Local Community Organizations as drivers of Equitable Development in Pittsburgh by Eleni Katrini

Local Community Organizations as drivers of Equitable Development in Pittsburgh GIS Project Report | Course 48-781

25/4/2014 Carnegie Mellon University | School of Architecture | Spring 2014 Eleni Katrini

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................. 3 PROBLEM STATEMENT.................................................................................................................... 5 APPROACH METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 5 RESULTS ........................................................................................................................................... 7 FINDINGS ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Community Organizations ....................................................................................................... 7 Lon-Income Neighborhood Index .......................................................................................... 8 Community Organizations & Urban development .............................................................. 9 Neighborhood Comparison .................................................................................................. 12 LIMITATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 13 CONCLUSION & FUTURE WORK ................................................................................................. 13 DATA SOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 14 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 14 APPENDIX ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Work Process Log .................................................................................................................... 15 Civic Organizations Table ...................................................................................................... 18

INTRODUCTION Citizens’ organizations and Community Development Corporations (CDC) are key stakeholders in the transformation of urban neighborhoods today. They are non-profit organizations that function with paid stuff and/or volunteers to promote community development in a more equitable way. CDCs often offer advocacy services for the community and organize activities such as participatory planning meetings, educational workshops, real estate and economic development. It is generally believed that CDCs promote urban revitalization in a more beneficial way for the community. Pittsburgh consists of 90 neighborhoods with unique identities at different levels of development and organization. Local action and citizens’ organization and collaboration are significantly prominent. Their main goal is to revitalize their communities. Pittsburghers, still marked with the stigma of living in “the smoking city”, they strive to remake their communities and recapture their identities. This effort is realized through city-wide strategies by the Department of City Planning or the Urban Redevelopment Authority, but also through the local organization of the residents. Pittsburgh citizens, both long-time residents and new-comers, come together and form groups with the ultimate goal to advance their neighborhoods. Their local identity, formed by the neighborhood they live in, is the powerful tool that pushes them forward. The process of forming these groups is organic and unique for every neighborhood; it begins with a group of people realizing that change is needed in their neighborhood. This change might be related to lack of resources and infrastructure, to aging population or environmental issues. Other communities have been identified as shrinking neighborhoods, as their population has declined dramatically within the past 50 years, and now they are trying to re-invent their identity and get prepared to face potential new development. Whatever the reason might be, communities come together to form groups, which give solutions to emerging problems; organizing street and river clean ups, creating community and rain gardens to deal with stormwater and safety issues, revitalize abandoned lots with art projects to deal with increased vacancy or organizing tree plantings to promote walkable streets in their neighborhood. These actions vary from direct change of the urban landscape to social group activities and events in public spaces. They also vary in scale of action. Citizens are involved in several initiatives, from small grassroots projects to larger planning and visioning processes. Almost 75% of Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods have either their own CDC or a non-profit Citizens Action Organization or a Neighborhood Business Association. Currently there are about 190 neighborhood related organizations in Pittsburgh, which serve different aspects of the community life and its everyday needs. In the following map these organizations are classified in the following categories based on the nature of their services and missions (Figure 1) : 1. Social Support Organizations: The services of these organizations include advocacy, empowerment, education, social and civic services. 2.

Businesses Organizations: These organizations are coalitions or chambers of local businesses within a neighborhood. 3

3. Development Organizations: These organizations are focused on the community and economic development of the neighborhood. This category includes the Community Development Corporations, as well as organizations which deal with local development and housing issues. 4. Neighborhood Spatial Advancement Organizations: These organizations are mainly organizations led by residents that deal with issues of beautification, safety, preservation and /or transportation. 5. Leisure & Athletic Organizations: These organizations are led by residents involved in leisure activities related to sports or arts.

Figure 1 - Types of Civic Organizations in Pittsburgh

We can see from the map above, that there are different kinds of organizations and they are spread across the city of Pittsburgh. In the past civic organizations and specifically CDCs were considered to be active stakeholders only within struggling or low-income neighborhoods, however in Pittsburgh they seem to be present and act as community activators in neighborhoods throughout the city.

PROBLEM STATEMENT Even though, community organizations seem to be significant stakeholders in the process of the Pittsburgh’s urban transformation, there has been limited documentation and information available about them. As organizations that are formed and run by the citizens themselves, they lack documentation or sometimes even online presence. This project intends to document and map the existing organizations based on information provided by the Department of City Planning of Pittsburgh, and reveal the connections between the organizations themselves and the communities they serve. The objective of this project is twofold. Firstly, the project will identify what is the correlation between community organizations within the city of Pittsburgh and their neighborhoods’ character. In this report we will examine if it is true that civic organizations are mainly found in low-income neighborhoods where they often serve as advocacy and empowerment groups. Do only low income neighborhoods in Pittsburgh have CDCs? Is there any correlation between the number of such organizations within a neighborhood and its demographics? The second part of the project will explore if the existence of strong and active community organizations within a neighborhood affects the community’s development in a positive and meaningful way.

