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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 …

January 14, 2015: Wilkinsburg has been accepted into the Pennsylvania Downtown Center’s Main Street Program. A program of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, the Main Street designation …

December 12, 2014: The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation recently secured funding to implement a Business Image Improvement Fund, which will offer support to African American business owners within Wilkinsburg’s Central Business District. …

December 5, 2014: PMC Management Company, LLC, a firm that owns commercial property in Wilkinsburg, has offered to temporarily donate a storefront at 811 Wood St. to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or …

November 2, 2014: To rent or to buy? For many residents, home ownership might seem out of the question. A free home-buying workshop from the non-profit Pittsburgh Housing Development Association (PHDA) …

October 17, 2014: Broadcasters and radio buffs gathered in Wilkinsburg Friday afternoon where Rick Harris, of the National Museum of Broadcasting, continued the fight to rebuild Dr. Frank Conrad’s garage as a …

September 27, 2014: Wilkinsburg holds its second annual house and garden tour today. For those who think there isn’t much to see, just ask Brian Hill. He and his wife Janis Tucker …

September 25, 2014: An unassuming, two-story, red brick garage on the border of Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg was the site of an important contribution to broadcast history — the world’s first wireless …

June 23, 2014: “If you’re designated, you have an ability to get higher grants,” says WCDC Executive Director Tracey Evans. “It will give us access to enterprise zone credits for business, …

June 3, 2014: The WCDC will be reapplying for Main Street Program designation this year. .