Tag: development
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Allegheny Riverfront Park and the Sister Bridges Experience: A Vision Coming to Life
In March 2025, Riverlife will break ground on the rehabilitation of Allegheny Riverfront Park’s upper promenade. For twenty-five years, this park has been a vital link between downtown Pittsburgh and the Allegheny riverfront–redefining how Pittsburghers engage with the city and sparking a movement for riverfront transformation. Allegheny Riverfront Park remains a model for what riverfront…
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Riverlife is a Target Circle nonprofit partner! Vote for us now through March 31st
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Riverlife’s Holiday Coffee Chat with Rick Sebak serves up an amusing and historic look at Pittsburgh’s rivers
Riverlife’s Virtual Holiday Coffee Chat with Rick Sebak Thursday, December 2, 2021 9:00-10:00 am Riverlife is thrilled to welcome Rick Sebak, documentarian and Pittsburgh personality, as he recaps some of the most interesting tales about our region’s rivers collected throughout his career. Rick will talk with Riverlife’s Matt Galluzzo about the shaping of the Pittsburgh riverfront experience we enjoy…
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Employment Opportunity: Riverfront Project Manager
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Riverlife welcomes Sarah Spiegel as Development Manager
Riverlife is pleased to welcome Sarah Spiegel as our new Development Manager! Sarah brings over ten years of experience in the nonprofit sector with a focus in education, human services, and the arts. She’s worked with the University of Pittsburgh and Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, and has advised dozens of large and small nonprofits in…
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Thanks to our incredible community, Riverlife celebrates our best Giving Tuesday ever.
Last week, Riverlife was challenged by a generous donor–and big fan of Pittsburgh’srivers–to find 20 additional Riverlife donors by the end of Giving Tuesday. We are thrilled to tell you that by the time the clock struck midnight, Riverlife had received donations from not 20, but 71 donors, raising an incredible $16,645 and decisively unlocking $2,000 of challenge funding…
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The Highline is Pittsburgh’s new elevated riverfront green space on the South Side
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Preventing COVID-19 on the riverfronts with Riverlife’s Creative Corps
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PA parks and trails are being used more than ever. Take action now to help preserve funding for them.
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Project spotlight: Pittsburgh’s North Shore
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Pittsburgh’s riverfronts have transformed at a rapid pace. It may be hard to believe, but just twenty years ago the city’s North Shore neighborhood didn’t exist. Now one of Pittsburgh’s most prominent waterfront…