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June 12, 2014: “By being designated a Main Street community, you are moved up for priority in other state grant funding opportunities,” said Tracey Evans, executive director of the Wilkinsburg Community Development …
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May 7, 2014: UpTo, the firm which sets up shop in vacant storefronts for a week or more, had its latest pop-up event in Wilkinsburg as part of the Allegheny …
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April 23, 2014: UpTo Mainstreet will be setting up shop next week in Wilkinsburg to offer creative services to small business owners in the community. .
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April 16, 2014: UpTo founders, Eric Sloss & Sarah Mayer talk with Jon Delano. .
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March 6, 2014: The Pittsburgh Housing Development Association Inc. said Thursday it is offering a grant for first-time home buyers for assistance towards down payment and closing fees. .
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Alaa Aqra, proprietor of Al’s Fish and Chicken, has operated a small take-out restaurant at the corner of Penn Ave. and Coal St. in Wilkinsburg since 2010. As part of …
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The Vacant Property Recovery Program (VPRP) helps to provide viable reuses for abandoned houses and lots. In Wilkinsburg, one organization is planning new uses for problem properties in order to …
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Suzanne Nuss saw an opportunity in 736 North Avenue. The c. 1910 building offered a spacious, light-filled unit, with tiger-oak wainscoting in the dining room and other period details. The …
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The Art of Creating Space When Dee Briggs was looking for a building of a certain size and scale where she could create her art, she found it and more …
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Where many people see a vacant city lot filled with weeds and debris, Mindy Schwartz sees potential for growth. Schwartz has spent the past decade transforming vacant parcels on Holland …
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A vacant lot can be a catalyst for growth. The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) is leading efforts to transform several vacant parcels in the borough’s business district into greener, …
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June 19, 2015: The local chapter of a group that goes by the name “Mad Dads” will hold its ninth celebration of fatherhood from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at …
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June 6, 2015: The Vacant Home Tour through Wilkinsburg took place on a hot Saturday, May 9th. 88 degrees was too hot to bike from Millvale comfortably, but I didn’t know …
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During February & March 2015, the WCDC held a petition drive & collected the necessary number of signatures to place a Liquor License Referendum on the primary ballot — over …
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May 19, 2015: Spirits are high in Bellevue and Wilkinsburg, where voters today are deciding whether their communities should allow liquor sales. If exit interviews with voters are any indication, it …
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May 15, 2015: On the other side of Pittsburgh, Wilkinsburg near the East End also is pursuing a referendum to end its more than 80 years as a “dry town.” While …
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May 5, 2015: If walls could talk could be the premise for a tour of vacant homes taking place this weekend in Wilkinsburg. The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation and Carnegie Mellon University students are combining their efforts …
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May 2, 2015: When engineer Vernon Covell bought a red-brick, two-story house at 816 South Ave. in Wilkinsburg in 1906, he set about making it a home with the same …