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Survey to understand how welcoming and inclusive Lawrenceville is
Lawrenceville United has recently contracted with Just Collaboration to help us develop goals and hold us accountable to our values of diversity, inclusion, and equity. Please read our purpose statement for why we’re doing this work here. As the first part of this multi-year effort, we’re engaging our membership and the larger Lawrenceville community through a survey to understand how…
Meeting notes on Fort Willow Developers’ The Foundry Phase 2
Please see below for some updates on plans for The Foundry Phase 2, a proposed new office space adjacent to The Foundry, a multi-family apartment complex. You can read the full notes here. Fort Willow Developers is proposing a 4 floor office space with parking on the ground floor and 3 floors of high tech…
Lawrenceville Celebrates 70 Years of Community Fireworks
The 70th Annual Independence Day Celebration will take place at Arsenal Park on Saturday, July 5, 2014, drawing over 3,500 people from all over Pittsburgh. LAWRENCEVILLE – PITTSBURGH, PA – For 70 years, the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Lawrenceville has continued to hold an Independence Day festival that is filled with softball and baseball games,…
Recap from Housing For All: Inclusionary Zoning as a Tool to Preserve Affordability
The second of three “Housing For All” community meetings was held on Wednesday, October 17th at 6 p.m. at Goodwill of Southwestern PA’s Workforce Development Center. The meeting focused on Inclusionary Zoning as a tool to preserve affordability. Please see below for materials and notes from the meeting: Presentation from Lawrenceville United & Lawrenceville Corporation…
Zone 2 Crime Prevention Initiative
A message from Commander Eric Holmes: Dear Zone Two Lawrenceville and Hill District Stakeholders, I am pleased to announce that Chief McDonald and Chief Bryant have provided the opportunity for me to develop a Crime Prevention initiative for the summer of 2014 in two Zone 2 business districts. The two business districts that I picked…
June Happenings Meeting
Please join us for the June Happenings meeting. Along with updates on neighborhood events, planning, and volunteering, we will be focusing on two main concerns that affect housing in Lawrenceville: * Unfounded legal challenge by the Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh (BAMP) to the City of Pittsburgh’s inclusionary zoning ordinance to preserve affordable housing. *…