha Yoga classes to its schedule.  To celebrate the addition of this 60- minute session (which is perfect for beginners), the June 1 class will be offered free to the public. Hatha Yoga Classes will be offered four times [...]

“Hot Ribs Cool Jazz Festival” a Huge Success

Thanks to everyone who made this year’s “Hot Ribs Cool Jazz Festival” the biggest and best yet. With great music, a crowded field of hot ribs competitors and attractions for kids of all ages, there as a little something for everyone. Of course, beautiful weather didn’t hurt, either.
The Events Committee, headed by Cathy Weierbach and [...]