The BikeFest Kickoff Fundraiser Party is known for all of the great silent auction and raffle schwag that party people leave with. Great deals and free stuff galore helps define this party.
Check out a sampling of the great stuff that YOU can take home from the party. Some of the items will be raffled, some of the items will be in silent auction.
There are also collectible items like a bike painting from Stephen Haynes, signed ball and Club Cambria tickets from the Pirates, lots of unique art from the Toonseum, and prints from Wild Card,
Don’t miss one of the best parties in Pittsburgh: The BikeFest Kickoff Fundraiser Party!Our largest party of the year kicks off BikeFest in style, and raises funds to support BikePGH’s advocacy efforts. Beat the long lines getting into the party – Buy your tickets online today!
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Check out Flock of Cycles during BikeFest, August 6th and 13th
Join Pittsburgh’s Flock of Cycles for the flock in BikeFest-style: with lights! Deck out your bike with elaborate lights and decorations for Flock All Night on Friday, August 13.
Flock All Night is Flock of Cycles party-style social ride that meets on the second Friday of each month (at 10 pm by Dippy the Dinosaur). The style of the ride is slow-paced and courteous: stop at traffic lights, yield to pedestrians, stay in a single lane, and allow cars to pass (when they can do so safely). This ride is perfect for pulling that weird bike out of the house–uni’s ‘bents, tall bikes, choppers, and any other weird looking contraption will be at home on this ride. It’s about being responsible, courteous road users, not racing around the city and keeping it fun!
What is Flock of Cycles?
It began as a monthly group ride this past May and has grown into multiple rides a month exploring different neighborhoods of the city. The point of the flock is fun and to portray cycling in a positive, welcoming light, not to try and take over the road. Riding in the city on the road can be very intimidating (rightfully so, because it can be dangerous). Flock of Cycles is designed to welcome riders from all backgrounds with all different levels of experience, and all different types of bicycles. They encourage and teach safe, responsible, and courteous road use during the rides as a way to spread safe riding on a rider-to-rider level.
Flock for BikeFest!
BikeFest is a week long celebration of cycling in Pittsburgh put on by cyclists for cyclists coming up on Aug. 6th through 15th. Make sure to mark the dates for the two flocks during the fest!
Aug. 6th: Midnight Mass. Meet at Dippy in Oakland at 12:00 (after the BikeFest Party) to ride for 15-25 miles until 2 am or 3 am.
Aug. 13th: Flock All Night BikeFest Edition! Meet at Dippy at 10 pm to ride until midnight. Don’t forget to decorate your bike with lights for a spectacular light show!
If you’re never flocked before, BikeFest is definitely the time to start! Get your late night riding in or show off your lightfest bicycle.
Join the discussion on the BikePGH Message Board at Flock of Cycles.
Don’t miss one of the best parties in Pittsburgh: The BikeFest Kickoff Fundraiser Party!Our largest party of the year kicks off BikeFest in style, and raises funds to support BikePGH’s advocacy efforts. Beat the long lines getting into the party – Buy your tickets online today!
A Walk Challenge & 2 Car Free Fridays Walking Tours encourage the shoe leather express!
Pittsburghers enjoy a good walk as much as anybody, that’s why we consistently have one of the highest percentage of people that walk to work according to the annual American Community Survey.
Beginning August 2nd Carnegie residents are being encouraged to leave their cars behind and add more steps to their daily routine. Sponsored by the Airport Corridor Transportation Association, in conjunction with Car Free Fridays and Carnegie Boro, the first 100 participants will receive a FREE walking resource kit at the challenge kick off event August 2nd at the Carnegie Municipal Building. The kit includes
a pedometer
a walk challenge t-shirt
additional resources.
Register HERE. Contact Amy Mathieson at 412-809-3508 or amy.mathieson@alleghenycounty.us for more information or questions.
Car Free Walking Tours
The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation continues their monthly adventures into our featured neighborhoods. Car Free Walking tours are filling up fast on the Northside, July 31 and Carnegie on August 7th. Both walks start at 3:00pm. For more details see the Car Free Fridays website.
Walks in Mount Lebanon and East Liberty were both booked beyond capacity with extra dates or tour groups having to be added to meet the demand. RSVP asap by calling Mary Lu at (412)471-5808 x 527 or email her at marylu@phlf.org.
