by Chelsea Contino | Nov 1, 2021 | Advance Equity, Larimer
Each quarter, our RISE HIGH (Racial Inclusive Solutions for Equitable-Development, Healing, Impact, Growth) Team will provide updates on our equity efforts. Read our Q3 update. The purpose here is not to tout our accomplishments and to pat ourselves on the back, but...
by Chelsea Contino | Jun 3, 2021 | Hill District, Hilltop, Homewood, Larimer, Media Coverage, Revitalize Neighborhoods, Wilkinsburg
By Kimberly Rooney 高小荣 | Pittsburgh City Paper | May 21, 2021 | Read the full story When COVID restrictions began in Pittsburgh, many were cut off from in-person communities and social networks. Community gardens became a place where people could not only interact...
by Chelsea Contino | Jul 2, 2020 | Community News, Larimer, Stories
A recent $15,000 Grant to the Office of Public Art for Art and Senior Citizen Engagement in Larimer aimed to connect and engage the Larimer Seniors Group through John Peña’s continued artist residency by holding monthly luncheons, planning field trips to...
by talia piazza | Dec 4, 2019 | Community News, Hill District, Hilltop, Homewood, Larimer, Millvale, Opportunities, Wilkinsburg
Love My Neighbor! an initiative founded by Neighborhood Allies and led by the Grassroots Grants Committee (GGC), invests in resident-led projects that aim to improve neighborhoods and engage neighbors. Neighborhood Allies believes the time is ripe to invest in the...
by talia piazza | Mar 12, 2019 | Community News, Hill District, Hilltop, Homewood, Larimer, Millvale, Wilkinsburg
On Saturday, March 9th, the Love My Neighbor! Grassroots Grantmaking Comittee (GGC) and Neighborhood Allies Staff had the opportunity to visit each of the neighborhoods that we serve. The excursion allowed GGC members and staff alike to become re-energized by the work...
by talia piazza | Jan 18, 2019 | Community News, Larimer, Stories
Please join us in congratulating our long-time partner and ally, Larimer Consensus Group (LCG) for being one of the first community organizations locally to be designated as a RCO under the Department of City Planning. Since its formation in 2009, LCG has provided a...
