Urban Hike in the Hill District
2017-06-01 16:30 - 18:30 (America/Halifax) | Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium at the Kaufmann Center, 1825 Centre Ave. , pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States
Did you know that Pittsburgh’s Hill District is a neighborhood rich with fascinating history, green development, and intriguing reuse projects? Terri Baltimore, of the Hill House Association, has led walking tours of the Hill District to scores of people, including visitors from France, Ireland, England, Brazil, and Peru. Now she’ll lead GBA and its friends on a special tour of the neighborhood.
We’ll begin the afternoon gathered on the patio of the Hill House Kaufmann Center where we’ll enjoy beer, wine, cold lemonade, and appetizers while Terri offers an overview of the community and some of its green and historical highlights. Then we’ll embark on the walking tour. In an effort to see a variety of neighborhood highlights along an easily walkable route, we’ve identified the following locations as our stopping points. But there is so much more to see! So we’ll also hand out a list of additional stops that Terri recommends you check out in your own time, in addition to those we’ll be hitting on the tour!

Hill House Kaufmann Center – Hill House Association is “the heart of the hill” and offers integrated community services including family and workforce development, senior services and neighborhood engagement. The Kaufmann Center was renovated in 2010 and achieved LEED Silver certification. This rehab restored the majestic stairs leading the wooden doors. Additional enhancements – including a new stage, lighting, sound system and elevator – made the Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium a destination for performances, lectures, and other events (like GBA’s Inspire Speakers Series!).

Wylie Avenue Carnegie Library – This is one of six free libraries that were established with Andrew Carnegie’s original donation to the City of Pittsburgh. Carnegie saw libraries as “vital, non-luxury assets to be supported by public dollars.” While the Wylie Avenue location is no longer used as a library – it’s now a Mosque – “Free To The People” is still carved above the entrance.
Crawford Grill – Imagine meeting up with friends at the famous Crawford Grill and hearing jazz greats like Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, and John Coltrane. This local club was once known across the country as a destination for great music. While it closed more than 10 years ago, jazz enthusiasts and community members are hoping to see it resurrected.
August Wilson House – August Wilson’s childhood home is a project of the Daisy Wilson Artist Community, a non-profit organization. Their purpose is to foster and promote greater appreciation for and understanding of African-American literature, the performing arts and the literary, artistic and professional legacy of August Wilson by transforming the August Wilson House, at 1727 Bedford Avenue, into a world-renowned artist residency and studio space.

** Space is limited for this event, so be sure to sign up early! Children are welcome to join their parents on this tour (but remember it’s a walking tour!).

GBA Member$20
GBA Non-Member$30
Student / EP$10
Individual Membership + Event Fee (member rate)$95

Container Gardening Workshop
2017-05-20 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | East End Food Co-op, 7516 Meade Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15208, United States
Don’t have the space for a full garden? Learn the basics of growing vegetables in pots, including site selection, possibilities for pots, making potting mixes and choosing what to grow for spring, summer and fall enjoyment. Participants will receive one starter seedling and plans for a simple self-watering container. Snacks and drinks provided with admission! Grow Pittsburgh memberships will be offered at an exclusive discounted rate of $20 if you sign up at the event. Register in advance for a chance to win a cedar planter as part of the Plant Something Day Sale at East End Food Co-op on Friday, May 19th.
Sign up online.

Grounded for Good: 10 Years of GTECH
2017-04-21 | Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222
On Friday, April 21, 2017, GTECH celebrated 10 years of impact on the ground in communities across Allegheny County. We joined 273 of our closest friends, partners, Ambassadors, and family at the Heinz History Center to recognize this momentous occasion and ring in the next 10 years.
The evening included good food, company, music, and programming. 59 people completed our scavenger hunt throughout the Heinz History Center, finding clues to unlock GTECH’s story. If you were too busy to stop at each station, please be sure to check out our “Ode to GTECH” written by our very own Gavin White. Each stanza aligns with a year of GTECH’s history and major activities and one for good luck as we look to the future.
Overall, we raised a total of $74,800 thanks to your generous support and participation – and we hope to keep the momentum going all year long. These important resources support our growing Ambassador network, Green Playces initiative, green stormwater outreach, data collaboration, and our work in the Mon Valley communities.
We look forward to the next 10 years and hope that you will be with us each step of the way.

