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Media Coverage | ‘We want to support the community’: Big Tom’s gets $500K to expand barbershop at important Hill District site
Leave a Comment “To really navigate through this system is a barrier itself that Neighborhood Allies wanted to make sure we addressed. It’s one thing to apply for a grant, but, number one, you have to know that the grants exist, which a lot of people in our community don’t. But then you need the help to get f -
Media Coverage | FIVE WAYS PITTSBURGH HOPES TO MAKE ITS WATER SYSTEM MORE EQUITABLE
Leave a Comment “I’m an African-American male,” Grayson said. “I want other opportunities for people that look like me, because there are jobs that we don’t think about every day, good union jobs.” -
Media Coverage | Dollar Bank invests $200,000 in Neighborhood Allies for real estate accelerator
Leave a Comment The funding from Dollar Bank will be dedicated to supporting the accelerator's goal of wealth building through real estate for entrepreneurs of color by helping minority communities understand their business districts, engaging them on the ups and downs about real estate ownership, and working to bu -
Media Coverage | Pittsburgh Financial Empowerment Center Saves Clients Millions in Savings and Debt
Leave a Comment The Pittsburgh Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) has provided direct personal financial management support to 868 people since the City of Pittsburgh and Neighborhood Allies launched the program in March 2019, leading to nearly $1.3 million in total debt reduction and $1 million in increased s -
Media Coverage | Better late than never: Last Crawford Square houses to be built some 20 years after the first
Leave a Comment Also Thursday, the board is planning to vote on whether to sell the former Hamm’s Barber Shop building and three adjacent lots in the Hill to Thomas Boyd, owner of Big Tom’s Barbershop, for $21,000 plus costs for a proposed redevelopment. Development costs total $1.3 million. Mr. Boyd has receiv -
Media Coverage | Homewood Is Home
Leave a Comment There is no limit to the joy one can feel with the support of their community. -
Media Coverage | North Homewood Avenue: A revitalization plan knocked off track by the pandemic, but not giving up
Leave a Comment February 21st | Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Joyce Gannon -
Media Coverage | It’s not too late to fix this part of the COVID-19 crisis
Leave a Comment Neighborhood Allies is proud to partner with the City of Pittsburgh and Cities for Financial Empowerment on Bank On Allegheny County alongside other Economic Opportunity Initiatives. -
Media Coverage | The Homewood Experience Unveils New Rebrand Declaring “Homewood is Home”
Leave a Comment The rebrand will focus on community heroes, past and present as well as newly commissioned murals, street banners, and commercials. -
Media Coverage | New Bank On Allegheny County program launches
Leave a Comment A new program has debuted in Allegheny County to provide all residents with equitable access to sustainable financial products and service. -
Media Coverage | STEM FEST: Bridging the Digital Divide
Leave a Comment Check out Anthony Harper of Beta Builders talk about Level Up 412 on Pittsburgh Today Live! -
Media Coverage | Verizon and Neighborhood Allies Trying To Bridge Local Digital Divide
Leave a Comment By the end of the decade, over 70% of all jobs in Pennsylvania will be digitized; as you move up the economic ladder, that concentration increases. Digital skills are also more lucrative, paying 17% more than non-digitized counterparts. Check out Presley on Pittsburgh Today Live to learn more about -
Media Coverage | In Pittsburgh, Publicly Owned Land Is Key to Preserving Black Commercial Corridors
Leave a Comment Through the EEF, Neighborhood Allies is providing one-on-one support for grassroots and community respondents, including Mr. Boyd -
Media Coverage | VisitPittsburgh is part of effort to make Homewood a cultural destination
Leave a Comment The Homewood Experience is a natural fit for VisitPittsburgh’s Inclusive Tourism Initiative, which seeks to increase tourism in under-served neighborhoods and share in its economic benefits. -
Media Coverage | Level Up 412 offers free classes to help bridge the digital divide and get people career-ready
Leave a Comment It’s never the wrong time to level up your computer skills, Pittsburgh. -
Media Coverage | Neighborhood Allies offers free courses to lessen digital divide in Pittsburgh
Leave a Comment Pittsburgh-based Neighborhood Allies launched a remote digital skills training program — Level Up 412 — for underserved communities in the city. -
Media Coverage | Presley Gillespie: Neighbors work together to aid Black community during covid-19
Leave a Comment We must not rush to return to “normal.” Normal isn’t working for many residents. Normal isn’t equitable. -
Media Coverage | How Pittsburgh is closing the digital divide
Leave a Comment As robotic companies, self-driving cars, AI and coding epicenters sprouted across the city of Pittsburgh, it mostly happened without the involvement of our Black community. -
Media Coverage | Mellon Foundation donates $5.25 million to local groups
Leave a Comment "Another area of focus included bolstering the social safety net with a grant to Neighborhood Allies. The organization is looking to fund its Covid-19 Accelerated Relief Effort (CARE) with the grant funding which aims to combat the challenges brought from the pandemic in the city's neighborhoods tha -
Media Coverage | Beyond the Laptops initiative connects more Pittsburgh Public Schools students to the internet
Leave a Comment Beyond the Laptops, an organization recently created by Neighborhood Allies in partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools, said it would provide internet connectivity, through Comcast Corp.’s Internet Essentials program, to the remaining 1,000 families in the school district without access. -
Media Coverage | Neighborhood Allies secures internet access, devices for PPS families
Leave a Comment Neighborhood Allies on Thursday said it has partnered with Comcast to provide 1,000 Pittsburgh Public Schools families with in-home high-speed internet access, ensuring that nearly all district households will have the connectivity required for online learning. -
Job Opportunity | The Financial Empowerment Center is Looking for a New Counselor
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Media Coverage | Smaller Pittsburgh-area foundations target minorities, mental health issues with COVID-19 relief funds
Leave a Comment Pittsburgh’s largest philanthropies, with storied names like Mellon, Hillman and Heinz, quickly marshaled millions of dollars in resources to address the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Smaller foundations in the region have also stepped up by creating emergency funds and making gran -
Media Coverage | GOGO program aims to help small businesses build websites to boost online sales
Leave a Comment Online sales have been a safety net for small businesses forced to temporarily close their storefronts in response to COVID-19. But what about those that aren’t equipped to sell things on the internet? -
Media Coverage | Pittsburgh Tech Community Gets Laptops to Students
Leave a Comment When remote learning in the Pittsburgh Public Schools starts April 16, Vanessa Buffry with the group Neighborhood Allies says too many kids will be left offline. That's why her organization and the Pittsburgh Technology Council reached out to tech firms, foundations and others to help.
