Hill CDC Meeting Announces Lower Hill Deal
Take two after losing the post I wrote last night. Last night, The Hill District Community Development Corporation (The Hill CDC) had a community meeting focused on two subjects…
What I Want For Christmas? Fair Coverage from the PG
A few weeks ago, Mark Belko wrote a problematic piece in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette's Business section titled "Penguins plans for Civic site hit snag". As you…
Pens Meeting Goes Nowhere Fast...by Renee Aldrich
On November 21, I attended what I thought would be yet another run of the mill meeting where the Penguins come to the Hill House and make a whole lot of noise about their plans for the lower hil…
Conversation with Councilman Lavelle re: Lower Hill Negotiations
Went to Councilman Daniel Lavelle's community office hours two Mondays ago (yeah, backed up on posting) at the Hill Library and, in addition to a brief conversation on tennis courts in the Hill…
Good Night at Hill CDC Meeting. Opportunities for Public Campaign?
This past Tuesday the Hill CDC had a meeting to give "critical updates" to the community re: the issues of the Lower Hill. I was only able to make the second half of the meeting…
Feels Like Public Process in Lower Hill is Waddling
Attended the Hill CDC meeting Monday evening and when I came in at 7 pm (meeting began at 6 p.m.) roundtables were being held looking for participants to weigh in on what appeared…
Residences at New Grenada
Reading Councilman Lavelle's most recent newsletter (this was a few weeks ago at this point), my wife, Bonnie, Co-Director of the Hill District Consensus Group, pointed out to…