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Recap from May Lawrenceville-Wide Community Meeting
The May Lawrenceville-Wide Virtual Community Meeting was held on 5/19/2020 from 6:30-8 p.m. View the full video recording by Zoom here, or by Facebook Live here. View the presentation from Age Friendly Pittsburgh here. View the presentation about the Lawrenceville Farmers Market here.
Nomination to Historic Places Register
Lawrenceville is being nominated to the National Historic Register of Historic Places. If successful, this would list Lawrenceville on the National Register and would make certain projects eligible for tax incentives for historic redevelopment. There are NO restrictions that the program places on property owners in terms of what they can or can’t do with…
Apteka
A meeting was held on May 6, 2015 at Constellation Coffee regarding Apteka. Apteka is a proposed affordable vegan/vegetarian restaurant at 4606 Penn Avenue led by Kate Lasky and Tomasz Skowronski. The single story building will have 32 tables and 10 bar seats, and the owners have filed for a liquor license. In addition to…
AdvantAGE Home Repair Program
A generous local construction company has agreed to donate services to Lawrenceville United’s AdvantAGE program to help older adults and people with disabilities in Lawrenceville with simple repairs to improve safety and weatherize their homes, based on need. Examples of eligible projects include: roof repairs, leaks, installing handrails, repairing steps, installing grab bars in a…
2014 Housing Request for Proposals
Lawrenceville United (LU) works to improve the overall quality of life for Lawrenceville residents and stakeholders. LU has worked over the past thirteen years to eliminate blight throughout Lower, Central, and Upper Lawrenceville by targeting nuisance and problem properties and prioritizing the demolitions, acquisition and redevelopment of such properties. As part of this process,…
City-wide Responsible Hospitality Planning:
Lawrenceville United, Lawrenceville Corporation, and other community organizations and agencies have been working closely with City of Pittsburgh departments and the Responsible Hospitality Institute (link) to create a plan and recommendations to help steward the growth of responsible managed nighttime entertainment districts in our City, including the Lawrenceville business district. In 2013, the Lawrenceville community…