by talia piazza | Nov 21, 2014 | Community News, Stories
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has selected Pittsburgh to participate in the 2015 class of fellows for the Rose Center for Public Leadership. Neighborhood Allies’ very own, Presley Gillespie, along with our partners Karen Abrams of the URA and Ray Gastil of City...
by talia piazza | Oct 15, 2014 | Community News, Stories
With partial support from a Small & Simple Grant from Neighborhood Allies, the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA) launched the Urban Matters Pilot Project. Urban Matters is a URA arts and education program rooted in social justice. Its primary goal...
by talia piazza | Oct 9, 2014 | Stories
With support of a S&S grant from Neighborhood Allies, New Sun Rising has launched the pilot phase of ignite MODE, which is a series of quarterly opportunities for budding social entrepreneurs and/or new non-profiteers to get hands-on, real time mentorship that can...
by talia piazza | Oct 6, 2014 | Community News, Stories
Neighborhood Allies Welcomes our Newest Board Members! William Generett Jr., Esq. William Generett Jr., Esq. is the inaugural President and CEO of Urban Innovation21. He is responsible for the overall management of the organization’s public private partnership and its...
by Chelsea Contino | Sep 5, 2014 | Stories
OUR FRIENDS AT NONPROFIT TALENT SPENT A FEW MINUTES GETTING TO KNOW PRESLEY. HERE’S WHAT THEY LEARNED… 1. What gets you out of bed in the morning? What gets me up in the morning is my passion and desire to make things happen. I spent my life and most of...