This is an excellent chance to learn interesting things about our region and support car free transportation!
Don’t miss one of the best parties in Pittsburgh: The BikeFest Kickoff Fundraiser Party!Our largest party of the year kicks off BikeFest in style, and raises funds to support BikePGH’s advocacy efforts. Beat the long lines getting into the party – Buy your tickets online today!
By Ashley Gold
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, July 25, 2010
When a teenage motorist struck and killed cyclist Donald Parker in May, people in Pittsburgh’s close-knit cycling community who knew the Hampton man wanted to make sure he was remembered.
Fellow cyclist Nick Drombosky, 23, of Oakland erected a “ghost bike” — a white memorial bicycle — on Harts Run Road in Indiana Township near where Parker, 52, was hit.
The memorial sat in front of a Citgo station at the intersection of Dorseyville and Harts Run roads until July 6, when it disappeared. Friends and family later discovered that PennDOT took it down.
Roadside memorials are illegal in Pennsylvania, said PennDOT spokesman Jim Struzzi. PennDOT officials know traffic fatalities are a sensitive issue, he said, and family and friends want to honor victims, but they should approach the agency before putting up memorials.
This memorial was placed against a road sign in the right-of-way the state owns, he said. It was too close to the side of the road, Struzzi said.
“We can’t allow that; it’s not safe,” he said.
Parker’s sister, Sue Macurak of Bethel Park, said her family didn’t know PennDOT removed the bike, “so it raised a lot of questions. Had we known who removed it, we could’ve had answers.”
7:00 to 10:30am - UPMChosts Car Free Fridays sign up at the Biomedical Science Tower lobby.
The lobby is accessed from Lothrop and Darragh Streets. The building sits on top of the Presby Garage @ 3500 Terrace Street.
All car free commuters that day will be entered into July’s Car Free Fridays raffle and receive July’s voucher. Bike there and get breakfast. The public is welcome!
If you’re unable to join us and haven’t signed up for July yet, register here to be entered into the monthly raffle. You can pick up your Northside voucher at the BikePGH office – 3410 Penn Avenue in Lawrenceville @ Doughboy Square.
Don’t miss one of the best parties in Pittsburgh: The BikeFest Kickoff Fundraiser Party!Our largest party of the year kicks off BikeFest in style, and raises funds to support BikePGH’s advocacy efforts. Beat the long lines getting into the party – Buy your tickets online today!
I Made It! Market is joining up with BikePGH for BikeFest this year!
The I Made It! Market is a nomadic indie crafts marketplace that partners with community, arts and non-profit organizations to raise funds and awareness to assist them in improving the communities we share.
And, they provide opportunities for handmade artisans to sell their wares and expand their businesses with low barriers to entry.
On Saturday, August 7, they will be putting on a “bike centric” market. What does that mean? Well unlike most markets, this one will have the specific theme of bikes. T he crafts can be bike-themed, the vendors can be bike riders, and/or the items are actually accessories for cycling.
Have a milkcrate full of parts that you just never got around to using? How about finishing that frame that you’ve been procrastinating on building up?
Associated with it will be the triumphant return of the Bike Swap! What’s this you say?
Well, it’s a place where people can come and sell bikes, parts, and even swap some of their time fixing your bike! It’s sort of like a flea market of bikes. People bring old parts and bikes and try to sell them to people who are looking for used parts and bikes. Who knows what you’ll find, maybe even the bike of your dreams!
Both the BikeSwap and I Made It! BikeFest will be at and inside the Leslie Park Pool in Lawrenceville.
For the BikeSwap, they are asking that you pay before hand to secure your spot. For $20 bucks you get a 10×10 spot! If you have some friends and want to share the spot, that works too. Let’s say 4 people get together and it will be only $5 each for you all to have that 10×10 spot together! THERE WILL BE NO PERCENTAGE TAKEN FROM THE PEOPLE SELLING AT THE SWAP.
For the I Made It! Market, we will present you with a vendor contract, as in past markets, for a low percentage (20%) of the profits. (what ever you make that day) Part will go to support BikePGH.
If you are confused – email the organizer: nina@imadeitmarket.com
Don’t miss one of the best parties in Pittsburgh: The BikeFest Kickoff Fundraiser Party!Our largest party of the year kicks off BikeFest in style, and raises funds to support BikePGH’s advocacy efforts. Beat the long lines getting into the party – Buy your tickets online today!
