by talia piazza | Dec 17, 2015 | Community News
This past July, the owners of the Penn Plaza apartment complex in East Liberty sent letters to approximately 200 residents, many of them with low to moderate incomes, notifying them that their leases would not be renewed and they would have 90 days to relocate and...
by talia piazza | Dec 8, 2015 | Announcements
TURNING UP THE HEAT: December 2015 In this month’s newsletter: Grantee Spotlight: New Sun Rising Placemaking + Temporary Public Art Call for CBOs Updated and Improved Neighborhood Allies Website Penn Plaza Relocation Update Welcome to new Board Member, Stephanie...
by talia piazza | Dec 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
GRANT: Small & Simple $15,000 PROGRAM: Social Innovation Program GRANTEE: New Sun Rising In May of 2014 Neighborhood Allies awarded New Sun Rising (NSR) with a Small & Simple Grant in the amount of $15,000 to support the pilot phase of NSR’s MODE Social...
by talia piazza | Dec 2, 2015 | Media Coverage
By: Mora McLaughlin, WESA, November 27, 2015 Read the full article here. The Office of Public Art, is looking for community organizations to help develop new public art installations in six city neighborhoods through the “placemaking” process. The office, a...
by talia piazza | Dec 1, 2015 | Community News
Our allies at GTECH are blogging about Pittsburgh Blight Bootcamp! We all thought it was a great day of networking, learning and collaborating. What did you think? Read the full post here! “Fighting blight is definitely a collaborative...