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Mayor Luke Ravenstahl along with volunteers and community members were on Mount Washington last Wednesday to launch the Cool Roofs program, a new servePGH initiative that will coat the roofs of 10...

Familiar faces shared the limelight with fresh faces at the May meeting of the Carrick/Overbrook Block Watch (CBW), where the group hosted presentations by two well-known public servants and welcomed...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced late last week the City’s Department of Public Works will pave another 40 miles of city streets this year, and added that the 2013 Paving Plan is now available online. All six DPW divisions, representing the entire c...

Applications are available for the city’s fall 2013 Love Your Block grant award program. The block revitalization program gives up to 30 local non-profit organizations $1,000 in the form of a Home Depot gift card to purchase supplies and equipment...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced his newest mentoring campaign, Promise Coaches, will host a “Super Saturday” training session on Saturday, May 18 to provide residents the opportunity to become a greater positive influence in the lives of others....

Over the past two weeks, agents from the Department of City Planning and its project partners visited various locations throughout the city to update citizens on its progress with a pair of projects and solicit feedback. The Mount Washington Senior...

Applications are available for the city’s third annual Youth Civic Leadership Academy (YCLA), a free six-session program designed to educate and engage high school students about the inner-workings of City government. From visiting a water...

Several South Pittsburgh area groups were among the 24 recipients who received funding through the fourth round of servePGH initiative’s “Love Your Block” grant program – bringing the total...

Applications are available for the Pittsburgh Summer Youth Employment Program (PSYEP). This year’s six-week jobs program will place over 300 young residents in employment with the city, who will gain valuable work experience, earn wages and...

“Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.” An ancient Roman statesman, Cato the Elder, wrote these words centuries ago, but the adage still rings true, as evidenced at the April 1 meeting of the Carrick/Overbrook Block Watch....

Located in the heart of commerce on Brownsville Road, Colteryahn Dairy has been serving Pittsburgh for 96 years, providing quality dairy products and employing scores of local residents. Now, it’s...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, joined by BikePGH, Bakery Square and project stakeholders, announced plans for Pittsburgh’s first-ever bike share system at a news conference last week. Pittsburgh Bike Share will include 500 bikes available for...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl last week announced the release of IBM’s official written recommendations on how to help make local transportation more convenient, efficient, cost effective and eco-friendly, and highlighted the city’s progress to date....

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has announced a collaboration between the city and numerous local organizations to increase safety and ease transportation and parking congestion after this Saturday’s 144th St. Patrick’s Day parade and celebration. Free...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl last week cut the ribbon to unveil the South Side Market House’s new, ADA-accessible fitness room, celebrating the completed second phase of the Market House’s historic renovation. The second of three renovation phases inclu...

News of proposed newcomers to the South Side -- a youth hostel and a computer/electronics recycling business -- were the focus of the February 12 meeting of the South Side Planning Forum meeting. Discussion about the invitation to Mayor Luke Ravensta...

For approximately nine months, representatives from ten different hilltop neighborhood organizations have been working together with partner agencies to come up with a plan for “greening” their...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl recently announced the next step in the city’s continued effort to provide residents with one-on-one assistance to help keep their taxes low in light of Allegheny County’s property reassessment. This month, the city’s...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has launched his newest mentoring initiative, Promise Coaches, which equips adults with the skills needed to mentor young people through high school and on to higher education, while increasing the number of ‘Promise ready’...

“Cell phones, laptops, cameras, jewelry, money—absolutely anything with value.” When Zone 3 Police Officer Christine Luffey iterated these items last week, she wasn’t compiling a personal wish list. She was telling the audience at the...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has introduced legislation to provide more than $135,000 to add new bike infrastructure to the city’s 50 miles of riverfront trails and bike lanes and 500 bike racks – continuing efforts to make Pittsburgh an even more bike-...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has unveiled a user-friendly web tool to help property owners determine their 2013 property tax bill in light of Allegheny County’s property reassessments. City Council last week passed the mayor’s proposal to lower the...

Applications are now available for this spring’s 2013 Edible Gardens program, an expansion of the mayor’s successful Green Up Pittsburgh program and servePGH initiatives. The new program will engage community volunteers to improve access to...

Will “Permit Parking Only” signs be coming to your neighborhood this year? If you live in South Side or Mount Washington, they very well could be, as requests for permit parking designations for...

Applications are now available for the spring 2013 Civic Leadership Academy (CLA), a free 10-week course designed to educate residents about local government in the City of Pittsburgh. “The Civic Leadership Academy is a wonderful, unique program...