From Gray Space to Green Space: CEA Breaks Ground on Community Plaza

by Chelsea Contino | Nov 26, 2024 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page

Rashad D. Byrdsong, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Community Empowerment Association (CEA), has dreamed of turning the parking lot beside his building into a community gathering and event space for quite some time. Last month, after years of fundraising,...

Neighborhood Allies Team Participates in #ItsNeeded Conference

by talia piazza | Oct 16, 2024 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Thought Leadership

Last week, Presley Gillespie and Julius Boatwright participated at the #ItsNeeded Conference, which aims to bring together community leaders, law enforcement, students, mental health professionals and other stakeholders to discuss key issues affecting our society,...

Neighborhood Allies Meets with PA Elected Officials and Government Leaders in Harrisburg

by Chelsea Contino | Oct 4, 2024 | Advance Equity, Announcements, Front Page

Earlier this week, some of our senior leaders, alongside Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, took an exciting trip to Harrisburg to introduce Neighborhood Allies to our PA elected officials and government leaders. We showcased the incredible work we’re doing in...

Social Impact Design | Call for Projects

by Chelsea Contino | Sep 6, 2024 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Neighborhood Allies, through the Social Impact Design (SID) program, is seeking proposals from community organizations, local leaders, artists, designers, and small businesses in Pittsburgh’s underserved neighborhoods. We want to work together on projects that...

From Vision to Action: Creating a Creative Analytic Play Space in the Hilltop

by talia piazza | Sep 6, 2024 | Advance Equity, Announcements, Build Capacity, Front Page, Hilltop, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Last summer, our Social Impact Design team partnered with The Brashear Association, Inc. and South Pittsburgh residents to co-design a Creative Analytic Play Space (CAPS) to be built in a vacant lot across from the Brashear CARES Center.   Our team worked...

Presley Gillespie to Speak on Recent FED Survey Related to Small Businesses and LMI Communities

by talia piazza | Aug 9, 2024 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Thought Leadership

Next week, Presley Gillespie, our President & CEO at Neighborhood Allies, will join Matt Klesta, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and Kurt Reiber, President and CEO, Freestore Foodbank to discuss the most recent Federal Reserve Bank of...