Similar Posts
Lawrenceville Together Strategic Plan 2025-2030
Lawrenceville United (LU) and Lawrenceville Corporation (LC) were founded in the early 2000’s to respond, in different ways, to serious challenges facing the three City neighborhoods that comprise Lawrenceville: decades of disinvestment, major crime, widespread vacancy and blight, lack of employment and educational opportunities, failing public infrastructure, and a lack of consensus on how to…
- Community | Development Updates | Front page posts | News | Responsible Development | Responsible Hospitality
Notes/recording from second Thunderbird community meeting 4/19/2022
On 4/19/2022, Lawrenceville United & Lawrenceville Corporation hosted a follow-up community meeting to the 2/24/2022 meeting, in which Thunderbird presented a request to the community to amend their consent order to (1) increase their occupancy from 382 to 573, and (2) reduce the consent order’s parking requirement of 75 parking spots to what current zoning…
LCAN to Allegheny County Health Department: “Do something!”
As you likely heard or noticed, Pittsburgh-area air quality, particularly in Lawrenceville, was terrible in December. Air monitor readings at the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) Liberty monitor in Clairton were frequently at or near the worst in the country. In Lawrenceville there were very high readings of PM 2.5 – hazardous particles (“particulate matter”)…
Inclusionary Zoning – March Update
A robust community process was held in the fall of 2018 that included three well-attended community meetings discussing the state of housing in Lawrenceville and the prospect of inclusionary zoning as a way to ensure affordability as the neighborhood grows. (For all the presentations and notes from that process, click here.) On February 19th, Councilwoman…
6th Ward Block Watch Notes
ByHelenNotes for 6th Ward Block Watch Meeting – 8/22/2016 Thanks to Pints on Penn for hosting! This meeting covered public safety, 2 construction projects, and a bar update. The other project notes will also be posted separately for clarity. Public Safety Report – Zone 2 Community Relations Officer Antoine Davis 2 burglaries (see attachment for…
Recap of LU Spring Membership & Board Elections – June 2024
On Thursday, June 13, 2024, Lawrenceville United hosted the annual Spring Membership and Board Meeting at the Clemente Museum (3339 Penn Ave). There were around 20 in person attendees and 10 online participants. The meeting was led by Executive Director, Dave Breingan, who shared an overview of Lawrenceville United and membership. LU exists because of…

