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  • Riverlife’s Jay Sukernek named a 2016 CFO of the Year by Pittsburgh Business Times

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    Congratulations to our very own Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jay Sukernek. Jay was named a 2016 CFO of the Year by the Pittsburgh Business Times. As the Business Times write-up puts it, “Making sure the numbers are in order keeps the nonprofit running smoothing, but the role requires much more…[Sukernek] works with…

  • Here’s how wind powers 27,000 lights on the Rachel Carson Bridge

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    [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] By Ron Gdovic PhD CEO, WindStax Energy Flow is powered by an advanced energy management system combining wind energy and Duquesne Light utility power to operate a dynamic digital light display. The system consists of sixteen WindStax wind turbines running four…

  • Riverlife testimony at Pittsburgh Planning Commission hearing

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    Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Riverlife President and CEO Vivien Li testimony regarding Riverfront West project in the Strip District (PDF) Riverlife President and CEO Vivien Li testimony regarding Carnegie Science Center expansion on the North Shore (PDF)

  • The promise and potential of Mon Valley river towns

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    Riverlife talking with planners, residents to activate Western PA waterfronts, share Pittsburgh successes September, 2016–Riverlife Vice President Jay Sukernek and Senior Project Manager Nina Chase have seen plenty of potential while touring riverfront towns throughout the Mon Valley in Western Pennsylvania. So much potential, in fact, that it’s difficult to pin down which project could…

  • Riverlife testifies at PA Senate hearing

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    Waterfront Development Tax Credit potential praised Thursday, September 15, 2016 CHESTER, PA. – Riverlife Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jay Sukernek (above, left) testified at the Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee Hearing today, praising the recently passed PA Waterfront Development Tax Credit. The tax credit was included in the July state budget and received…

  • The Boston Globe profiles Riverlife president Vivien Li

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    By Shirly Leung, The Boston Globe September 9, 2016 PITTSBURGH — On my first trip to this Rust Belt city in the midst of a renaissance, Vivien Li can’t wait to show me something. We arrive at a mound of gravel and dirt by the Allegheny River. I don’t get it. She left Boston for…

  • Strip District riverfront housing moves forward

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    Work begins on residential units and trail improvements; detour announced JULY 28, 2016: This summer will see significant steps forward in the transformation of Pittsburgh’s Strip District riverfront.  Cleveland-based developer NRP Group has reached a leasing agreement with riverfront property owner The Buncher Company to begin work on NRP’s $60 million Riverfront Residences project. The residences will be located…

  • Rachel Carson bridge will shine with installation at Light Up Night 2016

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    Bridge lighting is part of Pittsburgh Bicentennial celebration JULY 26, 2016: The Rachel Carson Bridge will be illuminated by a special environmental art installation at this year’s Light Up Night as part of the Pittsburgh Bicentennial celebration. The Pittsburgh Bicentennial Steering Commission announced today that the innovative project, envisioned as part of the city’s celebrations,…

  • “All you need is water”: Bipartisan praise for PA Waterfront Development Tax Credit

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    Blog post courtesy of Sen. Randy Vulakovich’s website: JULY 14, 2016: The passage of a new revenue plan for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 included a tax credit for Waterfront Development based on legislation introduced by Senator Randy Vulakovich (Senate Bill 282) to begin in Fiscal Year 2017-18. “The Waterfront Development Tax Credit will be a…

  • A new chapter for Allegheny Landing

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    Groundbreaking celebration marks start of construction on trail renovation, rain gardens June 30, 2016: One of Pittsburgh’s earliest modern riverfront parks is getting a makeover. Representatives from Riverlife, Carnegie Museum of Art, the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and Friends of Allegheny Landing celebrated the latest chapter in the renovation of Allegheny Landing, one of…