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2.24.20

City of Pittsburgh and Government Partners Launch Buying Plan for Businesses

PITTSBURGH, PA (February 24, 2020) The City of Pittsburgh Office of Management and Budget has released its inaugural Buying Plan that provides businesses with a list of contracting projects and opportunities for bid for the next four quarters to enhance accessibility to bid on government contracts.

The Buying Plan includes lists from the City of Pittsburgh, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Parking Authority, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, Sports and Exhibition Authority and the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

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2.20.20

City Celebrates First Affordable For-Sale Residential New Markets Tax Credit Project

U.S. Bank donates $15,000 to Open Hand Ministries for its Circles® program, which prepares families for homeownership.

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2.12.20

URA Board Considering Projects in Homewood, Beechview, Lincoln Place and Downtown

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2.11.20

2.24.20

Urban Redevelopment Authority Board Set to Vote on Lead Service Line Replacement, Land Bank and Affordable Housing Initiatives Today

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1.10.17

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February 2020

URA Newsletter

City of Pittsburgh and Government Partners Launch Buying Plan for Businesses

City Celebrates First Affordable For-Sale Residential New Markets Tax Credit Project

URA Board Considering Projects in Homewood, Beechview, Lincoln Place and Downtown

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URA to Host Connections: A Black History Month Networking Event

URA Supporting Affordable Housing in Homewood and Garfield/Friendship

URA Board to Vote on Advancing Six Redevelopment Projects on Centre Avenue in Hill District

Get to Know: Pierce Robinson

La Marie Brow Club Gets a Makeover

Green Grocer Launches New Hill District Location at the Old Shop ‘n Save

URA Announces Neighborhood Initiatives Fund Projects Ready to Move Forward

Out and About in January 2020

Homewood Pedestrian Improvement Project Debuts

City of Pittsburgh and Government Partners Launch Buying Plan for Businesses

City Celebrates First Affordable For-Sale Residential New Markets Tax Credit Project

URA Board Considering Projects in Homewood, Beechview, Lincoln Place and Downtown

URA to Host Connections: A Black History Month Networking Event

URA Supporting Affordable Housing in Homewood and Garfield/Friendship

URA Board to Vote on Advancing Six Redevelopment Projects on Centre Avenue in Hill District

Green Grocer Launches New Hill District Location at the Old Shop ‘n Save

URA Announces Neighborhood Initiatives Fund Projects Ready to Move Forward

Homewood Pedestrian Improvement Project Debuts

Home Rehab Helps Resident Stay in Her Home

URA Board to Vote on Funding for North Side Affordable Housing and Hill District Art Gallery

URA Adopting Small Business Line of Credit Program

URA Board to Vote on Credit Building Program for Pittsburgh Small Businesses

URA Announces Meeting for Community Feedback on Future Centre Avenue Redevelopment

New Urban Redevelopment Authority Leadership Announced

New Public Art Project Installation At McKinley Park In Beltzhoover

Mayor Peduto, Councilman Lavelle and URA to Catalyze Investments in the Lower and Greater Hill District

URA Board to Vote on Preserving Affordable Housing in Highland Park and Homewood

Second Cohort Chosen for Catapult Business Incubation Program

URA Releases Request for Proposals for Former Carnegie Library in Hazelwood

Work to Begin on Forbes Avenue Sidewalk Extension and Streetscape Improvements

URA Program Invests $35 Million in 250 Small Businesses

City of Pittsburgh Receives State RACP Funding for Redevelopment Projects in Neighborhoods Citywide

Applications Open for PGH Lab Program Linking Startup Firms to Government

URA Releases Request for Proposals Along Second Avenue in Hazelwood

URA Releases Request For Qualifications for the Community-Informed Revitalization of Centre Avenue in the Hill District

URA Announces Pilot Program Making its Funding More Accessible and Visible for Community Projects

Five Pittsburgh Affordable Housing Developments Awarded Low-Income Tax Credits

New Locally-Based Public Art Project Planned for McKinley Park in Beltzhoover

Applications Being Accepted for Catapult Small Business Incubation Program

New Affordable Housing Proposals Go Before URA Board

Statement by Mayor William Peduto and URA Board on Leadership Changes

URA Board to Consider Several Affordable Housing Initiatives

City and URA Celebrate First-Time Homeowner with Help of HOF Funding

URA and a.m. Rodriguez Partner to Preserve Affordable Housing in South Side Flats

More Than 50 Affordable Housing Units Coming to East Liberty, Larimer and Garfield

Rubinstein Stepping Down as URA Executive Director

URA to Adopt Environmentally Friendly Clean Construction Guidelines

Micro Loan Program Assisting Minority and Women-Owned Businesses to be Extended

Park Construction Moving Forward at Liberty Green in East Liberty

New Affordable Housing Planned for East Liberty

Community-Driven Development in Uptown Seeking Proposals

URA to Boost City's One Step Program for Business Accessibility

Housing Opportunity Fund Recommends Funding for Hundreds of Affordable Housing Units

City of Pittsburgh Granted $2 Million to Rehab Blighted Structures and Develop Affordable Housing

East Carson Street Strategy Released by URA

Housing Opportunity Fund Supporting Affordable Housing Developments in Hill District and Squirrel Hill

Major Improvements Planned for Homewood Neighborhood Business District

City Welcomes Fourth Cohort of PGH Lab Program Supporting Local Startup Firms

Redevelopment Planned for Hill District Site

NEXT 3 Days is Now NEXTneighborhood and Will Celebrate Historic Homewood August 18-19

Summerset at Frick Park and Woods House Redevelopments Before URA Board Today

New Park with Green Infrastructure Planned for Larimer and East Liberty Neighborhoods

Mayor William Peduto Supports URA Micro Loan Program for Small Businesses

Urban Redevelopment Authority Invests $7 Million in Small Businesses Citywide

URA Receives Excellence in Economic Development Award For East Liberty Station Transit Oriented Development

URA Board to Advance Proposals on Land Bank, Affordable Housing, and Small Businesses

Urban Redevelopment Authority Board Set to Vote on Lead Service Line Replacement, Land Bank and Affordable Housing Initiatives Today

URA Announces Early Dissolution of Fulton Building TIF District and Expiration of Penn Liberty Plaza TIF District

Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives Awarded $50M in New Markets Tax Credits to Drive Economic Development

Etna makes a pitch for HGTV’s Home Town Takeover contest. Check out the video

Filmed in Pittsburgh, Netflix series ‘I Am Not Okay With This’ debuts Feb. 26