Join us to celebrate and learn about the rich history of Spring Garden! Take a free guided tour through this historic neighborhood and finish off the afternoon with a catered after-party at Wigle Whiskey Barrelhouse and Whiskey Garden. Enjoy fun games, great food, music and the company of your neighbors. Even enter a raffle to win tickets for a Wigle Whiskey Tour! The first 50 tour sign-ups will receive a $10 food truck voucher each. Click HERE to reserve your spot! In…
On a sunny October day, GTECH celebrated Pittsburgh's greenspace community with a guided bike tour and block party! This year's Two Wheels Lots of Green event featured Pittsburgh's East End. We rode 6.5 miles and made stops in Larimer, Homewood, and Wilkinsburg. 2017 Featured Greenspace Projects & Partners At each stop, we spoke to community partners, learning about their journey and the transformation of vacant spaces into activated places. Stop 1: Ms. Betty Lane's African Healing Garden & Chatman Properties for…
Join Parks Conservancy staff at the newly re-opened August Wilson Park for these regularly scheduled group volunteer events! At this event, participants will get a basic overview of soil and nutrients. We’ll talk about soil amendments plus how and when to apply them.
Interested in becoming a long-term Urban EcoSteward volunteer? Join program partners at this free training to learn about the Urban EcoSteward program, choose a site that you'd like to adopt long-term, and pick up skills that you can use on your site.
This year's Bike Tour & Block Party event will feature Grounded's projects in Pittsburgh's Northside neighborhoods. At each stop, we will speak to community partners, learning about their journey and the transformation of vacant spaces into activated places. For those who do not have a bike, Healthy Ride bikes will be available for use! Before we head out for the tour, we will have a local bike shop, Waxwing Cycles LLC. present to check rider bicycles before the start, so arrive early!…
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…
Help or High Water: A Volunteer Fair, Volume 3 A volunteer fair to connect Pittsburghers - for the first time at Community Forge in Wilkinsburg! 40+ nonprofits will be on site to share ways to support their causes: volunteering, donating, joining the board of directors. Thinking about getting more involved? The time is now. Help or High Water is free to attend, all ages, and accessible. Proceeds from the food trucks, raffle prizes, and cash bar will benefit Pittsburgh Cares,…
The Healthy Neighborhoods Celebration and Award Ceremony is an annual event that honors and lifts up the people and organizations who are working hard every day to build healthy neighborhoods across Pittsburgh. During the event, six awards are presented--one for each of Neighborhood Allies' Healthy Neighborhood Elements. The award presentation is accompanied by a short video created for each of the awardees, showcasing their work and positive impact on Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Congratulations to this year's awardees: Visit our website for more information…
Join us for breakfast on Thursday, November 29th from 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. for GPNP's 2018 Annual Meeting! Seating is limited so reserve your space today.Forbes Funds and GPNP News
Please see the attached flyer. The Housing Opportunity Fund (HOF) is holding community meetings to get feedback regarding the HOF’s 2018 Allocation Plan and input for the 2019 Allocation Plan. The meetings are open to all city of Pittsburgh residents.
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