February 16, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 2016 Love Your Block Grant Orientation Southside Market House 1 Bedford Square , Pittsburgh, PA, United States Love Your Block is a City of Pittsburgh program, made possible through a partnership with Peoples Gas, to revitalize our City block by block! This season’s orientation is on Tuesday, February 16th from 6:00 to 8:00pm at the South Side Market House, located at the intersection of S. 12th Street and Bingham Street in […]
February 18, 2016 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Tedx Pittsburgh Meetup: GTECH Takeover 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 […] Free
February 19, 2016 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Creative Mornings: Saleem Ghubril Repair the World 6022 Broad Street, Pittsburgh, United States Join CreativeMornings for a free breakfast lecture given by Saleem Ghubril, Executive Director of The Pittsburgh Promise. Saleem Ghubril is a committed and passionate advocate for children and for the City of Pittsburgh. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he has devoted his life to serving the people of his community through outreach and education programs. In 1985, Saleem […]
February 23, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Urban Agriculture Workshop Black Forge Coffee House 1206 Arlington Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States Come hear from Shelly Danko+Day from the City of Pittsburgh present about the Urban Agriculture Zoning Code and the Adopt-A-Lot program, and learn about preparing for gardening in Spring 2016. Shelly will review the rules for growing food, selling food and using vacant lots for garden projects! All residents, nonprofits, community groups and community members […]
February 25, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 90.5 WESA Community Listening Session: Hazelwood, Greenfield, Glen Hazel Carnegie Library of Hazelwood 5006 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States Join 90.5 WESA at the Carnegie Library Hazelwood branch on Thursday, February 25 at 6pm for a Community Listening Session. If you live and/or work in Hazelwoood, Greenfield or Glen Hazel, what are your concerns, challenges, opportunities? What are the things your community celebrates? Share YOUR stories with your community! Refreshments will be served. This event […]
March 3, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Property Data User Group East Liberty Carnegie Library 130 S. Whitfield St., Pittsburgh, PA, United States Join Neighborhood Allies for a Property Data User Group meeting on March 3. Data User Group meetings provide a space for shared, topical conversation about data. User Group meetings are open to all, and provide data users with infrastructure to build relationships with one another, share what they’ve learned about data, contribute to Data User Guides, identify opportunities to […]
March 5, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Can You Dig This Film Screening & Panel Discussion Property Data User Group 130 S. Whitfield St., Pittsburgh, PA, United States Join Grow Pittsburgh, Hill House Association and Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Co-Operative for the Pittsburgh premiere of Can You Dig This, part of Hill House Association’s 28! Days. Can You Dig This follows the inspirational journeys of four unlikely gardeners, discovering what happens when they put their hands in the soil. This […] $10
March 7, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Livability Solutions Green Infrastructure Workshop The Pittsburgh Project 2801 N Charles St, Pittsburgh, PA, United States The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) has developed a way for communities to cost-effectively scale up green infrastructure in developed urban areas as well as a tool that quantifies co-benefits of green infrastructure. Join GTECH and One Northside for a technical workshop on Green Infrastructure Tools presented by Hal Sprague, Water Policy Manager at CNT. Topics will include how […] Free
March 8, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Going There in Pittsburgh: Reinventing the American City August Wilson Center for African-American Culture Pittsburgh, PA, United States NPR’s Michel Martin, weekend host of All Things Considered, will be at the August Wilson Center for African-American Culture to host Michel Martin: Going There—Reinventing the American City, a conversation about transformative growth in Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, March 8th at 7pm. This dynamic event will combine discussion with art and performance that explores Pittsburgh’s evolution as a new […] $15
March 9, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Blight Workshop with Allegheny Cleanways Allegheny Cleanways 33 Terminal Way, Pittsburgh, PA, United States Join Nine Mile Run to discuss resources and support available from the city, county, Urban EcoStewards partners and beyond to help tackle blight on public land. For more information, visit Nine Mile Run's website here. Register to attend on the UES event page.
March 15, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Adopt-A-Lot Information Session Homewood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 7101 Hamilton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States The Department of City Planning and the Office of Community Affairs is hosting an Adopt-A-Lot information session for the communities of Homewood, East Hills, Garfield, East Liberty, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar and Larimer. These neighborhoods have some of the highest concentrations of vacant lots. The Department of City Planning has revamped the process for adopting a lot, and they would like to […]
March 15, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Affordable Housing Task Force Deliberative Forum – South Side Lifespan Knoxville Resource Center 320 Brownsville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA, United States The City of Pittsburgh is hosting four Deliberative Forums on the Affordable Housing Task Force’s mission to provide a more robust way for community members to give feedback to city officials and Task Force members. Modeled after the highly successful Police Chief and Capital Budget public meetings, these new forums will give neighbors a chance […]