New Sun Rising, in partnership with One Northside, gives Northside residents the opportunity to make a significant impact in their community through the One Northside Mini-Grant program. The program ignites resident-led community projects with up to $1,000 grants and the support of their Mini-Grant Street Team. Syreeta Gordon received a Mini-Grant and was able to […]
The Calvin M. Hall Public Safety Center, not only serves as a police station for the Northview Heights community, but as a community space! Residents use the space for meetings and to conduct programming. We spoke to Reggie Smith, the Public Safety Coordinator, to learn more about the center. Q: What inspires you? A: […]
The HOPE Diversion Program, piloted by One Northside, aims to divert young, low-level victimless crime offenders out of the criminal justice system. Thus far, the positive impact is astounding with 94% of program participants not re-offending. Recently, we had the chance to interview Jeff Williams, the Diversion Program Director at Foundation of HOPE, to learn […]
The One Northside Youth eXcel (ONYX) Youth Council is a group of Northside-based young people who are empowered to build community and solve problems in their neighborhoods. This summer, the ONYX Youth Council worked together to identify important issues on the Northside and administer a mini-grant program they designed to address those issues. Excitingly, students received […]
Nikki Heckman is founder and owner of Bistro to Go. Established in October 2007, Bistro is much more than a restaurant, it’s known as a community staple. We sat down with Nikki to learn a little about her story and how Bistro came to fruition. Nikki, a Manchester native, will always have a passion for […]
Northside VlogU students captured the story of the Employment Institute, operated by our partner, Auberle. VlogU students traveled to several worksites and held interviews with employees to show what an experience in the Auberle program can do for students. Auberle helps over 500 youth a year in Pittsburgh, with 100 youth Northside specific, by providing […]
Abdulkadir Chirambo smiles easily, especially when he’s talking about the vacant city lots the United Somali Bantu of Greater Pittsburgh have converted to a huge farm like garden. As president and spokesman of the organization, he gets serious when asked what brought him from Kenya to the Pittsburgh. “Peace, education and changing life,” he says […]
A plan that has been gestating for several years within a bicycle advocacy group on the North Side finally has hatched. The We Like Bikes! campaign is the first grassroots, multi-neighborhood initiative in the city to marry the well-being of bicyclists to that of businesses. The Northside Leadership Conference hired Jesse Descutner in May 2018 […]
Community residents gathered together for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the reemergence of the historic fountain, listen to the sounds of the Pittsburgh Banjo Club, and eat light snacks and refreshments from Bistro To Go and The Priory. The fountain’s reconstruction took “decades of work and decades of patience,” according to PPC CEO Jayne Miller, […]
