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...

Staff Spotlight: Demi Kolke | How does Neighborhood Allies advance equity?

by Chelsea Contino | Aug 8, 2024 | Advance Equity, Announcements, Front Page, Thought Leadership

Neighborhood Allies centers equity in all that we do – in our programming, in our company culture, and in how we show up in the communities we serve. We want to share some of the work happening at Neighborhood Allies, both internally and externally, that is...

Media Coverage | Ribbon cutting held for affordable housing in Homewood

by Chelsea Contino | Jul 30, 2024 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Homewood, Media Coverage, Revitalize Neighborhoods

By Liz Kilmer | WPXI Pittsburgh | Read the full story Image by Neighborhood Allies Mayor Ed Gainey was among the community leaders who attended a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate affordable housing units on Friday. Four three-bedroom apartments were unveiled on...