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March 16, 2016: Check out the WCDC’s latest .

February 2016: Wilkinsburg renewal – Is a resurgence in the works for this beleaguered borough? Check out the article in the most recent .

February 18, 2016: “With an ambitious vision for this community with great bones and bigger opportunities, Wilkinsburg leaders and groups such as the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp. are beginning to …

February 9, 2016: “The Pennsylvania Department of Education will contribute $3 million annually to help cover costs associated with moving students from Wilkinsburg into one of Pittsburgh’s lowest-performing schools. Pittsburgh …

February 4, 2016: “Entrepreneurs looking to revitalize their business models and passion for their craft took to Wilkinsburg recently for the “Mind Your Busine$$” seminar. A joint effort between Councilwoman …

February 2, 2016: “During the past five years, 31 businesses moved into Wilkinsburg, according to Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp. Executive Director Tracey Evans, a former councilwoman. She said the organization …

January 30, 2016: “The six women in white Wilkinsburg High School T-shirts who graduated in the 1970s sat together in the first row with red and blue pom-poms and cheered. …

January 21, 2016: Officials of the Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg school districts met Wednesday in Harrisburg with state legislators and Department of Education officials to iron out plans for the transfer of …

January 15, 2016: Eugenia Moore of Wilkinsburg describes herself as “a busy-type of person” who has always “been interested in what’s going on in my community.” That could explain why she is …

January 14, 2016: Prior to desegregation in the late 1950s and early 1960s many cities had thriving business districts within Black neighborhoods. Parrish Street in Durham, NC, Greenwood in Tulsa, Okla …

January 13, 2016: Thanks to concerted efforts of local state representatives, when Gov. Tom Wolf released emergency education funds with his signature on a $24 billion partial budget, $3 million of …

January 10, 2016: Small towns are dissolving their police departments in greater numbers, and the borough of Wilkinsburg is the latest to consider it. Check out the article from .

January 6, 2016: From the earliest stage of planning, leaders from both school districts agreed that the students who will be affected by the Partnership should have multiple opportunities to voice …

January 4, 2016: The Wolf administration announced Monday how education money from the new partial state budget would be distributed, and school districts could begin receiving it as early as today. …

Winter 2015: Check out our Main Street Manager, Jennifer, in the Winter 2015 issue of PA Downtown Center’s !

December 18, 2015: “Prohibition officially ended in Bellevue last Friday and in Wilkinsburg last month, about 82 years after the nationwide ban on alcohol was lifted in 1933. Despite the …

December 2015: In October 2015, the Board of Education for Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) and the Board of Education for the Wilkinsburg School District respectively approved an educational partnership agreement …

December 12, 2015: “Last Saturday morning, Wilkinsburg saw the biggest crowd for a store opening that the borough had seen in a long time. About 250 people lined the block …

December 11, 2015: “Mia Dorsey was looking for some nice dress shirts for her son to wear to school. As the mother of three, Ms. Dorsey often struggles to make …

December 11, 2015: … “Wilkinsburg also changed its laws this year. Salvatore’s Pizza poured its first drinks under the new law last month, and the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) …