Northside Leadership Conference (NLC) Embraces Car Free Fridays
When BikePGH started planning events for this year’s Car Free Fridays at the end of last year it was immediately clear the Northside was as eager as any neighborhood to start promoting the merits of car free transportation.
For starters the Northside had a fairly well established neighborhood bike/ped committee.
With two community advocates as co-chairs, Alida Baker and Sean Brady, it was no wonder the Northside was raring to go. Add to that the support of Thomas Rosselot and Stephanie Miller, two of the NLC’s dedicated staff members and we were in an excellent position to keep the car free momentum building. The Northside did not disappoint! They even had several T-shirt designs custom made and screen printed by local company Spoke Punchers.
Beginning at 7:00 breakfast was served by Bistro to Go and Amani Coffee – two favorites among East Allegheny neighbors. Scott Gibson from Free Ride was on hand with the Mobile Bike Repair Project for bikes that needed a little TLC (some were actually ready for the ICU). Zipcar, Port Authority, and Commute Info were all on hand ready to answer questions. Even with an intermittent rainfall, that at times was a downpour, passionate car free commuters from parts all around the city came out to show their support.
NLC kept the Car Free Fridays staging area staffed all day long. At lunch, hoards of Allegheny General staff and physicians visited the location. Around 4:00 the Farmer’s Market started, including a special guest appearance by Spoke Punchers who was selling bike centric hats, clothing, and jewelery. At 6:30 pm the Northside Bike/Ped Committee and the Major Taylor Cycling Club co-hosted easy paced bike rides that showcased some of the committee’s recommended bicycle routes for the neighborhood. The goal is to get these bike routes officially signed and upgraded with lanes or sharrows when possible.
Over 75 people signed up at the event and more than 80 took advantage of the new online Car Free Fridays registration.
The Northside’s Bike/Ped Committee sets an excellent example for neighborhoods, boroughs, and municipalities around the region to start organizing bike/ped committees. The South Side took note and now has their own with Mike Kotyk from OTB at the helm. When neighborhood residents organize and are poised to make things happen it significantly increases the community’s chances of seeing bike/ped improvements sooner rather than later. BikePGH staff member Eric Boerer is transitioning to his new position of Advocacy Director and is excited to start working with communities that prioritize bike/ped improvements. Stay tuned for the launch as we work out the details.
If our region is going to make significant strides in making streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians neighborhood groups play a vital role in rallying the support, knowledge and skills of their residents in the form of bike/ped committees.
Contact BikePGH at cff@bike-pgh.org to learn how we can help work with your community at building an effective voice for Bike/Ped improvements.
Car Free Fridays Northside continues . . .
July 30th UPMC will be hosting a Car Free Fridays sign up from 7:00 to 10:30 am at the Biomedical Science Tower lobby - accessed from Lothrop and Darragh Streets. The building sits on top of the Presby Garage @ 3500 Terrace Street. All car free commuters that day will be entered into July’s Car Free Fridays raffle and receive July’s voucher. Bike there and get breakfast. The public is welcome!
July 31 from 3:00 to 4:30 with a Car Free Walking Tour hosted by the History & Landmarks Foundation. RSVP by calling (412) 471-5808 x527 or email marylu@phlf.org by July 29th.
Not a member of BikePGH?Join today!We need you to add your voice! Bike Pittsburgh works to protect cyclist’s rights and promote the vision of making Pittsburgh a safer and more enjoyable place to live and to ride. For more info, check out: www.bike-pgh.org/membership
Friday August 6: Get ready to kickoff BikeFest and use those legs for dancing!
BikeFest is on its way, and it’s time to get ready for one of the best parties of the year – BikePGH’s BikeFest Kickoff Fundraiser Party!
Our largest party of the year kicks off BikeFest in style, and raises funds to support BikePGH’s advocacy efforts. Our annual 12-day BikeFest includes tons of great bike-themed events, created by cyclists, for cyclists.
THE PARTY BEFORE THE PARTY: THE VIP EVENT 6:30-8:00
Join us early for some delicious food and great music at the BikeFest VIP Party. The event will feature appetizers by Salt of the Earth, the future Garfield restaurant owned by local star chef and bicyclist Kevin Sousa, whose restaurants consistently rank among Pittsburgh’s top 25. The party will also feature live jazz music by marimba virtuoso Marcus Kim.
