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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
