Category: Mon Valley
What are we tolerating and putting up with?
| August 2, 2009 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Allegheny-County, Civic Engagement, Community Development, Jobs, Labor, Location, Mon Valley, Neighborhoods, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning, voting |
Last week as we left Loew’s and a sneak preview of Funny People, once again we found ourselves appreciating just how awful the design of the Waterfront is. It’s as if the bad mall martians flew in from outer space, landing on one of the most key-critical, history rich and defining sites of Pittsburgh’s past,…
Battle for Braddock
| May 8, 2009 | Posted by engagedcitizen under 2009 Primary Election, Discussion, Mon Valley |
Image via Wikipedia There is a near showdown happening in Braddock around the mayor’s race. The current Mayor John Fetterman is facing a challenge from a candidate who is supported by some of the Braddock council members. Here is the Post-Gazette article on the race: Braddock Mayor Has His Critics Here is a letter to…
Bailing Out the Big Three and the Mon Fayette Expressway
| December 3, 2008 | Posted by insider under Mon Valley, Mon-Fayette Expressway, National, Transportation |
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI was just reading the latest email from Michael Moore about bailing out the big three automakers – I like that he offers an alternative to the bailout, I don’t know if it is the right alternative but it is helpful to see some alternative ideas discussed (I am including…
Last Day to Vote on the PG’s MonFayette Poll
| February 11, 2008 | Posted by pghgal under Mon Valley, Mon-Fayette Expressway, Polls, Transportation |
As we mentioned last week – the Post-Gazette has an online poll about the MonFayette Expressway. Do you want a private-public partnership to pay half of the $3.6 billion cost of completing the Mon-Fayette Expressway? Click here to vote at the Post-Gazette.com The responses have shifted in the past few days A. Yes, the road…
Old School thinking – Onorato’s A Fan of the MFX
| January 14, 2008 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Mon Valley, Mon-Fayette Expressway, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh |
Well it looks like the Regional Chamber Alliance’s email and meeting were successful because this was title of the article in the Trib: Onorato take lead for the county leg of the Mon-Fayette road “The Mon-Fayette will provide linkages and open up old industrial sites to jobs and commerce in the south, and its Squirrel…
Reform Pittsburgh Now Video: The New Mon Valley
| September 14, 2007 | Posted by p2wp under Blogs, Mon Valley, Western PA |
Reform Pittsburgh Now takes a look at the new Mon Valley. In part 1 – iJustine interviews Don Marinelli of Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center. [bliptv 376195]



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