Neighborhood Allies supports the De’Avry Thomas Community Center with $15,000 “first in” investment, jumpstarting the revitalization of a youth community center in Penn Hills

by Chelsea Contino | Dec 9, 2024 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

After his family was devastated by gun violence in 2013, pre-teen Kahlil Darden began to dream about changing his community for the better. Now, years later, his organization Young Black Motivated Kings & Queens (YBMKQ) brings together “young men and women...

Building Capacity for Equity in Architecture: Neighborhood Allies’ Partnership with NOMA Pittsburgh

by Chelsea Contino | Dec 9, 2024 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

As staff at Neighborhood Allies, we know that the most impactful community-serving work is not carried out in a vacuum – so, we collaborate with others at every turn. We strive to make connections that bloom into trusted partnerships while simultaneously...

Friends of Neighborhood Allies Celebrate Pittsburgh Architecture Week by Sharing Their Favorite Buildings and Public Spaces in Pittsburgh

by Chelsea Contino | Oct 11, 2024 | Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

By Jordan Swartz, Social Impact Designer at Neighborhood Allies Put on every year by the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Architecture Week celebrates the built environment of greater Pittsburgh and elevates the impact that...

ULI x Neighborhood Allies Urban Plan for Communities Workshop gives participants tools for collaborative community development

by Chelsea Contino | Oct 9, 2024 | Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

This past summer, members of Carnegie Mellon University’s UDream program and Neighborhood Allies’ Real Estate Co-Powerment Series, along with others who work in the community development space, came together for Urban Land Institute’s (ULI)...

Social Impact Design | Call for Projects

by Chelsea Contino | Sep 6, 2024 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Neighborhood Allies, through the Social Impact Design (SID) program, is seeking proposals from community organizations, local leaders, artists, designers, and small businesses in Pittsburgh’s underserved neighborhoods. We want to work together on projects that...

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...