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Interested in sponsoring our event? Email e.sing@gtechstrategies.org and check out sponsorship opportunities.
Sponsors will be prominently featured as an integral component of GTECH’s success in the community development and environmental health sectors among hundreds of friends, partners, and supporters.

2017 Inclusive Innovation Week
2017-03-31 - 2017-04-07 | PA
Pittsburgh has positioned itself to become a city of inclusive innovation by providing equal access to products and services through new technology, ideas, personnel and inventions.

Inclusive Innovation Event Schedule.

Inclusive Innovation Week is a city-wide opportunity to participate in and engage with innovation in the City of Pittsburgh. The dates for Innovation Week 2017 are March 31-April 7.
Learn more about Pittsburgh’s Road Map to Inclusive Innovation.

Data Drinks
2017-03-22 17:00 - 19:30 (America/Halifax) | Seviche, 930 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, United States
If you like analyzing, coding, mapping, visualizing, or forecasting data, come out to the next Data Drinks on Wednesday March 22nd. This event will be held at Seviche from 5-7:30, featuring $5 margaritas and mojitos, $4 wine, $3 beers and $5 tapas until 6:30. Help Data Drinks organizers collect data about Data Drinks by filling out a brief survey.

Wild & Scenic Film Festival
2017-03-09 18:00 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | Chatham University’s Eddy Theater, Woodland Rd, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232, United States
Join the Pennsylvania Resources Council and Allegheny Cleanways at the 3rd Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival!
This film festival works to combine quality and powerful filmmaking with current environmental issues to inspire citizens to protect their environment and to take action for our local and global communities. Festival-goers can expect to see beautiful award-winning films about environmental issues from around the world, excellent raffle prizes, zero waste beer, and the opportunity to connect with local initiatives to protect Pittsburgh!
Please join us on Thursday, March 9th from 6PM – 9:30PM at Chatham University’s Eddy Theater for an evening of education, entertainment, and inspiration. Tickets and more information are available at www.prc.org/filmfestival2017/.
Join the Pennsylvania Resources Council and Allegheny Cleanways at the 3rd Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival! Discounted early bird tickets are available until February 10! Get your tickets now and save!
The Wild This film festival works to combine quality and powerful filmmaking with current environmental issues to inspire citizens to protect their environment and to take action for our local and global communities. Festival-goers can expect to see beautiful award-winning films about environmental issues from around the world, excellent raffle prizes, zero waste beer, and the opportunity to connect with local initiatives to protect Pittsburgh!
Please join us on Thursday, March 9th from 6PM – 9:30PM at Chatham University’s Eddy Theater for an evening of education, entertainment, and inspiration. Tickets and more information are available at www.prc.org/filmfestival2017/.

Wilkinsburg Train Station Restoration Project, Salvatore's Fundraiser Kick-Off
2017-02-01 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | Salvatore’s Pizza House, 612 Penn Ave., Wilkinsburg, PA, 15221, United States
Starting February 1, Salvatore’s Pizza House will be hosting a month-long fundraiser to support the Wilkinsburg Train Station Restoration Project.
Salvatore’s is donating a portion of all sales from the Locomotive — a signature cocktail created just for the project — and any 16 oz craft draft beer.
Help them kick-off the fundraiser at happy hour!
Learn more.

