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In 1916, the Wilkinsburg Train Station opened with a three-day celebration and so much fanfare that more than 100,000 people are said to have attended. But when Amtrak discontinued service …
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Article by Boyce Buchanan – Featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 26, 2021 Imagine living in an apartment in an old church that houses a chandelier and pipe organ donated by …
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Invaluable, great program, and helpful are just a few words participants of the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation’s Core Four Small Business Workshop Series used while describing their experience. During the …
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Wilkinsburg residents have the opportunity to get a referendum on the ballot to decide whether we merge with the City of Pittsburgh. was created to provide information and share opportunities …
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This year, Wilkinsburg residents, and the Pittsburgh region at large, will finally reclaim a unique and irreplaceable landmark—an architectural treasure serving as a link between the community’s past and future. …
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Visitors to the soon to be unveiled Wilkinsburg Train Station are encouraged to take a focused, lingering look upward as they enter the central waiting room, allowing their eyes to follow …
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The passion and pride that Neal Mehrenberg brings to his work are evident almost immediately after one meets him on the job site, inside the expansive central waiting room of …
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This spring, the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) invited 350 Wilkinsburg stakeholders to participate in a visioning process from June to August 2020. Because large community gatherings could not be …
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Read the full Tribune-Review article . After three years of historic redevelopment, the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) announced today that they have repositioned about 6,000 square feet of office …
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SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Advance Program Reopened to All Eligible Small Businesses and Non-Profits Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic. To further meet the needs of U.S. small businesses and …
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ON HIS FIRST VISIT TO WILKINSBURG: “The first time my friends and I stayed in Wilkinsburg, we had a little campfire going, and throughout the afternoon 10-15 people from around …
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When Dave Sevick, the founder of Computer Reach, realized that the organization was going to need more workable space, he searched nearly every neighborhood in Pittsburgh for a new location. …
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“To drive economic development in Wilkinsburg with an emphasis on strengthening the Central Business District.” That’s the mission on which the WCDC was founded more than a decade ago. …
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Check out the WCDC Learn more about Global Food Pittsburgh- a local business success story. The application cycle for the WCDC 2020 Youth and Education Mini-Grant is now open! Learn …
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Featured on the Pittsburgh Business Times March 4, 2020 To read the full article, click By – Special Projects Editor, Pittsburgh Business Times is a founding member of the …
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As a small business tax consultant, Moses Onwubiko expected to field dozens of client questions every day. He didn’t expect so many of those questions to be about bitter kola …
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Check out the WCDC Read the Post-Gazette’s in-depth feature on the WCDC’s multi-million-dollar development project – The Lohr Building. Learn more about Vision Towards Peace – a local business success …
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Pittsburgh native Fred Rogers once said, “When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You …
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