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Fall 2020 Tree Planting

by Nick Smerker | Jul 12, 2020 | Allegheny West Gazette, Neighborhood Improvement

Submitted by Mary Callison According to Jeffrey Bergman, Director of Community Forestry and Tree Vitalize at Western PA Conservancy, there will be tree-planting in the fall. The intention is to move forward with the plantings for approved Tree Vitalize applications in...

Pittsburgh Here for Good Fundraiser to Help Local Small Businesses

by Nick Smerker | Jun 26, 2020 | Happenings

Before the pandemic, 595,000 small businesses close each year in the United States. More than 100,000 small businesses across the country have closed for good because of the coronavirus. Pittsburgh Here for Good is a T-shirt fundraiser for Pittsburgh area small...

Allegheny Commons Park Updates + Events

by Nick Smerker | Jun 18, 2020 | Neighborhood Improvement

Playground Removal The Department of Public Works will be removing the playground in the West Commons (near the deer pit/Gus & Yia Yia’s) due to safety concerns. The Swings were replaced a few years ago so they will stay open. DPW will be putting the replacement...

A Story of Race, Ancestral Memory, Trauma, and Healing

by Nick Smerker | Jun 16, 2020 | Happenings

Redemption: SONS is hope. It is change. It is a parent’s soul split in two and fused back together again. An African American mother from Louisiana and a Boricua father from the South Bronx engage in a call and response “duologue” as they weave a story of race,...

Brighton Road Updates Presentation – Sean Stephens (DOMI)

by Nick Smerker | Jun 10, 2020 | Membership Agenda, Neighborhood Improvement

Below are two documents from Sean Stephens’s presentation to the AWCC general membership via Zoom on Tuesday, June 9th: Brighton Road Re-striping (PDF) Brighton Road Conceptual Plans (PDF) Share Your Feedback Brighton Road was identified in the City of...
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