APPROACH METHODOLOGY Low-Income Neighborhoods Index and Community Organizations

In order to understand if only low-income neighborhoods have active civic organizations or not, we need to understand which are the low–income areas in Pittsburgh and how they related to the community organizations. For that reason, a low-income index was built and overlaid with the community organizations across the city. To define low-income neighborhoods, poverty and unemployment rates were used as indicators. (Urban Institute 2014) Employment opportunities and citizens’ welfare is an important indicator of sustainable community development. (UNDESA 2007) Moreover, in order to realize a more in depth analysis, more characteristics of lowincome neighborhoods were taken into consideration such as single parent households and educational attainment. (Lantz PM 2010) Low-income neighborhoods often enough have residents with educational attainment lower than high school, and also they become homes of single-parent families as housing there is more affordable. Finally, the last indicator to be considered for the index is vacancy. Vacant blight buildings and empty lots reveal disinvestment in the neighborhood and signs of abandonment. They can also become sources of pollution and cause serious health issues. (Pandika 2014) For this reason, even the US Department of Housing and Urban Development intends to systematically address this problem with the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. This program acquires and develops foreclosed abandoned buildings and lots to prevent the concentration of blight properties within neighborhoods. (HUD 2009) 5

Consequently the poverty index model included the following parameters: A. Female-headed households with children (2010) B. Population below poverty income line (2010) C. Population with less than HS education (2010) D. Workforce of males and females who are unemployed (2010) E. Vacant properties (2010)

Community Organizations and Urban Development

The second part of the project explores if strong and active community organizations within a neighborhood assist indeed the community to develop in a positive and meaningful way. After identifying if there is a connection between the number of civic organizations act within a community and the characteristics of the community, the project explores if these organizations affect development in a positive way. Urban development trends through time were investigated and it was examined if neighborhoods with high risk of poverty and increased vacancy that have a great number of community organizations have improved over the last decade. The indicators of urban development that were used in this second phase of the project are: A. Change in unemployment status between 2000 and 2010 B. Change in vacant properties between 2000 and 2010 A decrease in unemployment from 2000 to 2010 shows that possibly the community is growing in a positive way and that its residents have greater access to employment opportunities. Lower unemployment and vacancy show healthier communities that are growing and advancing. Income levels, education attainment and single parent households were not taken into consideration. As drastic changes in income levels and educational attainment might also mean gentrification, population movement or even displacement of existing residents, the project avoided including such indicators in the second part of the project. To better comprehend changes in development between neighborhoods, a comparison was realized between two neighborhoods with high risk of poverty and vacancy; one that shows greater activity of the residents through a larger pool of community organizations and one with less.

FINDINGS Community Organizations

In the map below ( Figure 2) we can see all the neighborhoods within the city of Pittsburgh ranked by the number of community organizations that are located within their borders. The neighborhoods with five or more civic organizations from higher to lower are: Central Business District (11), Homewood (10), Allegheny and Oakland (9), Bloomfield and Crawford-Roberts (7), East Liberty and Southside (6) and finally Lawrenceville (5).

Figure 2 - Number of Community Organizations per Neighborhood

It is expected for the Central Business District to have a great amount of community organizations that deal with urban development specifically, as Pittsburgh Downtown is currently undergoing significant transformation. After being occupied mostly by businesses and offices, over the last years there has been a development shift and a movement to bring more housing and residents in the downtown area. Within the same spectrum of urban transformations, Oakland is also a neighborhood that is expected to have a significant amount of community organizations. As a neighborhood that has transformed radically by the presence of 7

two large academic institutions; University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, and is still under great urban changes, it is expected to have a large number of such civic organizations. So, what is the character of the rest of the neighborhoods with such a great number of organizations, and is there any commonality between them? Are they low-median or high income neighborhoods?

Low-Income Neighborhood Index

Figure 3 - Low Income Neighborhood Risk Index and Community Organizations

On the map above (Figure 3), five different variables have been mapped: Income below Poverty, Unemployment, Education below High School, Single Mother Households and Vacancy in order to create a weighted index for LowIncome Neighborhoods, as all five variables are critical characteristics of such neighborhoods. Based on this index the following neighborhoods are considered to have higher risk of being low-income neighborhoods that face issues of poverty and vacancy: 8

      

Homewood East Liberty Garfield Middle Hill Knoxville Crawford Roberts Central Northside

On the contrary, among the neighborhoods with the lowest risk of poverty and vacancy are Squirrel Hill, Oakland, East Carnegie, Oakwood, South Shore and Duquesne Heights. The dots represent the mapped Community Organizations that exist currently in Pittsburgh, based on data from the Department of City Planning. We can be observe, that these organizations are present within and closely around neighborhoods of medium or high risk. This means that in neighborhoods of higher risk for poverty and vacancy, there might be a greater possibility to have active community organizations. Land acquisition and development by the private sector can be prominent in low and middle income neighborhoods with available vacant land that are undergoing changes. As new development, often enough can lead to gentrification and drive the local population out of the neighborhood, such organizations can indeed act as advocacy groups for the community. Moreover, often enough innovative collaboration can happen between the private sector and the communities when such organizations are in place.

Community Organizations & Urban Development

If indeed local civic organizations can act as advocacy stakeholders that protect communities and their residents from inequitable development, it is important to examine if they affect development in a positive way. In this section we explore the urban development trends through time and investigate if neighborhoods especially with high risk of poverty and increased vacancy that do have a great number of community organizations have improved over the last decade. The indicators of urban development used in this second phase of the project are: A. Percentage of change in unemployment status between 2000 and 2010 (%) B. Percentage of change in vacant properties between 2000 and 2010 (%) Decrease in unemployment and vacancy are both positive signs of a healthy community that grows. Decrease in unemployment from 2000 to 2010 means that there is a positive change for the community and a decrease in vacancy signifies that development has happened in the neighborhood. For this second part of the project, the factors of income levels, single parent families and education were not taken into consideration.