Urban Ecostewards Winter Gathering
2017-01-26 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Wigle Whiskey Distillery, 2401 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Urban Ecostewards provides training for citizens who commit to becoming long term stewards of greenspace throughout Pittsburgh. Join the Urban Ecostewards for their Winter Gathering at Wigle Whiskey. Learn about this great volunteer opportunity, celebrate all that was accomplished in 2016, learn what’s happening in the year ahead, and support the program – Wigle will donate 12% of sales to supporting Urban EcoStewards.
For more information and to register for this free event, click here.

Ambassador Holiday Party
2016-12-14 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Grounded Strategies’ Office, 6587 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Join our 4 generations of Ambassadors at the annual holiday party at GTECH’s office this year.

Tree Tender Course
2016-12-10 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | Paulson Recreation Center, 1201 Paulson Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join Tree Pittsburgh for a course covering urban forestry practices, tree biology and health, basic tree identification, proper pruning and maintenance, and instruction on how to lead your community in organizing tree plantings and tree care.
$40 secures registration, materials, lunch, and instruction. Register here. Contact Joe (joe@treepittsburgh.org) for any questions.

Chipotle Fundraiser for GTECH
2016-10-04 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | PA

GTECH's Entrepreneurial Spirits
2016-09-17 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Wigle Whiskey Barrelhouse, 1055 Spring Garden Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212, United States
Every year GTECH tests new ideas and innovative solutions with partners to transform blighted, vacant land into community assets. These ambitious projects produce creative solutions and products to tackle social issues and offer new ideas for wide-scale change. As social entrepreneurs our vision is to help Pittsburgh become the most innovative city for addressing vacant land and community disinvestment.
GTECH’s Entrepreneurial Spirits event celebrates and supports our ability to trial new ideas and test innovative solutions for fighting blight and vacancy. The celebration will showcase our history of applied innovation projects and partners, while raising support for GTECH to innovate and test future ventures. This year we’re partnering with Wigle Whiskey to offer an evening of inspired libations; including experimental brews, hopped whiskey, local food and great conversation at the Wigle Whiskey Barrel House.
Applied Innovation is GTECH’s program to research and develop new tools, partnerships, and value added products to improve the social, environmental and economic health of communities. The program has grown since piloting growing hops on vacant land, to building outdoor classrooms with Green Playces and launching an interactive online resource for reclaiming vacant land through Lots to Love.
Tickets for the 2016 event are $25 and include:

First 50 tickets get a custom g jar
Sample pour of beer from Allegheny City Brewing
Sample pour of cider from A Few Bad Apples
Wigle Whiskey Tasting
One full size wigle whiskey cocktail

Thanks to our generous sponsors for making this event possible!

Pop Up and Play
2016-08-24 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Join all of our partners at Green Playces: McKeesport for a Pop Up and Play extravaganza! There will be games, food, storytime, and a gardening project. For more information, click here.

5th Annual Two Wheels Lots of Green
2016-08-20 09:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Beltzhoover Community Center, 403 Gearing Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15210
Greenspaces are popping up all over South Pittsburgh. Learn the “story” behind GTECH’s vibrant community spaces at the Two Wheels Lots of Green bike tour. This year’s guided bike tour features unique greenspaces, including gardens, games, colorful trailheads, outdoor classrooms designed by youth, a ribbon cutting ceremony, and an historic incline site turned into a greenway, and more.
Refreshments such as iced coffee from Black Forge Coffee and bike-powered smoothies from Green Mountain Energy will be provided throughout the tour. Afterwards we will celebrate with a garden party at the Garden on Gearing with a food tent from Sweet Peaches and a pop-up playground with City of Play.
Register to experience these unique green spaces and meet the community members who made them possible. The ride will take place from 9 am – Noon, followed by the garden party from Noon – 2 pm.The ride will start and conclude at the Garden on Gearing. When registering you have the option to sign up for a shorter relaxed route (4 miles) or a longer rigorous route ( 7 mile route with some hills).

We are excited about how this event continues to grow and helps fuel GTECH’s mission! We have free tickets available for those who are in need of financial assistance. Contact Katherine Chamberlain at k.chamberlain@gtechstrategies.org or 412-361-2099 to use them.

