by talia piazza | Oct 14, 2016 | Media Coverage
By: NATASHA LINDSTROM | Trib Live | Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 | Read the full article As swaths of Pittsburgh enjoy a building boom, Mayor Bill Peduto says he’s been posing an earnest question to newly arriving developers: “Why didn’t you invest before?”...
by talia piazza | Oct 7, 2016 | Media Coverage
By: SARAH SCHNEIDER | WESA.FM | October 7th, 2016 | Read the full article Pittsburgh has nearly 25,000 vacant lots, according to GTECH Strategies. GTECH Project Manager James Snow said blight is hard to define, but it could be an empty lot or an abandoned house....
by talia piazza | Oct 4, 2016 | Media Coverage
For decades, poor residents of East Liberty found refuge in Penn Plaza. Now it’s being demolished. By: Nick Keppler / AlterNet / September 29, 2016/Read the full article Suzette and Richard Haroldton (not their real names) watched as the roof of the small house...
by talia piazza | Sep 23, 2016 | Community News, Media Coverage
By: Diane I. Daniels | New Pittsburgh Courier | September 22, 2016 Read the full article here. Equitable development agenda for city unveiled More than 100 Pittsburgh stake holders including Mayor William Peduto were present Friday, Sept. 16 at the August Wilson...
by talia piazza | Sep 21, 2016 | Community News, Media Coverage
By: Maya Henry | September 20, 2016 | Next Pittsburgh: City Design Photo courtesy Neighborhood Allies The development that is rapidly transforming some areas of the city could actually be part of the solution to ensuring everyone benefits from the region’s economic...
by talia piazza | Sep 1, 2016 | Community News, Media Coverage
By: Paul J. Gough, Pittsburgh Business Times, August 31st, 2016 Read the full article here. Pittsburgh will receive $26,000 from the National League of Cities for its financial-inclusion efforts. The city said the funding will go to its Financial Inclusion Systems...