Figure 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Percentage Change in Vacancy by neighborhood from 2000 to 2010. (Green shows decrease in vacancy, while red shows increase of vacancy)

From the map above we can see the percentage changes in vacancy by neighborhood from 2000 to 2010. The green dots indicate the positive effect of decrease in vacancy while the red dots show increase from 2000 to 2010. The top five neighborhoods with the greatest percentage decrease in vacancy are Bluff (-58.1%), Terrace Village (-49.1%), Middle Hill (-43%), Larimer (-41.7%) and East Hills (-38.9%). This might mean that these communities are growing; they probably have new development happening in the neighborhood and possible population influx. From the above neighborhoods, Terrace Village has one community organization, Middle Hill, Larimer and East Hills have two community organizations each and Bluff has none. On the contrary the neighborhoods dealing with greater issues of vacancy in 2010 than they did in 2000 are Northview Heights (94.8%), Sheraden (81.8%), Crafton Heights (68.4%), Beechview (66.1%) and Knoxville (56.6%). This increase in vacancy shows possible abandonment and population movement. These communities have a greater number of community organizations; with Crawford Heights having 7, Beechview and Knoxville three each and Northview Heights and Sheraden having one each. 10

Figure 5 - Percentage Change in Unemployment by neighborhood from 2000 to 2010. (Green shows decrease in unemployment, while red shows increase of unemployment)

From the map above we can see the percentage changes in unemployment by neighborhood from 2000 to 2010. The green dots indicate an encouraging decrease in unemployment while the red dots show a discouraging increase from 2000 to 2010. The top five neighborhoods with the greatest percentage decrease in unemployment are: MarshallShadeland (-59.6%), Bedford Dwellings (-50.1%), Fineview (-47.1%), Polish Hill (-46.5%) and Larimer (-46.1%). This might mean that the residents in these neighborhoods are advancing or that there might be new residents coming in that are currently on the work force. From these communities, Bedford Dwellings has the largest number of community organizations (7) with Marshall Shadeland having the second largest (3). On the contrary the neighborhoods dealing with greater issues of unemployment in 2010 than they did in 2000 are Strip District (113.8%), Terrace Village (46.9%), Bluff (14.5%) and Point Breeze (9.5%). This increase of unemployment in these neighborhoods might indicate shifts in population, businesses and job opportunities in or around the neighborhood. From the neighborhoods with largest unemployment increase, Point Breeze that had a comparative lower unemployment decrease has also the largest number of community organizations (4), while Strip District has only two. 11

Neighborhood Comparison

To better comprehend changes in development, we will compare the changes in vacancy and unemployment from 2000 to 2010 between two neighborhoods with high risk of poverty and vacancy that had different number of community organizations in place.

Homewood

Middle Hill

Figure 6 - Comparison of Low-Income Neighborhood Index between neighborhoods with 5 or more community organizations (left) to neighborhoods with less than five community organizations (right)

For this comparison two neighborhoods were selected: Homewood and Middle Hill. From the maps above we can see that Homewood is a neighborhood ranked highly on the poverty and vacancy index and has a great number of community organizations (10). On the other hand Middle Hill is ranked equally high on the index and has less than five community organizations (2).

Figure 7 - Comparison of percentage change in unemployment (left) and vacancy (right) over the last decade (2000-2010) between Homewood and Middle Hill (Data Source: US Census Bureau) 12

From the above charts we can see that Homewood had a greater decrease in unemployment (-31.7%) compared to Middle Hill (-15.5%). However, as far as vacancy is concerned, Homewood appears to have a slight increase (6.3%), while Middle Hill seems to be improving with an a great decrease in vacancy (-43%). In order to better understand the possible effects of community organizations to these changes over time, a more in depth analysis needs to be realized that will include also projects realized over the last decade and involvement of residents in certain planning initiatives.

LIMITATIONS This work is limited to available data and demographic information provided by the US Census Bureau and the Department of City Planning of Pittsburgh. Significant information not currently available that could enhance this project is the founding year of the community organizations in order to better understand their influence to the neighborhoodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; development. Information about certain planning projects and milestones realized in the respective neighborhoods would be also valuable. Finally, the second part of the project does not take into consideration intercity population movements and changes.

CONCLUSION & FUTURE WORK This project analyzed the relation between the poverty and vacancy levels in Pittsburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neighborhood and the civic activity of its residents through community organizations. There seems to be a trend of concentration of such organizations in neighborhoods of low and middle income with higher risk of poverty and vacancy. That can be explained by the fact that such organizations act both as actuators of urban transformation and as advocacy groups for equitable community development. There also seems to be some relationship between the presence of such organizations and the change in vacancy from 2000 to 2010. Neighborhoods with great increase in vacancy over the last decade seem to have a larger number of organizations compared to the ones that vacancy has dropped since 2000. That might mean that the stated increase in vacancy has led to the creation and aggregation of such organizations in the area in order to address this issue. Vacancy frequently is one of the common important issues that communities are struggling with. This project could extend in the future by including more information and mapping relative to the ongoing development projects within the city over the past 10 years as well as information about the foundation of the community organizations. That will give the opportunity to examine if such organizations are affecting change or if they are the answer by communities to uprising issues such as vacancy and poverty. Finally it would be valuable to take into consideration population movements and flows within the city of Pittsburgh, to see if residents are abandoning certain neighborhoods where do they move to.

