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Facebook Live with filmmaker Chris Ivey who has been documenting East Liberty for over a decade

March 12, 2018 Lindsay Leave a Comment

Facebook Live with filmmaker Chris Ivey who has been documenting East Liberty for over a decadeThe East Liberty Presbyterian Church tower (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Somewhere around 2005 or 2006 I was sitting in the Shadow Lounge a coffee shop, bar, event space that was located at the corner of Highland Avenue and Baum Boulevard. The space was most recently the Livermore and is currently undergoing an update and will be reopened by the folks who own Independent Brewing and Hidden Harbor. I can’t remember why I was there that evening, I think it was a week night. But I remember that Chris Ivey walked in and was eager to show off some of his most… Read the rest

Filed Under: Events, Neighborhoods Tagged With: Chris Ivey, East Liberty, Events, PublicSource

Voter engagement startup, Motivote coming to Pittsburgh to meet voters in the PA 18 district

March 2, 2018 Lindsay Leave a Comment

Voter engagement startup, Motivote coming to Pittsburgh to meet voters in the PA 18 districtI know the motivote team through the StartingBloc fellowship program. I participated in the StartingBloc fellowship and have helped to organize a few StartingBloc related events around Pittsburgh. If you are interested in social innovation, entrepreneurship and making the world a better place, please consider applying to StartingBloc. Please share this information with anyone who lives in the Pennsylvania 18th Congressional district.  The founders of motivote, a NYC startup which focused on voter engagement, will be in Western Pa this weekend and want to talk with voters.  They have planned several meetups in Greensburg and Carnegie at some great local businesses.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Civic Engagement, Startups Tagged With: civic engagement, motivote, voter engagement

Property Tax Savings in Allegheny County – Homestead/Farmstead (Act 50) Exclusion

February 28, 2018 Lindsay Leave a Comment

Property Tax Savings in Allegheny County – Homestead/Farmstead (Act 50) ExclusionToday, March 1st is the last day to submit your Act 50 Application to Allegheny County to be able to receive a deduction on the assessed value for your property tax in Allegheny County. How much can I save on annual property taxes in Allegheny County? $85.14 If the property is your primary residence, you can apply and see a reduction of $18,000 from the assessed value of your property. Here is the example from the Allegheny County Real Estate website: Example 1 (Without Exclusion): A property is assessed at $100,000. The property tax would be $473.00 year: Assessed Value… Read the rest

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Coming this Fall, a Transit-Tastic Event!

February 26, 2018 Ben Wonderful Leave a Comment

Coming this Fall, a Transit-Tastic Event!Are you a big sustainability nerd? Or are you looking for ways to improve transportation in your area? Well, then you’re going want to check out the Rail~Volution conference coming to Pittsburgh this fall. What’s Rail~Volution you might ask? It’s a non-profit organization that seeks to build more livable communities with transit. You know, like what’s happening in forward-thinking cities like Pittsburgh. The annual three-day conference, previously held in places like Denver, Portland, Dallas, Boston, and San Fran, features 80 sessions related to transit and livability. The event is for “people involved in urban planning, people who are involved in… Read the rest

Filed Under: Events, Green PGH, Non-Profits, Transportation Tagged With: 2018, buses, Conference, event, Port Authority Transit, Rail~Volution, sustainability, transit, transportation

Soup N’at: Eat Soup & Support Pittsburgh Artists

February 23, 2018 Lindsay Leave a Comment

Soup N’at: Eat Soup & Support Pittsburgh Artists[tl;dr: $10 gets you some soup from awesome Pittsburgh chefs and the $ goes to local artists.] Soup N’At is back! Great to see this event continue. Soup N’at is the Pittsburgh version of the Sunday Soup crowdfunding. Check out some of our past posts on Soup N’at here. How does Soup N’at work? Each guest donates $10 in cash at the door Guests eat soup donated by Pittsburgh restaurants, usually accompanied by delicious bread Local artists present their projects Each guest casts a vote for their favorite project. The winning project takes home all of the $ that was… Read the rest

Filed Under: Artists, Events, For a Good Cause Tagged With: artists, funding, Soup, soup n'at, sunday soup, Union Project

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