Blog
Posted on by marlee
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, …
Posted on by marlee
June 3, 2014: The WCDC will be reapplying for Main Street Program designation this year. .
Posted on by marlee
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 …
Posted on by marlee
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 …
Posted on by marlee
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. .
Posted on by marlee
April 16, 2014: UpTo founders, Eric Sloss & Sarah Mayer talk with Jon Delano. .
Posted on by marlee
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. .
Posted on by imagebox
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 …
Posted on by imagebox
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 …
Posted on by imagebox
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 …
Posted on by imagebox
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 …
Posted on by imagebox
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 …
Posted on by imagebox
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 …
Posted on by imagebox
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 …