DATA SOURCES Neighborhoods Layer: PGH SNAP – Department of City Planning (http://www.pittsburghpa.gov/dcp/snap/raw_data) Rivers Layer: PASDA (http://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/SearchPage.aspx) Other Map Layers: US Census TIGER website (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/) CDCs List & Addresses: Pittsburgh Department of City Planning (kind contribution of Justin Miller) Single Mother Households by Block: American Community Survey (Selected Social Characteristics in US) (http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml) Income Levels by Tract: US Census Bureau (http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml) Employment Status by Tract: US Census Bureau (http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml) Vacant Properties by Tract: US Census Bureau (http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml) REFERENCES HUD. 2009. “Neighborhood Stabilization Program.” October 27. http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/nsp.html. Lantz PM, Pritchard A. 2010. “Socioeconomic Indicators That Matter for Population Health.” Prev Chronic Dis 7 (4): A74. Pandika, Melissa. 2014. “Public Space to Breathe.” OZY. Accessed April 22. http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/vacantlots-are-hazardous-to-your-health/30919.article. UNDESA. 2007. “Indicators of Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies, 3rd Edition”. Economic & Social Affairs Third Edition. New York. http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=400&nr=107&menu=920. Urban Institute. 2014. “Understanding Poverty.” http://www.urban.org/poverty/index.cfm.

APPENDIX | Work Process Log //Download Data 1. Download map layers for Allegheny county, city of Pittsburgh, census tracts and census blocks for Allegheny County from US Census TIGER website (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/) 2. Download Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods map layer from PGH SNAP – Department of City Planning (http://www.pittsburghpa.gov/dcp/snap/raw_data) 3. Download Allegheny County’s river map layer from PASDA (http://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/SearchPage.aspx) 4. Open http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml and download data for income levels, educational attainment and unemployment by Census tract for 2000 and 2010 for Allegheny County. 5. Download from http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml data for family presence by block for Allegheny County for 2010 and 2000. 6. Acquire detailed list of community organizations in Pittsburgh by Justin Miller from the Department of City Planning of Pittsburgh //Build geodatabase and ArcMap Document 1. Clean community organization data and address list. Classify organizations by type. 2. Import all data tables and shapefiles in the geodatabase. 3. Change the layer projection to State Plane NAD 1983 Pennsylvania South (feet) 4. Geolocate by address (with 5-digit ZIP) all organizations. Match manually all the unmatched data (apart from PO boxes) 5. Create a map layer (GeocodedCDCs) with the geocoded organizations by type: Social Support Organizations, Business Organizations, Development Organizations, Neighborhood and Spatial Advancement Organizations, Leasure and Athletic and Other Organizations. 6. Join the geolocated organizations’ points to the initial table to have full information of the organization 7. Create a new field (UNION) at the attribute table of the organizations as an assisting code in order to dissolve neighborhoods that are separated in North – South – Center etc (for example Oakland, Lawrenceville and Squirrel Hill). Dissolve the neighborhoods base on the new field “UNION” and create new feature (NeighborhoodsCombined) 8. Create a cloropleth map by joining spatially the “NeighborhoodsCombine” feature to the points of the geocoded organizations. Symbolize neighborhoods by using the field “Count” and create break points of 0, 1, 2, 3-4 and more than 5 organizations. //Create the 2010 Poverty Index 1. Use the data from Factfinder with the Single Mothers in Allegheny County by block for 2010 and the blocks. Clean and convert data to numbers. 15

2. Use the data from Factfinder for Unemployment, Education Attainment, % of People with Below Poverty Income and Vacancies by Census Tract for 2010. 3. Input the blocks and tracts of 2010 shapefiles (TIGER) in GIS and create two new fields for each one of them which calculate the X and Y coordinates in feet for the NAD 1983 State Plane South PA coordinates. Export the attributes tables for both. 4. Join the data and the attribute tables with the centroid coordinates. Map the xy coordinates 5. Create new fields for the z-scores for each one of the following data: Single Mother Households, Unemployment, Educational Attainment, People below Poverty Income and Vacancy. 6. Create a new toolbox named “Poverty Index” in the geodatabase and build a new model. Set up the model to create a Kernel Density for each of the five above variables. Create a weighted sum of the four variables with an equal weight (0.20) and calculate statistics. Add to display the PovertyIndex_STAT. Classify by the Standard Deviation method with ¼ Standard Deviations.

//Create the Change in Unemployment and Vacancy Maps (2000-2010) 1. Join the 2010 census tracts datasets with the 2000 data and combine them all to a table called CHANGE_SECONDPART. Create two new fields, one for the per cent change of unemployment from 2000 to 2010 [ (unemployment 2010 – unemployment 2000) x 100 / unemployment2000 ]% and one for the percent change of vacancy from 2000 to 2010 [ (vacancy 2010 – vacancy2000) x 100 / vacancy2000 ]% . Display XY data in order to create the “ChangebyTract” feature which has the points for each tract with the necessary change datasets. 2. Spatially join the combined neighborhoods polygon feature to the “ChangebyTract” feature by creating averages of the changes by neighborhood. Export its attribute table to the geodatabase and import it again to the map. Display again XY data to create a centroid map with the changes by neighborhood. 3. Create a graduated symbol map for change in vacancy by neighborhood (ChangebyNeighborhood_Vacancy) using the “Avg_VACHAN” field. Manually insert breaks of -25%, -20%, -5%, 0%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 40%, 55%, 70%, 16

