East
Liberty becomes a vibrant community
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, June 8th, 2009
By
Diana Nelson-Jones
East Liberty
has gone from being a neighborhood in need of someone
to invest private money to being a beehive. Sixteen
developers are at work there currently. Two new hotels
are coming, the first hotels in decades. The Eastside
complex that includes Whole Foods is expanding. Hundreds
of new homes are being built, and a green-infrastructure
plan will bring geothermal heating and cooling to about
800 of them. Storm water sequestration plans are in
the works, as is a European-style town square.
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URA
provides land for grocery store in the Hill
Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review, February 12th, 2009
By
Jeremy Boren
Construction
of a proposed Hill District grocery could begin in the
next six months if developers are able to put the final
touches on a complex mosaic of mostly public funding
to pay for it. The Urban Redevelopment Authority's board
of directors today voted to give Hill House Economic
Development Corp. access to land along Centre Avenue,
where the development group plans to build a 40,000-square-foot
Kuhn's grocery store. The development group will pay
the URA $580,000 for more than 20 parcels that must
be assembled.
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Super
sore: The dollars line up for the Hill's full-size market
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, February 18th, 2009
Sometimes
it takes a village to finance a supermarket, especially
in historically underserved neighborhoods like the Hill
District. It has been decades since the Hill had
a viable full-size market. The region's supermarket
chains insisted they couldn't make the numers work to
justify an investment in the neighborhood. Planting
a quality grocery store on the Hill for a time even
joined the litany of perennial election promises.
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Iwrin
Project looks at expanding commercial space
Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review, February 20th, 2009
By
Vera Miller
Irwin Project
is working with Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood
Development to help the downtown area reach the next
economic level. Downtown Irwin is running out of space
for new businesses, so Irwin Project, a program of Irwin
Main Street, wants to study whether second-floor commercial
space would be viable, said Donn Henderson, Irwin Main
Street manager.
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The
stories below are just a sample of community development
activities in Pittsburgh in 2008.
Grant
boosts Federal-North project
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, September 30th, 2008
By
Diana Nelson Jones
The
Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Devleopment
has made the first large grant of it's initiative to
help corridors on the brink of rebirth. It has
given the Northside Leadership Conference $125,000 for
a project of the Allegheny City Corridor -- the
long-awaited Federal North development.
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Neighbors
join to redevelop East End
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, July 14th, 2008
By
Diana Nelson Jones
Leading
community devleopment organizations in five city neighborhoods
have joined forces as the East End Parternship.
The Lawrenceville Corp., Bloomfrield-Garfield Corp.,
Bloomfield Business Association, Friendship Development
Associates and East Liberty Development Inc. "decided
we are going to venture out as a regional group,"
said Rick Swartz, executive director of the Bloomfield-Garfield
Corp., whose focus despite its name, is on Garfield.
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Interns
find they can make a difference at non-profit CDCs
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, May 19, 2008
By
Diana Nelson Jones
Academia's
interest in nonprofit management and a return of investment
to city neighborhoods have made Pittsburgh's organizations
attractive training grounds, and grantors are investing
in projects in which the students participate.
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Redefining
Pittsburgh's neighborhood districts
Pittsburgh
Business Times, April 18, 2008
By
Tim Schooley
There's
more to Pittsburgh neighborhoods than meets the eye.
This article highlights just a few of Pittsburgh's unique
community business districts and the transformations
that they are undergoing, from new developments to county-wide
changes in the way these communities are funded.
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10
new single-family homes coming to Homewood
Pop
City , February 6, 2008
By
Jennifer Baron
Ten
new single-family homes will soon be under construction
along the 7500 block of Susquehanna Street, adjacent
to Helen Faison Arts Academy in Homewood. The
30-unit residential project will also bring new homes
to Braddock Avenue, Finance Street and North Homewood
Avenue. Construction is expected to start in March.
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