Here is a video from our first Two Wheels Lots of Green event.

Sponsors

Learn, Climb, and Grow in Wilkinsburg
2016-08-10 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Hosanna House, 807 Wallace Ave., Wilkinsburg, PA, 15221, United States
Come preview Green Playces: Wilkinsburg on August 10 from 9-11am! There will be a short presentation and fun activities for children of all ages.

Final Wilkinsburg Green Playce Design

Makerspaces & Playces
2016-06-22 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Tech Shop Pittsburgh, 192 Bakery Square Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
We had a fun night of cocktails and laser cutters for our 21+ Night at the TechShop to benefit Green Playces. Mingle with Makers, Movers and Shakers enjoyed small bites, engaged in maker-centered games, and interacted with tool demonstrations that built educational play components for Green Playce sites.
About The Cause:
GTECH’s Green Playces initiative closes the gap between the lack of environmental education and access to safe, vibrant green spaces for youth who live in close proximity to blighted, vacant land by transforming vacant lots into meaningful outdoor making and learning spaces for STEM education and eco-literacy curriculum. See Green Playces in action.

Garden Resource Center Grand Re-Opening Party
2016-06-11 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Join Grow Pittsburgh for the Grand Re-Opening to learn more about the GRC, sign up, and have fun!
A program of Grow Pittsburgh since 2013, the Garden Resource Center (GRC) reduces barriers to growing food while strengthening urban garden communities. Users of the GRC can rent garden tools (ex. shovels, tillers) like a library and also get access to bulk garden materials like compost and straw.
Activites:
10-11am KDKA Live Broadcast with Andy Amrhein and Doug Oster
Cooking demo by Chef Bill Fuller
Tool sharpening/repair (bring your tools from home!)
Kids welcome
To learn more, click here.

Perry Hill Top Annual Community Block Party
2016-06-03 05:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Join Perry Hilltop neighbors, Perry Hilltop Citizen’s Council, CityReach Church, The Open Door, Triangle Tech, Carnegie Library, Venture Outdoors, and other organizations for a community celebration. There will be music, food, kids activities, and much more. GTECH will be there to participate in the fun and also connect with residents about our Northside Neighborhood Connections project.

Circle Economy for Communities: Coffee with Andre Struker
2016-05-20 08:30 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Alpha Lab Gear, 6024 Broad St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
This event is free, but we ask that you REGISTER to attend.
The circular economy is about closing resource loops, mimicking natural ecosystems in the way we organize our society and businesses. Andre Struker, Strategic Advisor to Amsterdam’s water utility Waternet, is coming to Pittsburgh to share his expertise on how the facility’s energy-from-waste ecosystem fits within the overall circular economy strategy in Amsterdam and how the utility is “mining for energy” in its goal to become climate neutral by 2020.
The circular economy can be applied to help communities minimize waste, maximize value creation, and generate new opportunity for prosperity. GTECH is hosting coffee with Andre Struker to explore how these innovative principles can be applied locally with businesses, community-based organizations and active citizens. During the coffee participants will have the opportunity to hear a presentation from Struker to dig deeper into the model and ask him questions to consider challenges and possible applications locally.
Thank you to our venue and coffee sponsors:

One Northside Traveling Block Party - Spring Hill Edition
2016-05-01 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Asylgärten Park, 2000 Rockledge Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212, United States
The Block Party, a project of One Northside Pgh in partnership with The Buhl Foundation, is excited to announce it’s first of five events in 2016 taking place in Spring Hill on Saturday May 1st. The Block Party is series of mini arts festivals that will call attention to and celebrate the valuable resources and local identities of Northside neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. GTECH is pleased to be participating to gather community input our Northside Neighborhoood Connections urban trail project.
This free festival will feature:
• A mobile stage from Flyspace Productions featuring the local bands delicious pastries, Brewer’s Row and The Get Down Gang – all bands with at least one resident of Spring Hill!
• Food trucks will be onsite.
• Stories about the neighborhood are being collected onsite by The Saturday Light Brigade.
• Hands-on activities with Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse and Little House Big Art.
• Public art with AIR: Artists Image Resource
• Refreshments featuring the local, in-progress brewery, Spring Hill Brewing.
• Activities with Mattress Factory – Museum of Contemporary Art.
• Historical photos courtesy of Allegheny City Historic Gallery.
Brought to you by your friends at New Hazlett Theater, Deutschtown Music Festival and The Sprout Fund

