by talia piazza | Nov 15, 2023 | Advance Equity, Foster Economic Opportunity, Front Page, Media Coverage
Our Digital Inclusion efforts were highlighted as a policy solution in a recent report published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Broadband and Beyond: Getting Connected in the Fourth District. The report discusses three challenges to digital equity—access,...
by talia piazza | Nov 8, 2023 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Funder Spotlight
We would like to thank The Pittsburgh Foundation for awarding us a $200,000 grant that will support our organization’s operations and progress towards our North Star Goal of moving 100,000 low-income Pittsburghers up the socio-economic ladder by 2031. This funding...
by talia piazza | Nov 7, 2023 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Hill District, Revitalize Neighborhoods
Partners: PHDC’s Rich Snipe and Neighborhood Allies’ Shad Henderson “Good housing projects are only possible when there is good collaboration among housing partners.” -Rich Snipe, Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation (PHDC) Through the...
by Chelsea Contino | Oct 31, 2023 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Homewood, Revitalize Neighborhoods
Tina Daniels pictured at an active job site. In 2022, Tina Daniels, founder of Concrete Rose Construction, embarked on her first multi-unit, multi-phase redevelopment project – sixteen units of affordable housing in Homewood. Phase 1 of the project, which will...
by Chelsea Contino | Oct 24, 2023 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Homewood
Pittsburgh Today Live visited the new Verizon Community Forward Adult Learning Center at CCAC Homewood-Brushton Center during their annual STEAMfest! This is the second of two centers to open as part of the Verizon Community Forward Initiative, in partnership with...
by Chelsea Contino | Oct 24, 2023 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Larimer
Steel Smiling is proud to share that our third cohort, BTB3, has graduated from the Beams to Bridges program! – our Black-centered mental health and wellness education and training program. Throughout the six-month long, once-weekly classes, BTB3 cohort members...
