by talia piazza | Nov 1, 2017 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight, Homewood
A $45,000 Catalytic Grant from Neighborhood Allies supported the development and launch of a Service Platoon of military veterans in Homewood that is empowering Pittsburgh veterans to continue their service on the ground in communities rather than the battle field....
by talia piazza | Sep 29, 2017 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight, Millvale
A $75,000 Catalytic Grant from Neighborhood Allies supported the long-term sustainability and community ownership of the Gardens of Millvale “It has been our goal to create an economically and environmentally, sustainable Gardens of Millvale. To do so, we needed...
by talia piazza | Aug 30, 2017 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight
A grant from Neighborhood Allies supported the BizFIT Entrepreneurial Construction Training Program, which trains disadvantaged and minority business owners in operating their construction-based business from start-up to becoming a prime contractor. BizFIT is an...
by talia piazza | Aug 2, 2017 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight
A grant from Neighborhood Allies positioned a PSSA to take an innovative approach to addressing food insecurity by using the Manchester Growing Together Farm as a hands-on educational classroom to teach and reinforce healthy eating and living practices to local...
by talia piazza | Jul 6, 2017 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight, Homewood
A grant from Neighborhood Allies helped fund Phase 1 of the Homewood Living Lab project–which is a resident-driven, collaborative initiative envisioned to be a network of parks and gardens and an educational facility–complete with an air monitoring system,...
by talia piazza | May 31, 2017 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight
A grant from Neighborhood Allies supported the relocation and consolidation of the Community Kitchen Pittsburgh to a historic building in Hazelwood. Project Background The Hazelwood Second Avenue Redevelopment is an initiative of ACTION-Housing that began in 2013 when...
