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Summer 2015: Localpittsburgh covers the Vacant Home Tour in their Summer 2015 issue. .

July 2015: Wilkinsburg is full of rich history and beauty, but has been hurt throughout the years by a bad reputation for crime and poverty. Fortunately, members of the Wilkinsburg Community …

July 15, 2015: I’ve driven through Wilkinsburg on my way to and from work four times a day for 17 years. I’ve watched the landscape change. Old buildings torn down. New …

May 1, 2015: Citing new developments like restaurants, hotels and other venues that sell alcohol in neighboring communities of East Liberty and Braddock, the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation wants liquor …

April 22, 2015: Stately front porches, columns, Victorian architecture and history are all elements of a successful home tour. And, Wilkinsburg’s tour will highlight five homes with these coveted features, though …

April 13, 2015: It’s a home tour visitors don’t typically take: overgrown gardens leading to homes with boarded-up windows, peeling paint and broken stairs. The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation and …

April 8, 2015: But the Wilkinsburg Vacant Home Tour might also benefit from something not every place has: proximity to a newly affixed “up-and-comer” in Pittsburgh, which is doing well after …

March 25, 2015: From a Main Street designation, to a proposed liquor license referendum, to renovating the historic train station, Wilkinsburg is abuzz with business and development lately. .

March 15, 2015: Groups in Wilkinsburg and Bellevue, both of which have been “dry towns” since 1935, are working to overturn laws prohibiting retail alcohol sales. In towns burdened by …

Spring 2015: DEVELOPING Pittsburgh, a regional magazine geared toward developers and investors, featured four communities on the rise in its Spring 2015 issue. Wilkinsburg was among the communities selected for …

February 27, 2015: There was lots of excitement in Wilkinsburg Friday night over the rebirth of a neighborhood institution. It’s nothing fancy, not a major enterprise, but very much the …

February 25, 2015: Markie Maraugha always has adored cooking and baking, but what she loves most about the food biz is customer service. The 22-year-old Ohio native says, “What makes …

February 16, 2015: Wilkinsburg has been a dry borough for all but two years since 1870, but the past 40 have been particularly sobering. With half its heyday population of …

February 13, 2015: Like many towns in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Wilkinsburg is slowly emerging from the combined effects of the 2008 economic recession and the steel industry’s demise in the late …

February 10, 2015: The liquor license ban in Wilkinsburg is discouraging potential restaurateurs from opening up shop in the borough, according to the Urban Partners Market Study of Wilkinsburg. From the study: …

February 10, 2015: While aspiring brewers, distillers and chefs are buying and overhauling properties in areas like Braddock, Millvale and Carnegie, one East End neighborhood has remained untouched. That’s not …

February 5, 2015: Diners in Wilkinsburg may soon enjoy a beer or glass of wine. The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp., a nonprofit that works closely with the business community, is …

January 26, 2015: “We are thrilled to have been selected for Main Street designation by the PA Department of Community and Economic Development and the PA Downtown Center,” said WCDC Executive …

January 18, 2015: State economic development officials selected Wilkinsburg for a program that will make the municipality eligible to obtain financial assistance for business improvements. .

January 16, 2015: Wilkinsburg is a community in transition, and now it’s getting help to implement change. The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) has announced that the borough has been …