Pittsburgh Green Drinks
2016-04-22 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Floor 1, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Growler Hour with ioby
2016-03-24 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | East End Brewery, 147 Julius St, Pittsburgh, 15206
ioby believes that it should be easy to make meaningful change “in our backyards” – the positive opposite of the “not in my back yard” mentality called NIMBY. To do this ioby has designed a crowd-resourcing platform that mobilizes neighbors who have good ideas to become powerful citizen leaders who make positive change in their own communities. GTECH and The Sprout Fund have been partnering with ioby to support innovative and creative projects that focus on current issues and challenges affecting local communities. We invite you to experience these local projects and learn how ioby’s unique platform and their concept of crowd-resourcing helped drive these projects to success to make our neighborhoods safer, greener, more livable and more fun.
Join GTECH and The Sprout Fund to meet ioby Founder and CEO, Erin Barnes and the local citizen leaders who have implemented great ideas one block at a time with ioby. Enjoy growlers of local beer as you learn why ioby chose Pittsburgh to open their next office in Spring 2016 and their plans for growing positive neighbor-led change locally. This is a public event for non-profits, public agencies, municipalities, community groups and individuals that are interested in connecting their ideas with the crowdfunding resources to make it happen.
Arrive starting at 6 pm to grab one of East End Brewing Company’s beers and tacos from La Palapa’s food truck. Remarks introducing Erin Barnes, Founder and CEO of ioby begin at 6:30 pm inside the taproom.
The event is free to attend, but we ask that you please register to help us connect with you for the event.

Tedx Pittsburgh Meetup: GTECH Takeover
2016-02-18 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | PA
This event will be a place for sparking big ideas and to keep the community conversation going with TedxPittsburgh. We will enjoy recorded TED talks together curated by 2015 TedxPittsburgh Speaker, Andrew Butcher of GTECH (check out his talk: Fueling an Upward Spiral of Community Health). Followed with a group discussion to explore new connections and ideas on sustainability and community development for our region.

Audience: TedxPittsburgh Networks, GTECH’s Social Capital Council and Networks, Environmentally and Community Minded Individuals, and any curious minds interested in attending. We ask that you please RSVP by registering below.

About:
C-Leveled
A special amalgam of incubator, accelerator, technology and business advisor plus a full-service, in-house marketing department, we are a band of successful entrepreneurs, creatives and techies who have collectively founded, operated and profitably sold more than 25 businesses. Their aim is to help companies reach the highest level of achievement in the shortest amount of time. From our elevated point of view, they provide that 360° degree perspective that is so vital in business today. And then act on it.

GTECH
Growth Through Energy and Community Health (GTECH) works with people to transition land use liabilities into community assets and improve the economic, social, and environmental health of our communities. In 2015 GTECH CEO Andrew Butcher was a TedxPittsburgh Speaker on Fueling an Upward Spiral of Community Health).
TedxPittsburgh
Pittsburgh’s platform for showcasing the ideas, individuals and innovations that are redefining the Steel City. TEDx Pittsburgh is an independently organized, community based version of the larger TED-experience. Planned and coordinated by an all volunteer team, TEDx showcases transformative and thought-provoking ideas on the local level. Their annual TEDx Pittsburgh Conference has showcased multiple, local initiatives aimed at sharing transformative ideas.

