Neighborhood Allies’ Social Impact Design Team Partners with UpstreamPgh to Envision Community-Inspired Projects in Fern Hollow Valley

by Chelsea Contino | Aug 8, 2023 | Build Capacity, Front Page

UpstreamPgh restores and protects Southwestern Pennsylvania’s watershed ecosystem, while working regionally to support and implement resilient solutions for a healthier urban environment. This includes being stewards of the Nine Mile Run watershed, part of which...

Neighborhood Allies’ Social Impact Design Team engages with community at Juneteenth Cookout at the Brashear Association; Gathers feedback for new Creative Analytic Play Space

by Chelsea Contino | Jun 28, 2023 | Build Capacity, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Following up on previous engagement with seniors and youth from South Pittsburgh communities, Equity-Centered Designer Studio for Spatial Practice and our Social Impact Design team created preliminary designs for the new Creative Analytic Play Space that will be built...

Neighborhood Allies Supports over 500 Small Businesses through Programming and Technical Assistance

by Chelsea Contino | Jun 14, 2023 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Small Businesses are the lifeblood and anchors of our neighborhoods. Neighborhood-based entrepreneurs create jobs, wages, and are critical to the social and economic health of every community. Neighborhood Allies supports local small businesses in a myriad of ways....

Help Neighborhood Allies’ Social Impact Design Team Imagine The Brashear Association’s NEW Creative Analytic Play Space, Designed by and for the Community

by Chelsea Contino | Jun 12, 2023 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Hilltop, Revitalize Neighborhoods

On May 30th, our Social Impact Design Team engaged with seniors and youth from South Pittsburgh communities at The Brashear Association, Inc. to gather design ideas for the new Creative Analytic Play Space that will be built in a vacant lot across from...

Neighborhood Allies Helps Five Organizations RISE HIGH Through Equity Investments

by talia piazza | May 31, 2023 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Path to Equity

At Neighborhood Allies, we have an internal team that operates to lead and implement racially inclusive solutions for equity, healing, impact, growth and health–we fondly refer to that team as RISE HIGH. The notion of RISE HIGH is embedded throughout our...

Neighborhood Allies’ Social Impact Design Team engages McKees Rocks Youth in Equity-Centered Design Workshops

by Chelsea Contino | May 24, 2023 | Build Capacity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Neighborhood Allies partnered with the BlackTeaBrownSuga Network (BTBSN) and the McKees Rocks CDC to hold a two-week educational workshop for youth in the neighborhood about equity-centered design, site analysis and planning, and more. The BlackTeaBrownSuga Network...