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2.28.25

Building Community: A Black History Month Spotlight with Lynnette Morris

The URA is celebrating our Black employees during Black History Month. These employee spotlights are a small way of showing our appreciation for the important work they’ve done for the URA, the City of Pittsburgh, and beyond.

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July 2021

Our final monthly URA newsletter

Building Community: A Black History Month Spotlight with Lynnette Morris

Building Community: A Black History Month Spotlight with Donita Thomas

Building Community: A Black History Month Spotlight with Breanna Benjamin

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PRESS RELEASES

Remediation and Demolition Work Starting in Homewood South

URA Announces a New Round of the Homeowner Assistance Program; Application Process Opens Tomorrow

Statement from the URA on the Closing of Salem’s Market Centre Avenue Location

Building Community: A Black History Month Spotlight with Marcus Robinson

Letsche School Apartments Unite Pittsburgh’s Past and Future

URA Joins Beacon Communities, Mayor Gainey and Partners to Celebrate the Groundbreaking of the First and Market Downtown Conversion

URA Board Approves Nearly $10.4 Million for Downtown Development

Mayor Ed Gainey and the Urban Redevelopment Authority Announce City of Pittsburgh Awarded a Total of $62.2 Million in RACP and LSA Funds

URA Joins Amani Christian CDC to Celebrate New Affordable Modular Housing in the Hill District

URA Announces a New Round of the Homeowner Assistance Program; Application Process Opens Tomorrow

URA Board Approves Nearly $10.4 Million for Downtown Development

Mayor Ed Gainey and the Urban Redevelopment Authority Announce City of Pittsburgh Awarded a Total of $62.2 Million in RACP and LSA Funds

Mayor Ed Gainey, Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato, and Business Community Celebrate Collective $600 Million Investment to Revitalize Downtown Pittsburgh

URA Set to Clean Up Multiple Blighted Properties in Homewood

Penn Circle Two-Way Conversion Project Completed

Mayor Ed Gainey and URA Release 2023 Housing Opportunity Fund Annual Report

Completion Nearing On Penn Circle Two-Way Conversion

URA Announces Retirement of Two Pittsburgh Tax Increment Financing Districts

URA Announces EPA Award for Swisshelm Park Solar Remediation Project

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Celebrates 100 Individuals and Families Supported in Purchasing Homes through OwnPGH

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Announces Funding for Multiple Downtown Conversion Projects

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Announces Affordable Housing Bond Spending Plan to Address City's Housing Challenges

Collaboration Fuels Culinary Innovation

Revitalizing Pittsburgh: Downtown LERTA Program Passes in Landmark Collaboration Among Pittsburgh School District, Allegheny County, and City of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh's First Ever Affordable Housing Bond Announced

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, City of Pittsburgh, and US Department of Housing and Urban Development Announce Grant Award, Commencement of Bedford Dwellings Redevelopment

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Names Damara Carter as Chief Financial Officer

Urban Redevelopment Authority Board Appoints Susheela Nemani-Stanger as Executive Director

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Announces Departure of Executive Director Greg Flisram

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Finalizes Financing for Chalfant Hall CCAC Project

URA Announces First URA Ventures Main Street Cohort

URA Announces Virtual September 2022 Regular Board Meeting

Urban Redevelopment Authority Announces Susheela Nemani-Stanger to Return as Deputy Executive Director

URA Set to Begin Final Phase of the Penn Circle Conversion Project

URA Announces Virtual August 2022 Regular Board Meeting

URA Awarded $3.5 Million in Funding for Fairywood Industrial Park Expansion

URA to Award Seven Neighborhood Initiatives Fund Grants

URA Requesting Additional Community Feedback on Future End Use of the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum

URA Announces Virtual July 2022 Regular Board Meeting

City of Pittsburgh Announces Legislation to Launch Pilot Program on Downtown Conversion

RIDC, URA Fairywood Site Gets Its First Tenant, Construction of New Warehouse to Begin

URA Announces Virtual June 2022 Regular Board Meeting

Statement from URA Chief Strategy Officer Tom Link on the Passing of Former Senator Jim Ferlo

URA Board of Directors Approves $1.37 Million Loan for the Expansion of Salem’s Market and Grill in the Hill District

URA to Invest $2.78+ Million in Affordable Housing Across Five City of Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

Mayor Ed Gainey Announces Pittsburgh Awarded $56.8 Million In RACP Funds

RIDC, URA to Enter Into Partnership Agreement to Develop 25-Acre Vacant Site in Fairywood

City, URA, Catapult Greater Pittsburgh, and PNC Foundation Celebrate Ribbon Cutting at Gallery on Centre in the Hill District

Urban Redevelopment Authority Announces Departure of Deputy Executive Director Dr. Diamonte Walker

URA Announces Neighborhood Initiatives Fund Program Round 4; Application Process Open

URA to Invest $2.5 million+ in New Construction and Rehabilitation of 144 Units of Affordable Housing in the Hazelwood, East Hills, and East Liberty Neighborhoods

URA Launching New Social Impact Pilot Programs to Encourage Minority Entrepreneurship and Business Expansion through Access to Risk Capital

URA Announces Virtual March 2022 Annual/Regular Board Meeting

URA Board to Vote on $800,000 in Funding for Stabilization of Senior Housing in the Hill District

URA Announces Virtual February 2022 Regular Board Meeting

Mayor Ed Gainey Announces Appointments for Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh

URA and Salem's Market and Grill Sign Lease Agreement for Centre Heldman Plaza Location

Pittsburgh Land Bank and PWSA Announce Agreement to Help Streamline Community Development on Blighted Properties

URA Forgives COVID-19 Related Small Business Loans with American Rescue Plan Act Funding

County Economic Development, URA Release Housing Market Value Analysis

City & URA Partner With Manchester Citizens Corporation & Millcraft Investments To Advance Esplanade Development

URA Announces Virtual December 2021 Regular Board Meeting

URA Board To Vote On Two Items To Further The Success Of Avenues Of Hope Initiative

URA Releases Two Opportunities for Affordable Rental Housing Development and Preservation

City Joins Big Tom's Groundbreaking, Bringing $1.94 Million of Investments for Barbershop, Affordable Housing and Community Revitalization Project on Hill District's Centre Avenue Business Corridor

Penguins, City and URA to Cut Ribbon on Seasonal Ice Rink at Hunt Armory

URA Announces Virtual November 2021 Regular Board Meeting

URA and Historic Deutschtown Development Corporation Select Two Partners for Redevelopment in East Ohio Street Business District

City of Pittsburgh and URA Thank Governor Wolf for Enterprise Zone Program Awards

URA Seeking Proposals for Purchase and Redevelopment of Historic Troy Hill Firehouse

City, HACP and URA Host Tour on Renovations at 412 Boulevard of the Allies and One-Stop-Shop for Resident Needs

Pittsburgh Awarded Three Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to Bring Over 112 Affordable Housing Units to Allentown, Fairywood and Hill District