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[vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] “Energy Flow” on the Rachel Carson Bridge. Photo by Larry Rippel. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][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”][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h2″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Accent-Color” text=”2016 was a big year for Riverlife.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][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…

Riverlife’s Nina Chase talks to West Virginia Public Radio via The Allegheny Front about how building riverfront public open space and amenities for recreation can have a significant economic impact on river towns. From the story: “The decline of industry was devastating to the region’s economy … [O]ne positive side effect is that more people hang…

SouthSide Works Raleigh, North Carolina-based real estate developer Highwoods Properties is planning a new 107,000-square-foot office building at the SouthSide Works site in Pittsburgh’s South Side Neighborhood (above, image via Highwoods Properties) . The proposed building site on the Monogahela River, between the riverfront campus of American Eagle Outfitters and Hyatt House Hotel [Map], is…

Governor Tom Wolf announced this week a round of investment grants for multimodal transportation projects throughout Pennsylvania, including a Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) grant of $492,616 for a switchback ramp to be built connecting the Smithfield Street Bridge and the Mon Wharf in downtown Pittsburgh. With the addition of the CFA grant, the switchback is nearly…

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…

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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…

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…