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Grounded At Home

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Resilience Generation (ReGen) Resources

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Lots to Love

Lots to Love Pittsburgh is an online resource guide for those who have an interest in transforming vacant lots in their neighborhoods into community green spaces. The website provides resources that help for organizations and residents alike to build a successful project on a vacant lot. The interactive map on the website shows all vacant lots across the entire Allegheny County. A user can click on a lot and instantly learn the lot’s unique identification number as well as ownership…

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Bundled Services Planning

GTECH and Tree Pittsburgh are currently working together to determine ways in which impact can be maximized and any redundancies can be minimized through partnerships and joint programming. Aspects of this project include the development of a framework to measure long-term impact on community health, identification of opportunities for and types of joint programming, and prioritization of neighborhoods and municipalities where our partnership can produce the most amount of benefits.   Grounded Strategies  

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Pittsburgh LocalData Collaborative

In 2013, GTECH began testing new technologies as a way to streamline and standardize place-based data collection. We soon found that we weren’t alone on the hunt for open, standardized, up-to-date data. This led us to connect with other community development and environmental organizations, as well as academic and governmental institutions to form the Pittsburgh LocalData Collaborative (PLDC). The PLDC is a collaborative effort dedicated to making real-time decisions that improve our communities based on accurate and timely data that…

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Blight Working Group

The Blight Working Group is a collaboration between technical assistance organizations and City of Pittsburgh municipal leaders that aims to bring information to communities regarding resident-driven actions against blight. Started in 2015, the Blight Working Group has held an annual "Blight Bootcamp" event to share resident-driven approaches, technical assistance, and showcase partner organizations in the fight against blight throughout Allegheny County.

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GTECH on the Go

The concept of GO! began as a an innovative idea to deliver pop-up programing in an engaging and friendly way.  The idea was formed in September of 2012 and has since been applied in many unique ways. Our goal is to serve as a literal and symbolic vehicle of innovation and change brought to neighborhoods. We use these tools and methodologies to reach new audiences, invite them to participate in community-centric activities and learn what they know and love best.

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