Jordan Swartz, Neighborhood Allies Social Impact Designer, Selected to AIA Pittsburgh’s Leadership Institute

by Chelsea Contino | Sep 13, 2024 | Build Capacity, Front Page

Jordan is one of 20 young professionals in architecture to be selected for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Pittsburgh’s Leadership Institute! A program of the Pittsburgh Architecture Foundation, the institute’s purpose is to “explore and...

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...

Kincaid Street Garden Project

by Chelsea Contino | Aug 30, 2024 | Build Capacity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Between January and August of 2024, Neighborhood Allies collaborated with the Kincaid Street Community Garden to design a new community space that could bring life to the garden’s vacant southern lot. The goals of the project included designing a space that...

The Triumphant Return of the Real Estate Co-Powerment Series

by talia piazza | Jul 11, 2024 | Build Capacity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

After a hiatus since 2022, the Real Estate Co-Powerment Series made a successful relaunch this summer, engaging 26 participants with an impressive 81% completion rate, as 21 students either attended all sessions or utilized recorded content to maintain active...

Steel Smiling Welcomes Cheyenne Campbell as Peer Support Fellow

by talia piazza | Jun 12, 2024 | Build Capacity, Front Page

Please join us in welcoming Cheyenne to the Steel Smiling/Neighborhood Allies team! We are delighted to welcome Cheyenne Campbell, who joins Steel Smiling as a Peer Support Fellow! In this position, she will leverage her own lived experiences, her healing journey and...