On Thursday, November 9th, the Lawrenceville Happenings Meeting was hosted at Goodwill’s Workforce Development offices (118 52nd St) from 6:30-8 PM by Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation. This meeting was hosted in-person with 14 attendees and online via Facebook Live to roughly 16 attendees throughout the meeting. The focus of this Happenings was on neighborhood…
Help shape the future of Pittsburgh Public Schools! In December 2013, PPS released the plan “Whole Child, Whole Community,” which was created with feedback from the community. The Plan sets forth a path to help the District address two critical issues–financial stability and academic performance as well as reach our vision: ALL children will graduate…
We’re turning 15, and we want you all to celebrate with us on Saturday, September 17th from 7-10 PM at Teamster Temple for a special edition of LIVE! in Lawrenceville. We’ll have games of all kinds: board games, giant games, party games, a money wheel, & a Jeopardy game with a past Jeopardy winner! As…
Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation stand in solidarity with protests calling for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and countless others, and demanding change to the continued realities of structural racism, oppression, and violence against Black Americans across our nation and in our backyard. Right here in Lawrenceville, we see these disparities…
Workshop for Homeowners in Lawrenceville (and beyond!). On Monday, 11/16 at 6pm, Lawrenceville United is hosting a workshop for homeowners with fantastic and knowledgeable speakers from Action Housing, Urban Redevelopment Authority, City of Bridges CLT and the Duquesne University Law Clinic. Join us to learn about local resources available to help you with: mortgage &…
2.25.2015 UPDATE A meeting was held on 2.23 with owners of Grapperia. Details about the project can be found at the link below. Grapparia Info Sheet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2.12.2015 Domenic Branduzzi, owner of Piccolo Forno located at 3801 Butler Street, has proposed to open Grapperia behind his current restaurant (in the space formerly occupied by Jeffrey Smith Studio). …
