Tuesday, February 26, 2013
This volunteer group helps keep the Boulevard clean each week. Can you help?
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Tuesday, February 26
You might have seen people picking up trash along Brookline Boulevard—you might not know that they're part of the Adopt-a-Block program, and that they're all volunteers. In addition to community cleanup days, which happen about twice a year, volunteers with the Adopt-a-Block program go out about once a week to help clean up around the neighborhood. If you want to volunteer, too, blocks are available and all you have to do is contact organizers with the South Pittsburgh Development Corporation and add your name to the map. To get involved, email Pam Grabowski at mnp.grabowski@verizon.net and put Adopt A Block in the subject line, call at 412-343-2859, or write to The Brookline, P.O. Box 96136, Pittsburgh, PA 15226. SPDC and other community …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
SPDC will use the grant for a marketing study of Brookline Boulevard.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
A grant award to Brookline’s South Pittsburgh Development Corporation will help the organization fund a study of the neighborhood’s small business district, and how it can be improved. The $25,000 grant was awarded by the Design Center of Pittsburgh, which on Tuesday awarded $275,000 to 12 neighborhood revitalization projects. “SPDC decided on a marketing study on how to market Brookline Boulevard, and attract people to Brookline Boulevard,” said SPDC member Jennifer Grab. Grab said SPDC hopes the grant will help the neighborhood form solid goals and realistic community projects that will grow the business district and attract both visitors and residents to Brookline. She and SPDC members Stephanie Miller, Lois McCaffrey and Jen Askey, met…
Friday, October 19, 2012
Volunteers are needed for a cleanup effort in Brookline this Saturday. Students from the University of Pittsburgh also will help with the effort.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
A group of volunteers from the University of Pittsburgh will visit Brookline this weekend and help make the neighborhood shine. The South Pittsburgh Development Corporation (SPDC) is partnering with Pitt Make a Difference Day for the fourth year in a row to clean up Brookline Boulevard. About 40 students from the University of Pittsburgh have committed to picking up litter along Brookline Boulevard and some of the side streets. The students will be a great help on the Boulevard, said SPDC Vice President Keith Knecht. SPDC is looking for about 10 local volunteers to serve as team leaders for the students, picking up litter with them and showing them where to go. Interested volunteers should meet at Cannon Coffee on Brookline Boulevard at 10…
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The proposal for an urban apiary in Brookline was rejected by the City of Pittsburgh, but that doesn’t mean the project is done.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The City of Pittsburgh Zoning Board has rejected a proposal to build a beekeeping center in Brookline, but those involved with the project say they’re not putting it to rest. After putting so much work into the project application, which was submitted in February, South Pittsburgh Development Corporation member Nathan Mallory said the rejection was frustrating at first. But after taking a few days to think about it, he said he doesn’t think the project is a failure—not yet. “In the spirit of things, I don’t feel we’re dead in the water on this one,” he said. “We still have a lot of Brookline community members who are looking forward to it.” Burgh Bees owner and master beekeeper Steve Repasky said the problem wasn’t with the bees—it was …
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
South Pittsburgh Development Corporation hosted a photo contest. We've got the photos!
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
A few months ago, Brookline's South Pittsburgh Development Corporation announced a photo contest, so that Brookliners could submit their images of their favorite city neighborhood. Winners have been annouced and we've got some of our favorite photos right here, courtesy of SPDC. To see all of the photos, check out the SPDC Facebook page. If you've got your own photos, feel free to upload them here! Which is your favorite?
Friday, April 27, 2012
Tickets are still available for the Taste of Brookline food tour, this Sunday, April 29.
Local business owners are gearing up and getting ready for the Taste of Brookline food tour, this Sunday in Brookline. The tour, which features some of Brookline’s best restaurants, pubs and local organizations, is Sunday, April 29, at 6 p.m., at Ritz Banquet Hall on Brookline Boulevard. Moonlite Café, Kribels Bakery, Vinnie’s Pretzel Shoppe, Antonio’s Pizzeria, The Getaway Café, Cannon Coffee, Pita Land and Burgh Bees will take part in Taste of Brookline. South Pittsburgh Development Corp. also will have a table at the event. Community Bank is sponsoring the entertainment, which will feature Brookliners Jack Stanizzo of The Contrails and guitarist Paul Lowe. Brookline Pub is sponsoring the bar. Danny Chahine, co-owner of Pita Land, said …
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Some residents at last week’s SPDC meeting addressed concerns about the proposed beekeeping development.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The possible presence of beekeeping grounds in Brookline has residents buzzing, and at last week’s South Pittsburgh Development Corporation meeting, an expert was on hand to address concerns. Although several residents at the meeting spoke in favor of the proposed apiary—a honeybee-keeping project that would be run by Burgh Bees in conjunction with SPDC—some residents also said they had worries. “I just don’t see that this is a good thing to have in the city where there are so many houses,” said David Gumber, a Brookline resident who lives near the vacant property at Jacob and Whited Street, where the apiary would be located. “This isn’t the country. There’s a lot of houses and a lot of people and I don’t feel it’s right.” Residents also …
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
South Pittsburgh Development Corporation has proposed building a community apiary—a beekeeping colony—in Brookline.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
When the members of South Pittsburgh Development Corporation started thinking about what could be done with the vacant property at the corner of Jacob and Whited streets in Brookline, they decided to think outside of the box. Way outside of the box, actually—they were thinking about honey bee hives. “This is something the community has taken an interest in and wants to learn more about,” SPDC member Nathan Mallory said during a meeting Monday. “We’d like to be part of something in Brookline that has opportunity to get widespread demographic, help with rebranding, be progressive and new.” The idea isn’t so unusual in Pittsburgh—the first community apiary in the country is located here. Burgh Bees, a Pittsburgh-based association of urban …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The Brookline food tour now has a website, and tickets are for sale.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tickets are now available for a food tour that features Brookline’s best. The Taste of Brookline food tour’s new website is up and running, and offers a “taste” of what the tour will provide. The food tour—the first organized by Brookliners that features only Brookline favorites—is hosted by the South Pittsburgh Development Corp. The event is April 29 at Ritz Banquet Hall on Brookline Boulevard. Moonlite Café, Kribels Bakery, Vinnie’s Pretzel Shoppe, Antonio’s Pizzeria, The Getaway Café, Cannon Coffee and Burgh Bees will be at the event. Entertainment will be provided by Jack Stanizzo of the Contrails and guitarist Paul Lowe. The $25 tour tickets include food, drinks and music. Proceeds will help SPDC with community revitalization efforts…
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Brookline is missing a few things, and local organizations are looking to fill the need.
There are a few things community members say Brookline either doesn’t have or needs better access to, and several groups are looking to fill the need. At a South Pittsburgh Development Corporation meeting last week, members tossed around ideas of what is needed in the community—gallery space, an art studio, rehearsal space for musicians, a place to give music and dance lessons, and a local theater for stage productions. Members also discussed a Brookline Boulevard building that has the potential to fill those needs. Last Thursday, accompanied by an architect and realtor, members of the group went to see the building at 1246 Brookline Blvd., with mixed reactions. The walk-through was intended to give a preliminary look at a building that …
Erin Faulk
10:46 pm on Saturday, April 28, 2012
That is great news! Thanks for sharing, Stephanie!! more ›