Neighborhood Allies’ Social Impact Design Team Celebrates Project Win | Brashear Association Creative and Analytical Play Space Breaks Ground, Makes Progress

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...

From Vision to Action: Creating a Creative Analytic Play Space in the Hilltop

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...

Neighborhood Allies Helps 5 Partners Secure over $800,000 in American Rescue Plan Act Funds

by Chelsea Contino | Mar 4, 2024 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Hilltop, Homewood, Larimer, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Last month, the Urban Redevelopment Authority approved 27 new projects to receive funding through their Avenues of Hope American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant program. We are proud to have supported five of these successful applicants through technical assistance and...

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...

Steel Smiling Graduates 2nd Cohort of Beams to Bridges Participants | Democratizing Mental Health, Creating Community Mental Health Advocates

by Chelsea Contino | Aug 5, 2022 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Hilltop

Beams to Bridges [BTB] equips Black adults with the knowledge, skills, and competencies to serve as Community Mental Health Advocates. While matriculating through this experience, cohort members receive group peer support, mental health resources, behavioral health...

Neighborhood Allies helps Pittsburgh small businesses access $1 million in funding from Comcast RISE

by Chelsea Contino | Jun 23, 2022 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Foster Economic Opportunity, Front Page, Hill District, Hilltop, Homewood, Millvale, Revitalize Neighborhoods

From June 1st to June 14th, applications were open for Pittsburgh area women and minority-owned small businesses to apply for $10,000 business grants from the Comcast RISE Investment Fund. Neighborhood Allies is one of 3 local organizations chosen by Comcast to...