94.8%. Use green for the reduction of vacancy from 2000 to 2010 as it is considered to be a positive change for a community and red for the increase of vacancy. Use graduated symbols that are larger to the maximum and minimum of the distribution and smaller towards the center to symbolize greater and smaller change. 4. Create a graduated symbol map for change in unemployment by neighborhood (ChangebyNeighborhood_Unemployment) using the “Avg_UNCHAN” field. Manually insert breaks of -30%, -25%, -20%, -15%, -10%, -5%, 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 113.8%. Use green for the reduction of unemployment from 2000 to 2010 as it is considered to be a positive change for a community and red for the increase of unemployment. Use graduated symbols that are larger to the maximum and minimum of the distribution and smaller towards the center to symbolize greater and smaller change. 5. Select by attribute from the “ChangebyNeighborhood_Unemployment” feature the two neighborhoods: Middle Hill and Homewood. Create a new layer from the selected features called “MiddleHill_Homewood_Comparison. 6. Select View > Create Graph and create two comparison graphs; one for the field “Avg_VACHAN” to show the differences between vacancy change and one for the field “Avg_UNCHAN” to show the differences between unemployment. Export the graphs to the Documentation folder. 7. Create proper layouts for the maps with legends, source information and scales. Export maps as images to the Documentation folder. 8. Insert images and graphs to the report.

APPENDIX | List of Community Organizations (Source City of Pittsburgh) NO

ORGANIZATION

TYPE

ADDRESS

City

Sta te

845 Marshall Avenue

Pittsburgh

15214

Northside

ZIP

Neighborhood

Riverview Park Alliance

Spring Garden, Deutchtown Area Business Association

Business

PO Box 400266

Pittsburgh

15212

Spring Garden

Spring Garden Neighborhood Council

Beautification

1114 Spring Garden Ave

Pittsburgh

15212

Spring Garden

Deutschtown Neighborhood Council

CDC

900 Constance St.

Pittsburgh

15212

The 23rd Ward Community Organization

CDC

900 Constance Street

Pittsburgh

15212

City-View Civic Organization

224 Lamar Street

Pittsburgh

15214

Spring Hill

Spring Hill Civic League

1214 Yetta Avenue

Pittsburgh

15212

Spring Hill

Springview Athletic Association

Athletic

1131 Haslage St.

Pittsburgh

15212

Springview

Troy Hill Board of Trade

Business

1610 Lowrie Street

Pittsburgh

15212

Troy Hill

Troy Hill Citizens Inc.

CDC

1619 Lowrie Street

Pittsburgh

15212

Troy Hill

Brighton Heights Citizens Federation

P.O. Box 99696

Pittsburgh

15233

Brighton Heights

North Side Public Safety Council

Safety

P.O. Box 99296

Pittsburgh

15233

Brighton Heights

Brightwood Civic Group

CDC

3127 Brighton Road

Pittsburgh

15212

Marshall-Shadeland

Marshall/Brighton Block Watch

Safety

1205 Marshall Avenue

Pittsburgh

15212

Marshall-Shadeland

Oakhill Street Crimewatch

Safety

1360 Oakhill Street

Pittsburgh

15212

Marshall-Shadeland

Observatory Hill Inc

P.O. Box 7651

Pittsburgh

15214

Observatory Hill

Observatory Hill Merchants Association

3888 East Street

Pittsburgh

15214

Observatory Hill

Friends of Ivory Avenue

4458 Cherryland

Pittsburgh

15214

Observatory Hill

Perry Hilltop Citizens Council

Pittsburgh Project

2801 N Charles Street

Pittsburgh

15214

Perry South

Charles Street Area Council

2612 Kenn Street

Pittsburgh

15214

Perry South

Allegheny Center Associates

Allegheny Center Mall 1 Allegheny Center

Pittsburgh

15212

Allegheny Center

Allegheny West Civic Council

CDC

812 Western Ave

Pittsburgh

15233

Allegheny West

c/o True Restaurant 832 Western Avenue

Pittsburgh

15233

Allegheny West

Business

CDC

Spring Garden / Deutschtown Spring Garden / Deutschtown/Troy Hill/Herrs Island

Perry South

Allegheny West Merchants Association

Business

California-Kirkbride Block Watch

Safety

California-Kirkbride Neighbors

CDC

P.O. Box 100155

Pittsburgh

15233

California-Kirkbride

Northside Coalition for Fair Housing

Housing

P.O. Box 100011

Pittsburgh

15233

California-Kirkbride

Central Northside Neighborhood Council

CDC

1310 Arch Street

Pittsburgh

15212

Central Northside

Mexican War Streets Society

1200 Resaca Place

Pittsburgh

15212

Central Northside

East Allegheny Community Council

CDC

415 East Ohio Street

Pittsburgh

15212

East Allegheny

Fineview Citizens Council

CDC

P.O. Box 6600

Pittsburgh

15212

Fineview

Manchester Citizens Corporation

CDC

1319 Allegheny Avenue

Pittsburgh

15233

Manchester

Manchester Historic Society Inc.