Benefit Night at Franktuary (Lawrenceville)
2015-11-18 17:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Franktuary, 3810 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, United States
Grab a cocktail & a hot dog with us on Wednesday, November 18th
On November 18th Franktuary (Lawrenceville Location) will donate 10% of sales during dinner service from 5 pm – 10 pm to GTECH Strategies. The success of this fundraiser is based on how many SCC members, partners and friends of GTECH join us for dinner at Franktuary. At the benefit night we will be featuring GTECH’s key projects for 2016. This will be a fun event to connect with SCC Members, GTECH Staff and Board, as well as ReClaim Ambassadors and Ambassador Alumni. We hope you can join us and bring a friend or two…or ten.

Wethoptober 2015
2015-10-03 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Wigle Whiskey Barrelhouse, 1055 Spring Garden Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212, United States
Enjoy fresh-hopped libations, good conversation, autumnal treats and great music at the Wethoptober Fundraiser.
In 2013, GTECH set out to grow hops on an unused, vacant portion of Garfield Community Farm to see whether it could be a creative (and delicious) way to reuse some of the 4,500 acres of vacant land in the city. With the help of Noah of the Hop Project and the fine farmers of Garfield Farm, we planted to grow a few varieties of hops for East End Brewery and — guess what — it worked!
Inspired by the Hops on Lots project, GTECH throws the annual Wethoptober Fundraiser to celebrate and support our projects that creatively reuse vacant lots. This year we’re partnering with Wigle Whiskey and East End Brewery to offer an evening of wet-hopped brews and hopped whiskey, tasty food and great conversation at Wigle Whiskey Barrel House located in the Northside neighborhood of Spring Garden.
For $30 you will receive:
-A 12oz GTECH Beer Glass – yours to take home
-One hopped whiskey cocktail
-Three 6oz pours from three unique hopped beers from East End Brewery
-Two free raffle tickets
-Tasting demos with samples of hopped whiskey
Live Music and Food Trucks onsite with autumn themed menus from Berlin Street Foods and Brownstone Wood Fired Brick Oven. Note: Tickets sold out last year, don’t hesitate to purchase yours today.
Sponsored By:

ReClaim Northside Graduation
2015-09-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center, 1000 Madison Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212, United States
Join us to celebrate the good work of the 13 ReClaim Northside Ambassadors who have worked tirelessly to turn vacant lots throughout the Northside into beautiful community spaces. This event will include treats from Chateau Cafe and Cakery, music from Muddy Kreek Blues Band, and a gallery of photos of the vacant lot projects. Whether you want to celebrate the good work of your neighbors, meet fellow Northsiders, or enjoy some local entertainment, we’d love to have you!

RSVP on Eventbrite by following this link.

Solar Showcase Happy Hour
2015-09-18 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | Grounded Strategies’ Office, 6587 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
The tenants of 6587 Hamilton Ave. – GTECH Strategies, Grow Pittsburgh and AE Works – along with our landlord AIM Ventures are throwing an open house at our office, which recently had a solar array installed by Energy Independent Solutions (EIS). Join us as we sunset the summer with a solar showcase at 6587 Hamilton Ave. on Friday, September 18 from 5 pm – 7 pm. While you’re here, take a tour of a solar array courtesy of EIS, enjoy a brew from our neighbor East End Brewery and grab yourself a bite to eat from the solar-powered Pittsburgh Taco Truck.
The event is free, but please RSVP below.

Meet The Fleet – A Pop Up Clean up Day and Party
2015-06-20 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Halifax) | Reservoir Retreat, 1600 Beaver St., McKeesport, PA, 15132, United States
The Mon River Fleet is an alliance between McKeesport, Duquesne, Braddock and Clairton dedicated to seeking innovative ways to spread health care education and solutions throughout their communities.
This day will offer the entire Fleet an opportunity to come together, celebrate the work that has been done and seek inspiration for future endeavors.
The event will be held on Dana Jackson’s Reservoir Retreat, located on the corner of Union & Beaver St. in McKeesport.
9A-12P: Volunteer Clean Up
Volunteers will meet on Dana’s site at 9AM. Please wear closed-toed shoes and come ready to work! We will be cleaning up the site, painting benches and planting trees.
12P – 3Pm: Pop-up Party
Everyone is invited to come and join us for a family-friendly pop-up party. Food, games and entertainment will be provided!

