by Chelsea Contino | Feb 28, 2025 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Larimer, Revitalize Neighborhoods
LA Grocery, a one-of-a-kind specialty grocer in the heart of Larimer featuring handpicked, West Indian-inspired goods, has been working to improve its space, operations, and customer experience for several years. Now, their biggest endeavor yet — an expansion...
by Chelsea Contino | Jan 20, 2025 | Advance Equity, Announcements, Front Page, Larimer, Revitalize Neighborhoods
As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as a civil rights activist on the country’s 39th MLK Day holiday, we are also thrilled to announce that the historic FROGS club, the first African American men’s club in Pittsburgh, has been chosen as...
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...
by Chelsea Contino | Oct 24, 2023 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Larimer
Steel Smiling is proud to share that our third cohort, BTB3, has graduated from the Beams to Bridges program! – our Black-centered mental health and wellness education and training program. Throughout the six-month long, once-weekly classes, BTB3 cohort members...
by talia piazza | Aug 2, 2022 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Hill District, Homewood, Larimer, Revitalize Neighborhoods
Racially Inclusive Solutions for Equity, Healing, Impact, Growth and Health: RISE HIGH Last month, we awarded two new RISE HIGH Grant Partnership Awards totaling $150,000. Through our RISE HIGH strategy, we build trusted partnerships with organizations that go far...
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...
