News Around the Neighborhood
Join GTECH for a Conversation About Vacant Lots – and Get Involved!
We’re working with the URA and several other community partners to help redesign their vacant land maintenance process, and we’re hosting an event on April 27 at the Pittsburgh Project at 6:00 pm to get community input. Hope to see you there, Allegheny West! RSVP here: http://bit.ly/1UTeL5E If you can’t make it you can also fill out this survey: http://bit.ly/1N6S2eF
Western Avenue Flower Baskets for 2016 – Now Available
The Deadline is April 10th to renew or sponsor a new flower basket on Western Avenue for the Summer.
Returning baskets = $275 (per basket)
New baskets (w/ new signs) = $345 (per basket)
Example of Flower Baskets
Thank You: Renewing Sponsors
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- Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show (5 baskets)
- The Parador Inn (2 baskets)
- Ann Gilligan Sorbet (1 basket)
- LeClaire, Griewahn & Scott (1 basket)
- The Modern Cafe (1 basket)
- Allegheny West Civic Council (5 baskets)
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- Gary Otto in Honor of Donna Otto (1 basket)
- Annette Trunzo in Memory of Olga and Paul Trunzo (2 baskets)
- The Burton Family (1 basket)
- Dr. Dan Strinkowski (1 basket)
- SMARTSolution (1 basket)
- Anon. neighbor & business owner (1 basket)
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Example of Sign for Basket Sponsors
For 2016, new baskets (including a sign) are $345/basket for the initial year, which includes purchase of the basket. Renewing a basket is $275/basket rate for planting and maintenance. Sponsoring a basket this year doesn’t require a commitment to continue to sponsor in the following years.
Sponsors of a full basket will be recognized with a sign on the basket. Contributors of smaller amounts—to be combined for full baskets or for future years’ maintenance – will be recognized on the AWCC website and in our newsletter.
Sponsor or Donate Today
We can accept payment for a basket online or by sending a check made out to AWCC to 806 Western Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233. Please include a note with the wording for the acknowledgement sign. To order more than one basket, please complete the order for one basket and then start again.
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We will be in touch shortly to confirm your donation. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us at flowers@alleghenywest.org or give Trish a call at (412) 523-9402.
Pittsburgh Parks: Allegheny Commons Stormwater Management Plan
The Allegheny Commons Stormwater Management Plan (funded by the Buhl Foundation) is complete. The plan focuses on the area of the park near Lake Elizabeth. One of the main goals of the plan is to redirect storm water runoff from nearby structures, North Avenue, and paths in the park to Lake Elizabeth. A deliverable of the plan will be recommendations for how to manage the storm water issues in and around the park.
The Allegheny Commons Stormwater Management Plan will be presented at a FREE Open Community Meeting at the National Aviary on Monday, April 4, at 6:00 pm. You are able to register online HERE. Registration is not required, but helpful so that the organizers know how many people to expect. Mark your calendar now so that you don’t miss this important discussion.
Pay-What-You-Can Tickets for Northsiders: Right of Way
Presented by CORNINGWORKS
Sunday April 3 | 2PM
Sunday’s performance is PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN admission payable only at the door (reserved regular price tickets available online).
One simple chromosome – just one. Within moments of arriving into the world, based entirely on our genitals, we are decorated with either a pink or blue bow. Without saying a word, without lifting a finger, our identities assumed, our paths decided. Or are they?
Critically acclaimed choreographer and performer Beth Corning invites renowned Pittsburgh drag queen/entertainer Jezebel Bebbington D’Opulence to be part of CORNINGWORKS’ upcoming 2016 GLUE FACTORY PROJECT production — Right of Way.
Parking at the Show
Tell the Allegheny Health Network garage attendant that you’re here to see CORNINGWORKS’ Right of Way at New Hazlett Theater to park for $7, cash only. Street parking is available, but will be limited due to the Pirates game.
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City Releases 2016 Paving Plans And New Transportation Asset Management System
The City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Works (DPW) has released its 2016 street paving list. Approximately 49.5 miles are scheduled to be paved this year.
To support improved management of the city’s road network, the City of Pittsburgh has contracted with Cartegraph, Inc. to conduct a comprehensive pavement condition assessment of all 2,400 lane miles of city-owned streets. As part of the assessment process, Cartegraph staff will travel every mile of street using specially equipped vehicles that collect detailed information on twelve different distress criteria.
Tomorrow: Affordable Housing Deliberative Forum
When: Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 6:00-8:30 pm
Where: National Association of Letter Carriers, 841 California Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15212
It’s not too late to join us at one of five Affordable Housing Deliberative Forums. Your input is crucial to this process. All residents are welcome!