For $100 per ticket, the VIP Party and will help stimulate Pittsburgh’s bicycle infrastructure in a big, big way.
Included with the VIP Ticket is: one BikePGH Membership, admission to the BikeFest Party Main Event, 5 drink tickets, 5 raffle tickets, and a BikeFest T-shirt.
BIKEFEST PARTY MAIN EVENT 8:00-12:00
After the VIP event, the main event will kick into gear with DJs, a photo booth, a silent auction, dancing and more! As usual, there will be tons of swag that will be raffled off and available in the silent auction, including Trek and KHS commuters, a Dahon folding bike, and a sweet Mavic wheelset, among others. Details will be posted soon, so stay tuned!
Food from Whole Foods and Dozen as well as local beer from the Penn Brewery.
When: Friday, August 6
large donor event 6:30pm – 8:00pm
main event from 8:00pm-12:00am
Where: Pittsburgh Opera (tons of indoor bike parking)
2425 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 [map]
How much: $35 general admission (see below for more details)
Why: To raise funds for BikePGH’s advocacy efforts (and to have a great time doing it!)
AVOID THE LONG LINES, BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE
While checking out, you will also have the opportunity to Become a Member at a special discounted BikeFest Price.
VIP PARTY (6:30-8:00): $100 (includes a BikePGH membership)
Ticket includes one BikePGH Membership, single admission to the BikeFest Party Main Event, 5 drink tickets, 5 raffle tickets, and a fashionable BikeFest T-shirt.
MAIN EVENT TICKET: BikeFest Party General Admission (8:00-12:00): $35
Ticket includes single admission, 4 drink tickets, and 2 raffle tickets
BikeFest Party Recession Special (8:00-12:00): $15
if a $35 ticket is a little difficult to swing during these tough economic times, we also have a “recession special” ticket price. Ticket includes single admission and 2 drink tickets
You can purchase tickets at the door, but why bother when you can buy advance tickets and walk right in? CLICK THE IMAGE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
Want to get into the party for free? We have plenty of volunteer opportunities available. Simply fill out our volunteer form.
Can’t make the fundraiser party but still want to contribute to BikePGH’s advocacy efforts?
There are plenty of ways to help make Pittsburgh more bike-friendly
Not a member of BikePGH?Join today!Membership is our most important source of income, and we need you to add your voice! BikePGH works to protect cyclist’s rights and promote the vision of making Pittsburgh a safer and more enjoyable place to live and to ride. BECOME A MEMBER TODAY
Already a member and want to contribute a bit more? Every little bit helps. Whether it’s for purchasing bike racks, engineering bike lanes, printing the Pittsburgh Bike Map, or helping us pay our phone bill, you can be sure that we put your donation to good use. Make an ADDED DONATION to help make the change that you want to see.
This month Car Free Fridays heads to the Northside starting 6:30 on Tuesday, July 13 at the Artist Image Resource, with a Bike Commuting Forum hosted by the Northside Leadership Conference and BikePGH.
On Friday morning the car free fun continues at Allegheny Commons where you can pick up your voucher for discounts to Northside, Downtown and Oakland businesses and enter the car free raffle. All this for agreeing to go CAR FREE all day and night this Friday.
If you bike to the morning event we’ll even throw in breakfast catered by Bistro to Go and Amani Coffee.
If you can’t make it to the Northside in the morning be sure to register for Car Free Fridays online. You’ll be entered into the July raffle and you can pick up your voucher at the BikePGH office.
In the evening the Northside’s Bike/Ped Committee invites you to join them on several leisurely bike rides to learn about some of the exciting bike friendly-improvements planned for the neighborhood.
Whether you live on the Northside or are just looking for an excellent time to visit, this Friday is a great time to see one of the city’s wonderful historic districts and cultural centers. Check out the full details of activities and events on the Car Free Fridays website.
And the winners are . . .
At last we have some Car Free Friday raffle winners to announce. In May we had two raffle winners. Josh from Lawrenceville won the Commuter Package that included a Port Authority monthly bus pass, a Zipcar membership with $75 driving credit, a BikePGH membership with swag, and the last remaining parking lease to the new Bike Commuter Center Downtown courtesy of the Trek Development Group. Coincidentally Josh gave up his car recently so the timely announcement will help him enjoy the full reward of all these great prizes.
