by Chelsea Contino | Nov 3, 2026 | Announcements, Build Capacity, Foster Economic Opportunity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods
Pittsburgh entrepreneurs need more than great ideas to succeed. A recent $25,000 investment from Comcast will allow Neighborhood Allies to expand access to the digital skills and tools that small business owners needed to grow their businesses. Small businesses...
by Chelsea Contino | Oct 26, 2026 | Announcements, Front Page, Larimer, Revitalize Neighborhoods
For seven years, Manyell Akinfe-Reed and her family worked to purchase two City-owned lots next to property her family already owned and maintained on Meadow Street in Larimer. The process was supposed to take six months to a year. Instead, it stretched across...
by Chelsea Contino | Oct 21, 2026 | Announcements, Front Page
The Inspiration Wellspring: A source of continual supply. An original and bountiful source of something. An abundant pool of information or resources. This definition is the starting point from which Steel Smiling is embarking on a multi-year journey to...
by Chelsea Contino | Oct 6, 2026 | Announcements, Foster Economic Opportunity, Front Page
Jazmiere Bates, Fund My Future PGH alum, recently won the $1,000 Fund My Future PGH scholarship to put towards her education at Lincoln University. Jazmiere has always been a confident young person with a go-getter attitude and stellar work ethic. She began her own...
by Chelsea Contino | Oct 5, 2026 | Announcements, Build Capacity, Front Page, Hilltop, Revitalize Neighborhoods
In September, The Brashear Association held a special progress groundbreaking of their new Creative and Analytical Play Space (CAPS)! As proud partners, we are thrilled to see this project one step closer to completion. Jordan Swartz (Neighborhood Allies), Andrea...
by Chelsea Contino | Sep 30, 2026 | Announcements, Front Page, Homewood, Revitalize Neighborhoods, Wilkinsburg
UpstreamPgh just launched a new plan for restoring and strengthening Nine Mile Run, which touches all of Wilkinsburg and parts of East Hills, Homewood, Point Breeze, Edgewood, Squirrel Hill, and Swissvale. The plan is called Ripple: An Environmental Justice Plan for...
