ENGAGEMENT | Hill District Greenprint Nears Completion
After a year long community process, Find The Rivers!, a collaboration between Hill House Association, the Hill District Consensus Group, Community Partners Institute, and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, will unveil the Greenprint for the Hill District in June. Design consultants Hood Design, Studio for Spatial Practice, and Arup are working with Find the Rivers! to build on six years of work in the Hill, with cultural and planning events leading to community-driven design plans for corridors along Herron Avenue and Kirkpatrick Street, and Bedford Avenue and Cliff Street area. When completed in June, the Greenprint will recommend a series of strategic projects for implementation. Work is already underway on the first such project in the Woods: improvements to Cliffside Park's entrance and vista of Downtown. For more information, contact Susan Rademacher, Terri Baltimore, or Denys Candy or go to Find The Rivers! or Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.
EVENT | WQED Building Community Connections
Continuing a month of community revitalization programming, WQED will host Building Community Connections on Thursday May 27. The night includes a screening of The New Metropolis by Andrea Torrice about the challenges faced by America's first suburbs: a dwindling tax base, population decline, business loss, decaying infrastructure and racial tensions. WQED host Chris Moore will facilitate a discussion about issues highlighted in the film and those found in Pittsburgh. Please RSVP to WQED at 412-622-1514 by Tuesday, May 25, 2010.
SERVICE | Energy Saving Rebates for PA Residents
Thinking about making your home more energy efficient? Starting April 21, 2010, Pennsylvania residents will be eligible to receive rebates for the purchase of qualifying high efficiency home heating equipment. The Pennsylvania Home Heating Equipment Rebate Program offers rebates to residents in existing single family homes to encourage energy efficient product purchases and save energy throughout the state. An estimated 30,000 households could benefit from the program. For more information and to find products that qualify for the rebate, please click here.
ADVOCACY | Public Meeting on Electronic Signs and Zoning
The City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning will be conducting a public meeting to discuss revisions to the Zoning Code concerning the use of LED technology and business and advertising signs. The meeting will take place Wednesday June 2nd, at 6pm. in the first floor conference room at 200 Ross Street. Public input is encouraged as safety, aesthetics, content and technical issues will be discussed and the results will lead to recommended
Zoning Code revisions.
GRANT | Three Communities Receive Design Fund Grants
CDCP recently awarded Design Fund grants to community groups in Polish Hill, Lawrenceville, and the Northside. The Polish Hill Civic Association received a $6,700 grant to support a strategic community plan that will develop a vision to guide the future enhancement of the Polish Hill neighborhood. Lawrenceville Corporation received a $10,000 grant to support master planning for the Iron City Brewery Site; and Northside Leadership Conference, on behalf of Allegheny Commons Initiative, received a $7,500 grant to support design of outdoor spaces surrounding the King Accelerated Learning Academy that will provide outdoor learning space for students.
For information on any of these events or activities, call the CDCP at 412.391.4144
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