The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has selected Pittsburgh to participate in the 2015 class of fellows for the Rose Center for Public Leadership. Neighborhood Allies’ very own, Presley Gillespie, along with our partners Karen Abrams of the URA and Ray Gastil of City Planning have been invited by Mayor Bill Peduto to team up to take on a local land use challenge for which we will receive technical assistance from national experts assembled by ULI and peers from three other cities. Pittsburgh joins Boston, Omaha, and Seattle to make up the 2015 class of fellows. Neighborhood Allies is excited to be part of the Pittsburgh contingent. Stay tuned for updates as the program unfolds! 

The Daniel Rose Center Fellowship program is the flagship program of the Rose Center, established in 2008 with a grant from ULI Foundation Governor Daniel Rose to encourage and support excellence in land use decision making by local governments. The Rose Center seeks to foster creative, efficient, practical and sustainable land use policies by providing public officials with access to information, best practices, peer networks and other resources. The Fellowship’s program of work includes a study tour of another U.S. or foreign city, a working retreat, and study visits to each of the four fellowship cities. Read More…