Preservation

P.O. Box 99216

Pittsburgh

15233

Manchester

Northside Leadership Conference

Other

4 Allegheny Center

Pittsburgh

15212

Northside

Riverside Center for Innovation

Other

700 River Avenue

Pittsburgh

15212

Northside

Northside Rotary Club

Social Service

Young Men and Women's African Heritage Association

Preservation

1205 Boyle St.

Pittsburgh

15212

Northside

Mexican War Streets Society

P.O. Box 6588

Pittsburgh

15212

Northside

Northside Chamber of Commerce

Business

809 Middle St.

Pittsburgh

15212

Northside

Windgap/Chartiers Athletic Association

Athletic

1509 Summerdale Street

Pittsburgh

15204

Chartiers City

California-Kirkbride

Northside

Crafton Heights Citizens Council

CDC

East Carnegie Community Council

CDC

218 Alter St.

Pittsburgh

15106

East Carnegie

Esplen Citizens Council

CDC

227 Radcliffe Street

Pittsburgh

15204

Esplen

Fairywood Citizens Council

CDC

406 West Prospect Ave

Pittsburgh

15205

Fairywood

Sheraden Community Council

CDC

542 Sherwood Avenue

Pittsburgh

15204

Sheraden

South End Active Democrats

Political

116 Augusta Street

Pittsburgh

15211

South Pittsburgh

CDC

37 Wabash Avenue

Pittsburgh

15220

West End/Elliott

Safety

1429 Westfield Street

Pittsburgh

15216

South/West End Neighborhoods

47 48

West Pittsburgh Partnership for Regional Development Zone 3 West Public Safety Citizens Council

Crafton Heights

West End-Elliott Citizens Council

CDC

922 Chartiers Ave.

Pittsburgh

15220

West End/Elliott

Banksville Civic Association

CDC

2280 Allender Ave.

Pittsburgh

15220

Banksville

Blitz on Banksville Beautification

Beautification

1103 Cochran Rd

Pittsburgh

15243

Banksville

Beechview Area Concerned Citizens

Other

1812 Broadway Avenue

Pittsburgh

15216

Beechview

Beechview Community Council

CDC

2321 Palm Beach Ave

Pittsburgh

15216

Beechview

Beechview Merchants Association

Business

P.O. Box 8052

Pittsburgh

15216

Beechview

Brookline Area Community Council

CDC

1938 Pioneer Avenue

Pittsburgh

15226

Brookline

Brookline Block Watch

Safety

P.O. Box 9606

Pittsburgh

15226

Brookline

Brookline Chamber of Commerce

Business

1797 N. Highland Rd

Pittsburgh

15214

Brookline

Moore City Greenway Task Force

Beautification

1211 Creedmore Avenue

Pittsburgh

15226

Brookline

South Pittsburgh Development Corp

CDC

1797 N. Highland Rd

Pittsburgh

15214

Brookline

29th Ward/Carrick Block Watch

Safety

145 Linnview Avenue

Pittsburgh

15210

Carrick

Carrick Business Association

Business

3021 Brownsville Road

Pittsburgh

15210

Carrick

Carrick Community Council

CDC

P. O. Box 5901

Pittsburgh

15210

Carrick

Fairhaven Greenway Task Force

Beautification

2512 Homehurst Avenue

Pittsburgh

15234

Overbrook

Overbrook Community Council

CDC

151 Odette St.

Pittsburgh

15227

Overbrook

The Women's Club of Overbrook

Other

2518 Spinneweber Street

Pittsburgh

15227

Overbrook

Allentown Business Association

Business

355 Bailey Avenue

Pittsburgh

15211

Allentown

Allentown Civic Association

Civic

842 Industry St.

Pittsburgh

15210

Allentown

Allentown Community Development Corporation

CDC

813 East Warrington Ave

Pittsburgh

15210

Allentown

Beltzhoover Citizens CDC

CDC

516 Michigan Street

Pittsburgh

15210

Beltzhoover

Beltzhoover Neighborhood Council

Civic

407 Gearing Avenue

Pittsburgh

15210

Beltzhoover

Greater Beltzhoover Inter-Agency Network

Other

922 Taft Ave.

Pittsburgh

15210

Beltzhoover

One Small Step

Other

922 Taft Ave.

Pittsburgh

15210

Beltzhoover

Bon Air Civic Association

Civic

30th Ward./Knoxville Block Watch

Safety

448 Arabella Street

Pittsburgh

15210

Knoxville

United Citizens Awareness Network

Civic

410 Arabella Street

Pittsburgh

15210

Knoxville

Upper Knoxville Block Watch, Inc.

Safety

223 Orchard Place

Pittsburgh

15210

Knoxville

CDC

301 Shiloh Street

Pittsburgh

15211

Mt. Washington

Safety

225 Cairo Street

Pittsburgh

15211

Mt. Washington, Duquesne Heights

77 78

Mt. Washington Community Development Corp. Mt. Washington/Duquesne Heights United Block Watch

Bon Air

Arlington Business Association

Business

2303 Salisbury Street

Pittsburgh

15210

Arlington

Arlington Civic Council

Civic

2201 Salisbury Street

Pittsburgh

15210

Arlington

Mt. Oliver City/St. Clair Border Block Watch

Safety

South Side Chamber of Commerce

Business

P.O. Box 42380

Pittsburgh

15203

South Side

South Side Local Development Co.

CDC

50 South 14th St.

Pittsburgh

15203

South Side

Mt. Oliver City

Hilltop Lions Club

Other

1900 Whited Street

Pittsburgh

15210

South Side Slopes

South Side Planning Forum

CDC

c/o Brashear Association 20th & Sarah Streets

Pittsburgh

15203

South Side Flats and Slopes

South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association

Civic

31st Ward Citizens Council

Civic

4536 Mapledale St.

Pittsburgh

15210

31st Ward Community Action Group

Civic

5121 Interboro Ave

Pittsburgh

15210

31st Ward Citizens Council - New Homestead

Civic

4370 AA Darhill Ave.

Pittsburgh

15210

Glen Hazel Citizens Association

Civic

4835 Second Avenue

Pittsburgh

15207

Glen Hazel

Glen Hazel Resident Management Corporation

CDC

895 Johnston Avenue

Pittsburgh

15207

Glen Hazel

Greenfield Organization Inc.

