Practically every major national franchise is represented among the numerous shopping centers, malls and big box retail districts. Accommodations range from charming motels and motor courts to world famous names, offering everything from single rooms to elegant extended stay suites that include every conceivable amenity. Restaurants have proliferated and, no matter what your tastes, you can find both the familiar and the exotic offered by chefs and wait staffs who understand that there is more to life than increasing its pace. From hamburger to filet mignon, from cola to champagne, our region welcomes the gourmand as well as the businessperson and the traveler. But this growth has not been haphazard or unmindful of the region's agrarian roots.
Care is taken to ensure that natural wetlands and wildlife are preserved.
The local communities abound with parkland. For all this development, you don't have to look very hard to see the green of open fields and old-growth forest, no matter where you happen to be in the Pittsburgh Airport Corridor.