Media Coverage | City Joins Big Tom’s Groundbreaking, Bringing $1.94 Million of Investments for Barbershop, Affordable Housing and Community Revitalization Project on Hill District’s Centre Avenue Business Corridor

by Chelsea Contino | Nov 30, 2021 | Community News, Front Page, Hill District, Media Coverage, Revitalize Neighborhoods

November 30th | Read the Mayor’s Office Press Release | Read the URA’s post PITTSBURGH, PA (November 30, 2021) Mayor William Peduto joined Thomas Boyd, Sr. of TomTom24 Development, LLC as well as the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA),...

Neighborhood Allies’ Healthy Neighborhoods Celebration Past Awardee Highlights | 2018 Market Confidence Awardee | Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh

by Chelsea Contino | Nov 22, 2021 | Community News

The holiday season is a time to celebrate and show thanks. With that in mind, in lieu of highlighting new awardees for our 5th annual Healthy Neighborhoods Celebration, we are instead sharing a special anniversary campaign to showcase the work and progress of our past...

Media Coverage | FNB Receives Bank On Certification for eStyle Checking Account

by Chelsea Contino | Nov 17, 2021 | Community News, Foster Economic Opportunity, Media Coverage

As the founder and convener of Bank On Allegheny County, along with the City of Pittsburgh and the FDIC, Neighborhood Allies is thrilled to congratulate First National Bank for being the latest member of our Bank On Allegheny County coalition to receive Bank On...

$50,000 Grant from The Benter Foundation to Support Wealth Building Pathways

by talia piazza | Nov 10, 2021 | Community News, Foster Economic Opportunity

Thank you to The Benter Foundation for awarding Neighborhood Allies a $50,000 grant in support of the Fund My Future and Economic Opportunity Program Integration. For the last four years, Neighborhood Allies has supported Fund My Future’s rapid expansion: from a...

Media Coverage | Sowing hope through Pittsburgh neighborhood garden prints

by Chelsea Contino | Nov 1, 2021 | Community News, Hill District, Hilltop, Homewood, Larimer, Media Coverage, Millvale

The Incline | By Francesca Dabecco | October 27, 2021 | Read the full story  Ms. Natalie Thomas remembered looking out the window of her Beltzhoover home and glimpsing children in the lot across the street. She thought to herself, “How wonderful is this?” That moment...

Building Community Ownership in an Uncertain Time | Our Work on the Ground

by talia piazza | Sep 9, 2021 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Community News, Wilkinsburg

As talks of a potential merger between Wilkinsburg Borough and the City of Pittsburgh grew, Neighborhood Allies became interested in increasing the level of true and impactful community engagement around this topic. We hope that by providing the resources to engage...