Civic

430 Greenfield Avenue

Pittsburgh

15207

Greenfield

Gertrude Street Block Club

Safety

5311 Gertrude Street

Pittsburgh

15207

Hazelwood

Greater Hazelwood Development Inc.

CDC

4804 Second Ave.

Pittsburgh

15207

Hazelwood

Hazelwood Initiative, Inc.

CDC

5344 Second Avenue

Pittsburgh

15207

Hazelwood

Park Place Association

Civic

7720 Abbott Street

Pittsburgh

15221

S. Point Breeze Organization

Safety

310 Leroy Rd.

Pittsburgh

15208

Regent Square Civic Association

CDC

7604 Charleston Avenue

Pittsburgh

15218

Squirrel Hill Business & Professional Assoc. Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition

Business

P.O. Box 81001

Pittsburgh

CDC

5604 Solway Street

Pittsburgh

Swisshelm Park Community Group

Civic

314 Raymond Street

Pittsburgh

15218

2nd East Hills Residence Council

Civic

2218 Wilner Drive

Pittsburgh

15221

Chuck Cooper Youth Development Association Black Contractors Association

CDC

2047 Frankella Street Pittsburgh, PA 15221 7249 Frankstown Ave

Pittsburgh

Career & Workforfce Development Center Community Empowerment Association

Education/Empo werment Education/Empo werment CDC

7135 Fleury Way

Pittsburgh

Homewood Brushton Athletic Association Homewood Brushton Collaborative

Athletic

7045 HeADitage Street

Pittsburgh

Civic

7143 Fleury Way

Pittsburgh

Homewood Brushton Roundtable

Civic

7810 Tioga Street

Pittsburgh

Homewood-Brushton Community Improvement Assn. Homewood-Brushton Comprehensive Community Organization Homewood-Brushton Revitalization & Development Corp. Operation Better Block

Beautification

7323 Frankstown Ave

Pittsburgh

Beautification

801 N. Homewood Ave

Pittsburgh

Rosedale Block Cluster

CDC

7810 Tioga Street

Pittsburgh

East Liberty Concerned Citizens Corp.

Civic

145 Meadow Street

Pittsburgh

Lincoln/Lemington/Larimar/Belmar Citizens R&D

CDC

6508 Frankstown Ave Pittsburgh

North Point Breeze Planning & Development Bloomfield Business Association

CDC

96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117

East Side Community Collaborative

Other

Civic CDC

South Side Slopes

400 N. Lexington Avenue bldg. 500 7140 Bennett Street

7321 Monticello 805 N. Homewood Ave

119 120 121 122 123

Business

Baum Centre Initiative

CDC

Bloomfield Development Corporation

CDC

103 Daly Building 366 Gross Street

Pittsburgh

Point Breeze Point Breeze Regent Square Squirrel Hill

15217 15217

Squirrel Hill Swisshelm Park East Hills East Hills

15221 15208

Homewood Homewood

15208 Homewood 15208 15208

Homewood Homewood

15208 15208 15208

Homewood Homewood Homewood

15208 Homewood 15208 Homewood 15208 15208 15208 15206 15206

118

Hays, New Homestead, Lincoln Place Hays, New Homestead, Lincoln Place Hays, New Homestead, Lincoln Place

Homewood Homewood Lincoln, Larimer Lincoln, Larimer,Lemington, Belmar North Point Breeze Bloomfield

15224 Bloomfield

Bloomfield Citizens Council

Civic

103 Daly Building 366 Gross Street P.O.Box 90105

Bloomfield Preservation and Heritage Society

Preservation

260 Edmond Street

Pittsburgh

Bloomfield 15224 15224

Bloomfield Bloomfield

15224

124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137

Lower Bloomfield Unity Council

343 Cedarville Street

East End Neighborhood Forum

Education/Empo werment CDC

Zone 5 Public Safety Citizens Council

Safety

4638 Friendship Avenue

5100 Penn Ave

Community Council of East Liberty

Civic

316 N. Euclid Avenue

East End Cooperative Ministry

Social Service

250 N. Highland Avenue

East Liberty Development Inc.

CDC

6101 Penn Ave

East Liberty Quarter Chamber of Commerce Mellon's Orchard Neighborhood Association Friendship Development Associates

Business

5907 Penn Avenue

Friendship Preservation Group

Preservation

Penn Avenue Arts Initiative

Arts

Beautification CDC

5709 Rippey Street 5530 Penn Avenue

Pittsburgh

Bloomfield 15224 15224 15224 15206 15206 15206

East End East End Neighborhoods East Liberty East Liberty East Liberty East Liberty

15206 East Liberty 15206 15206

Friendship Friendship

5530 Penn Avenue

Bloomfield Garfield Corporation

CDC

5149 Penn Avenue

Garfield Jubilee Association

CDC

5138 Penn Avenue

Resources Available for Parenting

Other

3611 Penn Avenue

Pittsburgh

15206 15224 15224 15201

Friendship, Garfield, Bloomfield Garfield Garfield Garfield/Bloomfield/La wrenceville Highland Park

