community

Sustainable Urban Farming Initiative

community | environment | gardens | health | neighborhoods | resources | schools | vacant land | youth

Reclaim vacant lots and unused land to support healthy community gardens

Signature Festivals

block party | bridges | celebrations | community | culture | identity | image | neighborhoods | tourism

Block Parties bring neighborhoods together, a Bridge Festival puts Pittsburgh on the map.

Neighborhood Cleanup Competition

beautification | clean up | community | competition | neighborhoods | redd up | revitalization

Contests for communities and business owners to transform the streets

Mix Burgh

community | diversity | education | generational | interviews | online | radio | tv | web-based | youth

Documenting Pittsburgh’s immigrant history

Arts Industry Incubator

arts | collaboration | community | incubator | networking | promotions | services

[Overview needed]

Entreperennial

advocacy | buses | city property | community | education | entrepreneurial | environment | farms | food | gardens

Turn vacant land around schools into working community farms/provide entrepreneurial opportunities for youth to grow businesses

The Anytime Lounge

24/7 | bricks and mortar | café | community | education | meeting place | mentors | music | theatre | youth

[Overview needed]

Where 2 Go 2

activities | alternative | books | community | connections | events | food | guide | mapping | networking | one-stop

An independently reviewed guide to things to do in Pgh broken down by where to eat, listen, see, shop, and play. There would be a searchable online component and a small format print version, as well as an annual guide.

Pittsburgh Metro

250th anniversary | buses | community | history | identity | image | marketing | neighborhoods | promotions

Historical bus route - bus tours of specific communities

Lots of Food

advocacy | alternative | café | community | environment | farms | gardens | health | neighborhoods | organic

Collect abandoned lots and turn them into sustainable urban gardens that provide an alternative to store-bought produce and act as a community connection point

Engage Pittsburgh is a program of The Sprout Fund, a project of the Tides Center (PA), and is supported by lead contributions from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the Richard King Mellon Foundation.

Additional support for Engage Pittsburgh is provided in part by the Alcoa Foundation, Eden Hall Foundation, Grable Foundation, the Elsie Hillman Foundation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, and the Pittsburgh Foundation.

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