Our other winner from May is Pam from Regent Square. Pam won several restaurant gift certificates courtesy of the City Paper and tickets to see Lez Zeppelin. It may not be the original lads from across the pond, but these ladies certainly know how to rock. Wasn’t the term “Time to lay down some Led” coined by a WDVE dee jay? This town loves Zep. Pam must still be pinching herself.
Our winner from June is Janice from Trafford, our first suburbanite to take the prize. Janice won all the goodies from the Port Authority, Zipcar, and BikePGH (mentioned previously) plus an incense burner and incense from Jamal’s, a gift certificate to Capri Pizza, and a City Paper prize package that includes a restaurant gift certificate as well as passes to the National Aviary.
Four more “Car Free Fridays” remain, so be sure to go car free on event days and sign up for your chance to be a winner. You can sign up at any of the events and activities listed on the Car Free Fridays website or register online.
June’s Car Free Fridays in East Liberty was great chance to learn about the neighborhood
For those of you who had a chance to participate in some of the activities in East Liberty last month, you know just how wonderful it was to see this storied Pittsburgh neighborhood through the eyes of some of its most ardent proponents. East Liberty Development Inc. in conjunction with Venture Outdoors hosted a ride that highlighted the innovative projects and developments taking shape in the neighborhood. We visited a community play ground made of recycled materials, community vegetable and rain gardens, and a green housing project using existing homes.
Our guides also shared with us news about the new Target store currently under construction and the prospect of a new bus station. It was interesting to learn that East Liberty station is the second busiest stop in the whole Port Authority system, only second to the Wood Street Station.
As ELDI’s tour was passing through East Liberty so was another Car Free Fridays’ event – the Ladies Summer Solstice Ride hosted by Velomuse. The Solstice Ride gave woman who participated an opportunity to meet one another and talk about bike issues specific to women that sometimes get overlooked in an activity that is often dominated by men. Ride organizer Eryn Hughes was pleased with the attendance and felt it was an excellent first step in nurturing events and activities that further cultivate a female riding culture in Pittsburgh. Eryn emphasized these rides are not about excluding men, but about helping building a support network that makes bicycling – racing, mountain, and commuting – more accessible to women.
A week later Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation shared with dozens of visitors the wonderful history and architecture of the neighborhood with an extended stop at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church.
If you didn’t have a chance to participate in East Liberty be sure to check out Car Free Fridays this month on the Northside!
Not a member of BikePGH?Join today!We need you to add your voice! Bike Pittsburgh works to protect cyclist’s rights and promote the vision of making Pittsburgh a safer and more enjoyable place to live and to ride. For more info, check out: www.bike-pgh.org/membership
Allegheny County and Sandcastle Waterpark are expected to announce an agreement within days that will allow completion of the last missing piece of a biking and hiking trail linking Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
“I really expect we’ll have a formal announcement in the next couple days,” said James Judy, vice president of operations for Palace Entertainment, owner of the park.
“I believe that is probably going to be the case,” agreed county spokesman Kevin Evanto.
The deal would cap years of negotiations aimed at finding a way to accommodate the trail on the park’s narrow strip of land between a railroad line and the Monongahela River.
The roughly one-mile stretch is the last link in the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, Md., where it connects to the C&O Towpath to Washington.
When all is complete, it will be possible to bike about 335 continuous, mostly flat miles from Pittsburgh to the nation’s capital without interference from motorized traffic.
Not a member of BikePGH?Join today!We need you to add your voice! Bike Pittsburgh works to protect cyclist’s rights and promote the vision of making Pittsburgh a safer and more enjoyable place to live and to ride. For more info, check out: www.bike-pgh.org/membership
Watch this cool time lapse of the installation of the 62-ton Bike/ped bridge in Whitaker
Soon, only a one mile gap at Sandcastle stands in the way of the Pittsburgh to Washington DC car-free ride
According to Paul Heckbert, board member of the Steel Valley Trail Council (SVTC)
These bridges are critical links in the Steel Valley Trail along the Monongahela River, which forms part of the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail from Pittsburgh toward Washington DC.
