New Brighton, Pennsylvania, from a drawing, circa 1908.
While other communities experienced a wholesale outflow of population, New Brighton government countered with a program of excellence in services and "fun" community activities -- from block parties and antique car cruises to stocked game fish in the Beaver River. All these activities are designed to encourage New Brighton residents to stay in their home town and remain available for local employment.
That's why we call New Brighton an "American Home Town." It's nice to be born here. And it's nice to stay here.
We invite you to navigate through the pages of this web site and discover why we like to live in an American Home Town.
Our community is alive with diverse educational, recreational and cultural activities for its residents. Its downtown section bustles with commerce, and we have a well-established industrial/economic development program. And all of this is going on right-smack in the middle of what has been commonly called, "The Rust Belt."
We have a 150-year history of being in the middle of exciting things. In the 19th Century days when canals served as America's interstate highway network, New Brighton was a major terminal town for exchange of goods and services. And when Big Steel reigned over the territory for a century, New Brighton had already diversified its industrial activity, holding onto its job base when Big Steel collapsed in the 1990s.
Thank you for visiting the Borough of New Brighton's website. We are a community of under 7,000 nestled in the Beaver Valley of Western Pennsylvania, about 40 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
But you should never call New Brighton a "sleepy town."