People walk beside Main Street businesses in downtown Zelienople Wednesday. Borough council on Monday approved a request by the Zelienople Business Association to allow businesses to sell goods outside their shops or bring in vendors who may attract customers to the store.

It's certainly out of the box.

But that's nothing new for Zelienople.

At its Monday meeting, borough council approved a request by the Zelienople Business Association that would allow local businesses to sell goods outside their shops or bring in vendors who may attract customers to the store.

“The people here, they think out of the box a lot, which I commend,” said Don Pepe, borough manager.

The move comes after the borough approved another measure by the business association that brought three pop-up sites for Zelienople diners to eat outside of restaurants on street corners and in the community park. While that move was limited to restaurants, this is for each business in the borough.

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