LEED Tour & Coffee Tasting with Starbucks
2015-05-07 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Halifax) | Starbucks at One Oxford Center, 301 Grant Street Unit R-105 , Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States
Starbucks is creating more eco-conscious stores on a global scale from the design stage right through to construction and operations. Combined with their commitment to ethical sourcing, Starbucks is a global leader in sustainability. GTECH and Social Capital Council Member, Paul Morack of Starbucks have partnered to offer GTECH’s networks an inside look at Starbucks’ sustainability practices. On May 7th we will tour Starbucks new LEED® certified store in One Oxford Centre to explore their sustainable building standards and learn about their high-quality coffee that is responsibly grown and ethically traded with a coffee tasting. We invite you to join us please RSVP.

Rediscovering America's True North: Resurgent Pittsburgh
2015-05-04 08:00 - 11:30 (America/Halifax) | Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Ave, Pittsburgh, 15219, United States
The BLK SHP

The BLK SHP (“Black Sheep”) are some of America’s leading creative thinkers, writers, policy-makers, artists and entrepreneurs — and they’re embarking on a bus trip across the United States in search of America’s “True North.” The bus tour will bring leading influencers and doers on a journey into small towns, former industrial heartlands, and into resilient communities to exchange views and sketch out a vision for America’s path forward.
In partnership with Pittsburgh thought leaders, the BLK SHP will engage in conversations around five major themes: (1) the state of new economy in America, (2) the state of government, (3) the state of education, (4) the state of culture and civic society, and (5) the state of our natural environment.
At the end of the tour, they will produce a documentary film and series of articles that sketch out a vision for America’s True North — curated from the stories and narratives of the leaders with which they engaged along the way.

Join the Conversation: The Invitation

The BLK SHP are coming to Pittsburgh on May 4 to learn from local leaders who are working to reinvent Pittsburgh from the ground up — bringing national attention to Pittsburgh’s story.
Engage the BLK SHP for a morning panel discussion uncovering Pittsburgh’s “True North” — through pairings of BLK SHP and local leaders innovating in the fields of new economy, education, and culture & civic society.

Rediscovering America’s True North: Resurgent Pittsburgh
May 4th, 2015

Energy Innovation Center
1435 Bedford Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15219
8:00 am – 11:30 am
REGISTER HERE
Doors open at 8:00 am
Program begins at 8:45 am
The Panels
Misfits in Education
Moderated by Larry Berger, Saturday Light Brigade
Pete Maher – CO-Founder, LUMA Institute
Saleem Ghubril – Executive Director, The Pittsburgh Promise
Nikole Sheaffer – Director of Innovation, Frick Environmental Charter School
Chris Chavez – Founder, Prime Produce

Misfits in New Economy
Moderated by Todd Owens, Nonprofit Talent
Matthew Bishop – US Business Editor, The Economist
Kenya Boswell & Matt Zieger – Founding Partners, UpPrize
William Generett Jr. – President & CEO, Urban Innovation 21
Misfits in Culture & Civic Society
Moderated by Tracy Certo, Next Pittsburgh
Alexa Clay – Author, The Misfit Economy
Nathan Martin – Founder & CEO, Deeplocal
Harold O’Neal – Jazz Musician & Activist
Ronnie Cho – Vice President of Public Affairs, MTV

Brought to you by:
GTECH
Thrill Mill
Radiant Hall

Sponsored by:
LUMA Institute
NEXT Pittsburgh
Urban Innovation 21