Highland Park Community Council

Civic

Highland Park Community Development Corporation Mellon Street Neighbors

CDC

Larimer Consensus Group

Civic/Advocacy

Kinglsey Association

Civic

6435 Frankstown Blvd

Morningside Area Community Council

Civic

P.O. Box 40313

Morewood Shadyside Civic Association

Civic

306 Fourth Avenue

Shadyside Action Coalition

Civic

P.O. Box 10149

Shadyside Chamber of Commerce

Business

815 Copeland Street

South Highland Merchants Association

Business

246 S. Highland Ave

Arsenal Board of Trade

Business

253 Fisk Street

Lawrenceville Block Watch Network

Safety

Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville Planning Team

CDC

Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville Corporation

CDC

3445 Butler Street

Lawrenceville United

4825 Butler Street

Penn Liberty Association

Civic/Beautificati on Other

154

10th Ward Block Watch

Safety

155

Polish Hill Civic Association

Civic

Stanton Heights Community & Block Watch Organization Stanton Heights Neighborhood Association Neighbors in the Strip

Safety

1199 Oranmore Street

CDC

1212 Smallman Street

Bellefield Area Citizens Association

Civic

4638 Centre Avenue

Breachmenders Ministries

Civic/Advocacy

200 Robinson Street

Oakcliffe Housing Club

Housing

67 Lawn Street

Oakland Business Improvement District

Business

235 Atwood Street

Oakland Community Council

Civic

Oakland Planning & Development Corporation Oakland Transportation Management Association Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

CDC

138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153

156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166

Civic

PO Box 4866 922 Mellon St.

Highland Park 15206 15206

Larimer Pittsburgh

15206

Pittsburgh

15201

Pittsburgh

15222

Pittsburgh

4825 Butler Street

Pittsburgh

3060 Brereton Street

Pittsburgh

601 Penn Ave

15232 15232 15206 15201

15201

Beautification

Larimer Morningside Shadyside Shadyside Shadyside Shadyside Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville Lawrenceville

15201 15222 15201 15219

Lawrenceville Lawrenceville Polish Hill Stanton Heights

15201

Civic

Transportation

Highland Park

Stanton Heights Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

15222 15213 15213 15213 15213

Strip District Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland

235 Atwood Street 3525 Forbes Avenue 2000 Technology Drive

Pittsburgh

Oakland 15213 Oakland 15260 15219

Oakland

167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180

Oakland Task Force Zone 6 Public Safety Citizens Council

Employment/Em powerment Safety

710 Alumni Hall 311 S. Craig Street

Addison Terrace Resident Council

Civic

2004 Grove St.

Bedford Dwellings Resident Council

Civic

883 Whiteside Road

Dinwiddie Community Alliance/Block Watch Hill Community Development Corporation Hill District Consensus Group

Safety

420 Dinwiddie Street

Civic

1835 Centre Ave.

Hill House Association

Housing

1835 Centre Ave.

Hill House Association Concensus Group Pittsburgh Community Services, Inc.

Housing

186 Devilliers St.

Empowerment

1835 Centre Ave.

Schenley Heights Collaborative

Civic

913 Bryn Mawr Rd

Schenley Heights Community Development Program Schenley Heights United

CDC

920 Clarissa Street

Other

3421 Iowa Street

Shawnee Block Watch

Safety

911 Shawnee Street

The Kaufmann Group

1835 Centre Ave.

CDC

2015-17 Centre Avenue

Oakland

Pittsburgh

15219

Pittsburgh

15219

Pittsburgh

15260 15213 15219 15219

Southern East End Neighborhoods Addison Terrace Bedford Dwellings Hill District

15219 Hill District 15219 15219 15219

Hill District Hill District Hill District

15219 15219 15219

Hill District Hill District Hill District

15219 Hill District Hill District

182

One Hill CBA Coalition

Education/Empo werment Advocacy

183

Crawford Square Block Watch

Safety

Hill District

Uptown Partners of Pittsburgh

CDC

Uptown

A.A. Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania Downtown Neighborhood Association

Business Advocacy

320 Ft Duquesne Blvd

Market Square Association

Business

24 Market Square

Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce

Business

425 Sixth Ave

Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership

CDC

925 Liberty Avenue

Zone 3 Public Safety Citizens Council

Safety

Zone 2 Public Safety Citizens Council

Safety

727 Fisher St. Pittsburgh, PA 15210 307 Hadar Street

181

184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206

Hill House

Hill District

425 Sixth Ave.

South Side Business Alliance

Business

50 South 14th St

Community Design Center of Pittsburgh (CDCP) Community Technical Assistance Center (CTAC) Housing Alliance of PA

Other

945 Liberty Avenue

Housing

5877 Commerce Street

Pittsburgh Young Professionals

Employment/Em powerment Beautification

PO Box 23127

Just Harvest Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group Homeless Children's Education Fund

Other

901 Western Avenue

16 Terminal Way 1901 Centre Avenue

Education/Empo werment

2100 Smallman

Neighborhood Housing Services

355 Fifth Avenue

Pgh Community Reinvestment Group

1901-15 Centre Avenue

Pennsylvania Organization for Women Entering Recovery Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) Western Pa Conservancy

Empowerment Arts

Hill District 15219

7501 Penn Avenue 707 Penn Ave 1 North Linden 5604 Solway Street 209 Fourth Avenue

Pittsburgh

15219 15222 15222 15219 15219

Central Business District Central Business District Central Business District Central Business District Central Business District South Pittsburgh

15210 15219 15203

Central Pgh Neighborhoods South Side Citywide

15222 Citywide 15233 15206

Citywide Citywide

15222 15219

Citywide Citywide

15219 Citywide 15222 15222 15219

Citywide Citywide Citywide

15208 15222

Citywide Citywide

15110 Citywide 15217 15222

Citywide