McKeesport to get overhaul via 9 beautification projects Share this post Nine McKeesport lots will get an overhaul under a Pittsburgh-based program that officials hope will “begin a conversation about what else can happen here.” That’s according to project manager James Snow of GTECH — or Growth Through Energy and Community Health — a community development nonprofit. GTECH Strategies provided $3,000 stipends obtained from the Benedum Foundation to nine ambassadors overseeing beautification projects from McKees Point to Penn State Greater Allegheny and the Reservoir area of the Seventh Ward.