As of July 2010, this section of trail is not open (it will take months to build the ramps up to these bridges) but at least the hardest part of the construction — installing these bridges over active railroad tracks — is done. For now the contiguous portion of the GAP starts in Duquesne at Grant Ave. When the ramps and surface work is done, the trail will be extended from Duquesne, past Kennywood, to the Waterfront in Homestead. Then these bridges will be opened. That is expected in late 2010 or early 2011. At that point, the need for an agreement with Sandcastle, and closure of that short gap, will become even clearer than it is already!
Steel Valley Trail Council relies on volunteers. If you’d like to help maintain, publicize, and build these trails, see the Steel Valley Trail Council website.
Your input is needed for the City of Pittsburgh’s first ever Comprehensive Plan
The City of Pittsburgh is in the process of creating an ambitious and first-ever Comprehensive Plan. Called PLANPGH, the City will be using this as the blueprint of growth for the next 25 years.
There are many focus areas to PLANPGH, many of which cyclists can offer valuable input as the City is trying to get as much public participation as it can to make the process open and inclusive. A major component of the comprehensive plan is how Pittsburghers use, and want to use transportation, open space, and recreational opportunities. The City is also interested in figuring out ways to reduce the number of single occupancy vehicles, so it is imperative that cyclists fill out these surveys whenever they are available.
City Planning created two surveys that are currently open until August 31, 2010.
These latest surveys are about open space, trails, parks, and recreation, and include many bicycling specific questions.
Not a member of BikePGH?Join today!We need you to add your voice! Bike Pittsburgh works to protect cyclist’s rights and promote the vision of making Pittsburgh a safer and more enjoyable place to live and to ride. For more info, check out: www.bike-pgh.org/membership
Pgh Babes on Bikes is a collective of Pittsburgh women cyclists that are creating a 2011 calendar that will be used to benefit the Women’s Center and Shelter of Pittsburgh.
Their Mission: To celebrate the growing inclusion of women in Pittsburgh’s cycling community, 16 bike riding ladies are giving back in celebration and thanks. Cycling could be a male dominated and intimidating sport for females, but our collection of burgh-based women cyclists shows this is a trend of the past. To showcase our personalities, strengths, cute faces, and of course bikes, the 2011 Pittsburgh Babes on Bikes Calendar will feature a bike riding babe or two every month in different Pittsburgh locations. Our goal is to aid in the continued empowerment of women in our city. We will donate all proceeds raised to the Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh.
Throw on your bikinis and daisy dukes, shades and sunscreen, flipflops (does anyone still have watershoes?!)! Bring your beach balls, water toys, pool noodles!
$5-$10 sliding scale
All Ages
Featuring DJs:
Mary Mack, jbuck$, Equestrian, Amor Secreto, Hates You
Performances by:
Suzie Sewer, John Rovolta and Olivia Pootie Thong
Drinks:
Kegs, Summer mixed drinks, Jello shots, Soda
Don’t miss one of the best parties in Pittsburgh: The BikeFest Kickoff Fundraiser Party! Our largest party of the year kicks off BikeFest in style, and raises funds to support BikePGH’s advocacy efforts. Beat the long lines getting into the party – Buy your tickets online today!
Join Pittsburgh’s Flock of Cycles for the flock in BikeFest-style: with lights! Deck out your bike with elaborate lights and decorations for Flock All Night on Friday, August 13.
Food from Whole Foods and Dozen as well as local beer from the Penn Brewery.
At last we have some Car Free Friday raffle winners to announce. In May we had two raffle winners. Josh from Lawrenceville won the Commuter Package that included a Port Authority monthly bus pass, a Zipcar membership with $75 driving credit, a BikePGH membership with swag, and the last remaining parking lease to the new Bike Commuter Center Downtown courtesy of the Trek Development Group. Coincidentally Josh gave up his car recently so the timely announcement will help him enjoy the full reward of all these great prizes.
For those of you who had a chance to participate in some of the activities in East Liberty last month, you know just how wonderful it was to see this storied Pittsburgh neighborhood through the eyes of some of its most ardent proponents. East Liberty Development Inc. in conjunction with Venture Outdoors hosted a ride that highlighted the innovative projects and developments taking shape in the neighborhood. We visited a community play ground made of recycled materials, community vegetable and rain gardens, and a green housing project using existing homes.
