EDUCATION PILLAR HIGHLIGHT: A+ SCHOOLS & PERRY HIGH SCHOOL Perry High School located in Observatory Hill is experiencing a positive transformation. Veteran Principal Molly O’Malley Argueta, in her second year, is building on the collective work of teachers, students, parents, community partners and One Northside Anchor Partner, A+ Schools to re-imagine Perry High School. Since […]
Resident Champion Feature: Miss D. A resident of the Northview Heights community for the past twenty years, Joyce Robinson, known as Miss. D, is a positive force in her Northside neighborhood. She is known as a vocal advocate and champion for her neighbors and the families of Northview Heights, serving both as a building captain […]
Allegheny City History Highlight: The Woods Run Settlement House Ethnic and religious diversity have been present in Allegheny City and the Northside for more than a century. The Woods Run Settlement house, located on Petoskey St (earlier Petrol St.) on property now occupied by the former Western Penitentiary, is a great example of this diversity. […]
Keystone STAR Movement Easier with Quality Coaching Sheila Harris, owner of Mama’s Little Angels Learning Center, and her staff have successfully completed the work to move their early learning center on Perrysville Avenue from a Keystone STAR 1 to Keystone STAR 2. Ms. Harris credits their success to the support and encouragement received from their […]
Resident Champion: Ben Soltesz Ben Soltesz wears many hats on the Northside. In addition to being a husband, father and Spring Hill resident, Ben is the President of the Spring Hill Civic League, President of the Northside Leadership Conference and the lead organizer for the Northside Music Festival. The Northside Music Festival, held recently in […]
The North Side is a mix of many faces, nationalities, and religious groups. At times, we have the tendency to over emphasize the German or Scotch-Irish heritage of Old Allegheny, which provides only a slice of the ethnic diversity of the city. The same can be said of the religious diversity. Most Northsiders today are […]
Empowering communities to realize their own mixed-income housing vision requires time and expertise in property acquisition. It also requires an approach that prioritizes keeping residents in their neighborhoods. This is where the help of One Northside Place Anchor partner, Rising Tide Partners comes in. Rising Tide Partners works in partnership with Northside community groups to help them implement […]
Audie Chapman, known to Northside youth and parents as Coach Ace, leads the important work of motivating and supporting young student athletes. As the Executive Director of the Northside Youth Athletic Association (N.S.Y.A.A.), Audie ensures Northside youth between ages 5 to 14 have the opportunity to play organized sports such as contact and flag football, […]
Allegheny City Society organizes a few walking tours every summer through Northside neighborhoods. The walks are designed to explore the changing urban environment – do a little reminiscing, learn a few unique facts about the people of the past, and attempt to grasp the factors that have made our neighborhoods a great place to live. […]
Resident Champion Feature: Jerry Ann Allen Allen Place Community Services, Inc. Jerry Ann Allen has been making a difference in the lives of others since the young age of six. Growing up in El Campo, Texas, she was inspired by the nurses that were a part of her church health ministry and was the first […]
