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 […]
March 23, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Affordable Housing Task Force Deliberative Forum – North Side Letter Carrier’s Union Hall 841 California Ave., 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 […]
March 24, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Growler Hour with ioby East End Brewery 147 Julius St, Pittsburgh 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 […]
March 24, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Mapping 101 with ArcGIS Grounded Strategies' Office 6587 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, United States Join GTECH Strategies for a ten-week course to learn the basics of GIS technologies (Geographic Information Systems), with a focus on the industry-standard ArcGIS platform by ESRI. Classes will be held every Thursday from 6:30-8:30pm at GTECH's office. The course runs from March 24 through May 26. We will utilize lecture, hands on tutorials in the program, […] $500
March 29, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Affordable Housing Task Force Deliberative Forum – East End Kingsley Association 6435 Frankstown Ave., 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 […]
March 31, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Union Project Creative Conversation Series Union Project 801 N Negley Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States Join Union Project on Thursday, March 31, for the launch of their new Creative Conversation Series. Rooted in their annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, the Creative Conversation will be facilitated by community leaders Aerion Abney and Jay Oriola, guiding participants in important conversations around agape love, finding and defining community and inclusion. Through the […]