May 18, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Hazelwood Green Space Build Join the Hazelwood Platoon in collaboration with Morningside Baptist Church and Grounded, in honoring the legacies of George Thomas; Army Veteran, and community advocate, Min Rena Fuller. Help us to uphold their commitment to leadership and service. The Hazelwood Platoon alongside Hazelwood volunteers will complete 2 memorial service projects, one of which is reviving a vacant lot. […]
May 18, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm ReMake Learning Days: Braddock As part of the ReMake Learning Days event series, join Grounded on the afternoon of Sunday, May 20 for a youth-friendly volunteer day! We will be working on our Braddock Green Playce project at Free Store 15401. Free
May 21, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 2019 GIS Class Registration Grounded Strategies' Office 6587 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, United States Classes from March 19 - May 21 Cost: $500 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 Tuesday from March 19th-May 21st from 6-8 PM. We will utilize lecture, hands-on tutorials in the program, readings and […] $500
May 23, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Free Northside Land Lab Colab 18 100 South Commons suite 100, Pittsburgh, PA Come to the Free Northside Land Lab Session #5 Hosted at the Colab 18 for a great time! We will dine and have a discussion! If you have an idea or a suggestion for your local councilman/councilwomen in regards to the "Vacant Land Epidemic" Please RSVP to attend free
May 28, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Hilltop Community Unity Land Lab carnegie Library of Knoxville 400 Brownsville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA Come one; Come All! To Celebrate Community Unity at the Grape Street Garden in the rear of Carnegie Library of Knoxville. We will have free games, prizes, and good times in the garden! Free Food and Free community resource tips from professionals and guides provided. Bring the children out for an evening of fun and […] free
May 30, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm THINC30 Tank: Ensuring Inclusive Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Energy Innovation Center 1435 Bedford Avenue, Floor 1, Pittsburgh, PA, United States 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 […] Free
Featured Featured June 1, 2019 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm Geared Up and Grounded: Bike Tour & Block Party Grounded Strategies 6587 Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States This year's 8th Bike Tour & Block Party event will feature Grounded's projects in Pittsburgh's eastern neighborhoods (East Liberty, Larimer, Homewood, and Wilkinsburg). 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 […]
June 8, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am Help Build A Sensory Friendly Play Yard for The Community Garfield Intersection of Black Street and Chislette Street Pittsburgh, PA, United States
June 15, 2019 @ 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm Build a Rain Garden in Hazelwood Come out and join the Grounded GSI team as we construct a rain garden to help capture stormwater from a nearby roof! Tasks to include digging, planting, moving mulch, and […]
June 20, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sierra Club Ready for 100 Monthly Meeting Community Engagement Center 622 N Homewood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States This month we'll be learning how to testify at city council for clean energy and more resources for vacant lot cleanups, and will be planning for our first block cleanup […]
June 22, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 2:00 pm Make this West End Lot SHINE Volunteer work day on the Together We Shine lot in central Sheraden. Tasks include landscaping, picket fence painting and construction, pebble mosaic craft for kids. Something for everyone. Wear sturdy shoes […]
June 23, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm 5th Annual Allegheny SolarFest Frick Environmental Center 2005 Beechwood Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA, United States This year's SolarFest will be on Sunday, June 23rd at the Frick Environmental Center located at 2005 Beechwood Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. There will be an electric […]