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Jan 2, 20245 min read
Planting trees so others can have shade
How the Gladstone School redevelopment started, and why Hazelwood Initiative became focused on affordable housing A first-person essay by...
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Jan 2, 20243 min read
CMU starts building Hazelwood Green robotics center; Steelers announce sports complex | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez, managing editor The Pittsburgh Steelers and a bunch of robots are coming to Hazelwood in 2025. Carnegie Mellon...
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Jan 2, 20243 min read
Second Ave. Rite Aid closes | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez, managing editor Photo 1: Staff of the Second Avenue Rite Aid on Dec. 4, from left: Pete Turrill (certified pharmacy...
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Dec 1, 20236 min read
Hazelwood Green workforce efforts must clear roadblocks to living-wage careers | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez, managing editor Indea Brimage always saw herself working in a medical setting. “Every time I go to the emergency room...
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Nov 1, 20233 min read
Hopes are high for Second Ave. cooperative grocery store | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez The team working on developing a grocery store on the 4800 block of Second Avenue in Hazelwood has expanded to include...
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Nov 1, 20234 min read
Got overheated urban areas? Plant trees | The Homepage
By Betul Tuncer If you walked the streets of Pittsburgh in early October, you may have sweated a bit. While climate change has raised...
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Oct 1, 20234 min read
New affordable homes to be built on Flowers Ave. | The Homepage
Also: Why clean rivers mean thriving communities By Juliet Martinez The Sept. 12 community meeting was well attended online and in...
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Sep 29, 20234 min read
Equity One-Stop Shop affordable rental unit for ‘marginalized and disenfranchised’ | The Homepage
By James Paul Deep in Hazelwood, a sleepy house came alive on Sept. 14. Music floated into the long-abandoned halls and children...
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Sep 1, 20234 min read
What makes a co-op a co-op? Cooperative principles for a democratic economy | The Homepage
By Jeff Jaeger and Ron Gaydos Editor’s note: Regular readers of The Homepage may know that a coalition of Hazelwood community groups is...
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Jul 31, 20232 min read
Stay safe and cool on hot days | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez Coach James Cole looks out for his summer day campers in the hot weather as a matter of course. “If it’s too hot, we...
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Jul 1, 20232 min read
Behind the scenes at Hazelwood Initiative | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez We have a lot of important news in this Homepage issue, like an update on the Equity One-Stop Shop Resource Center...
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Jul 1, 20234 min read
Community meeting: CMU, Pitt planning ultra-high-tech facilities for Hazelwood Green | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez The well-attended June 13 hybrid community meeting introduced dazzling prospects of a technological future on...
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Jul 1, 20231 min read
Hazelwood native creates short film series around self-help themes | The Homepage
By Juliet Martinez Filmmaker Jibril Washington’s new short film collection explores personal growth through the stories of three...
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Jun 1, 20233 min read
Grief Bowls project finds beauty, healing in cracks and broken pieces | The Homepage
By Michael Machosky A bowl without a bottom is, well, a bit strange. But for Lisa Riehl -- painting shards of a broken ceramic bowl at...
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May 31, 20232 min read
Download the Hazelwood Initiative Affordable Housing Resource Guide here!
Affordable housing and Hazelwood's next chapter By Dave Brewton In some ways, Hazelwood's story is a lot like the stories of other Rust...
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May 1, 20232 min read
A profile of Andrea Coleman | The Homepage
By Ronald B. Saunders In March, the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie branch of the Association for the study of African American Life and History...
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May 1, 20233 min read
Luncheon honors crime victims and comforts surviving family members | The Homepage
By Juanita Godfrey It is His will that every need be supplied You are important to me I need you to survive * On April 1, the Monongahela...
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May 1, 20235 min read
Hazelwood nursery brings native plants to modern gardens | The Homepage
Crystal Armagost Volchko is on a mission to help create a patchwork of native habitat for bees, butterflies and birds in Pittsburgh yards.
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Feb 2, 20232 min read
Growing into our new home | The Homepage
By Laura Gyre Hello from Three Rivers Village School! On the day I’m writing this update, the TRVS community is also celebrating an...
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Feb 2, 20234 min read
Greenfield and Greater Hazelwood pushed for safer streets in 2022 | The Homepage
By Junction Coalition Greenfield and Hazelwood residents made progress toward safety improvements in their neighborhoods last year, but...
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