Sustainable Return on Investment in the Greater Pittsburgh Region
CommUNITY: The Power of People in Action examines how people take concepts, build support, and put them into action. Community development leaders across the spectrum want to know how to smartly effect change, in every area that impacts our communities and their people.
Come learn about progress, share opportunities for making a difference in your organization, and network with others who share a common interest in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in Pittsburgh’s workforce and supplier contract opportunities.
Spinning off from the successful city-wide Blight Bootcamp Conferences of the last two years, GTECH is launching a series of Land Labs that will target the specific blight issues of a particular neighborhood. The first Land Lab is taking place on Saturday, November 4, in Larimer at St. James AME Church – a neighborhood that is seeing significant development but is still dealing with high numbers of blighted, vacant lots. Any resident or community organization in the city or county that faces the…
A one-day conference connecting residents to resources for transforming vacant lots.
OVERVIEW The vision of Pittsburgh’s new Gender Equity Commission (GEC) is a future in which everyone in the City of Pittsburgh, regardless of gender identity or expression, is safe in all spaces, empowered to achieve their full potential, and no longer faces structural or institutional barriers to economic, social, and political equality. This half‐day symposium, hosted by Chatham University's Women’s Institute, will bring the expertise of gender scholars and community leaders into conversation with GEC commissioners to consider how to…
How can an urban landscape preserve its community’s history and ecological story, all while celebrating the future? GBA’s Inspire Speakers Series returns with renowned landscape designer Walter Hood, environmental sculptor Stacy Levy, and interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer Alisha B. Wormsley who will share their experiences capturing the multi-faceted stories of urban spaces. Levy’s work includes the Rain Ravine at the Frick Environmental Center. Wormsley’s body of work includes There Are Black People in the Future and The People Are…
The Bridge to 2030 educational series invites Pittsburgh to delve into topics integral to 2030 District progress, including energy, water, transportation, indoor air quality, and financing. REGISTER NOW Please join us for our next event in the Bridge to 2030 Series, which will focus on green project financing! Please check back for additional details, and we hope to see you there! Agenda: 3:00 – 5:00 – Presentations, Panel Discussion, and Q&A 5:00 – 6:00 – Networking Reception with Appetizers! Presenters:…
Lend your voice and insights to help create a tool that can be used to regularly check up on the health of Pittsburgh's 90 unique neighborhoods at our first 2019 THINC30 Tank: Ensuring Inclusive Pittsburgh Neighborhoods. Over the last two years, Pittsburgh’s business, civic and community leaders have joined us at our THINC30 summits to learn how they may help advance the 17 global UN Sustainable Development Goals here locally and create a thriving, robust region for everyone. Last year,…
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