Modeled after the highly successful Police Chief and Capital Budget public meetings, these new forums will give neighbors a chance to learn about the work of the Affordable Housing Task Force. The forums will also provide an opportunity for the community to provide input on affordable housing issues, specifically relating to policies, programs or initiatives designed to increase the supply of affordable housing in the City of Pittsburgh.
Each forum will include:
- A brief overview of the Affordable Housing Task Force and Affordable Housing in Pittsburgh
- Small group discussions of priorities recommended by the task force
- Q&A opportunities with the panel members
- Food will be served
All forums contain the same presented content, and are open to every resident of the City of Pittsburgh. Families are encouraged to attend and participate.
Register: tinyurl.com/affordable412
Please call Sally Stadelman at (412) 255-4773 or email sally.stadelman@pittsburghpa.gov with any questions. Walk-in registration will be available on the day of the forum.
Free Days at The Warhol
Buncher Family Free Days
March 24, 25 and 26 at 10am
Join us for three free days of museum admission during Pittsburgh Public Schools’ spring break week, sponsored by The Jack Buncher Foundation. Activities include art making in The Factory and family-friendly tours.
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City of Pittsburgh Adds New 311 Tools
Pittsburgh has just made it easier to use the city’s 311 non-emergency reporting service than ever before. In addition to the online web form and phone service, residents can now take advantage of both a Twitter handle and MyBurgh apps for both iOS and Android mobile devices. You can learn more via the official press release – and we’ve also updated the links on our own Government Resources page.
NSLC/AWCC: Neighbor of the Year
Neighbor of the Year Nominations Are Now Open!
The Northside Leadership Conference Annual Dinner and Awards ceremony will be taking place in early June so now is the time to nominate one of your hard working neighbor volunteers for the Neighbor of the Year award.
Each member neighborhood in the Conference nominates one person to be their Neighbor of the Year and that person is recognized at the annual dinner. This person goes above and beyond in their volunteer service to the neighborhood. (If you didn’t know, the Allegheny West Civic Council has no paid employees. All of the work done by the Civic Council is done by hard working volunteers who want to keep this small neighborhood a great place to live and work!)
If you would like to nominate one of your neighbors for this award, please forward their name and a short paragraph about why you think they should be the 2016 Neighbor of the Year for Allegheny West. All nominations should be submitted via email to president@alleghenywest.org. All recommendations will be forwarded to the Nominating Committee of AWCC and a formal nomination will be made to the full membership at the May membership meeting.
Each year one award is also given to a non-profit service provider on the North Side. If you would like to nominate a non-profit service provider from our neighborhood, please submit your recommendation via email and include the name of the organization, contact info and brief description of why this non-profit should be considered. One nomination will be put forth from Allegheny West at the April Northside Leadership Conference monthly meeting; service providers from across the North Side are nominated by their individual neighborhoods and one award is given.
Letter from the President – March 2016
Just a few quick updates:
Round two of the meetings for the Buhl Foundation One Northside Grant will take place at 6:30 pm at Calvary Church before the meeting Membership meeting on Tuesday, March 8. Jim Pashek, the consultant we’re working with, has been meeting with various City departments and needs our feedback on what issues we want to emphasize.
We closed on 930 Western this week! Please welcome Dr. James Worry to the neighborhood. He’s already got all of his approvals and permits, and he’s ready to start making amazing things happen! (Maybe we should get him to teach a workshop on how to navigate bureaucracy?) Do you think I should tell him now that we snuck a clause into the sales agreement that he’s required to be on the Christmas Tour by 2018?
I’m joking, of course, about any “requirements” to be on the tour (although I make no promises about not resorting to peer pressure), but this is a good time to remind folks that planning is underway for the June Wine & Garden Tour. If you’re interested in volunteering or having your house/garden on the tour, please contact Carrie at tours@alleghenywest.org. The tour is scheduled for the first weekend in June.
We’ll also be taking orders for this Spring flower baskets along Western. We need to confirm prices for sponsorships this year, but stay tuned for more information, and definitely let us know if you want to sponsor a basket (or 2 or 4). E-mail us at: flowers@alleghenywest.org. Thanks to Trish and Holly who offered to take this on for another year!
Catherine Serventi
President, AWCC
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P.S. Greetings from India! There’s nothing quite like traveling in faraway lands to make you appreciate home. I think I’m going to start our meeting on Tuesday (where parking and traffic are bound to come up) with the video that I took from my hotel window of the traffic. Lane lines or even traffic direction(!) are really more of a suggestion here. (Although I’ll still be chasing after drivers going the wrong way on Beech and N. Lincoln.)