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  • New improvements at South Shore Riverfront Park to debut October 16

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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]You’re Invited! Ribbon​ Cutting Celebration for South Shore Riverfront Park New Gateway and Improvements Free and Open to the Public! Monday, October 16, 2017 Riverfront park plaza at 27th and Water Streets [map] (near Hofbrauhaus restaurant at SouthSide Works) Comments begin at 11:00 a.m. followed…

  • Riverlife’s Jay Sukernek departs for a new opportunity

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    Riverlife Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jay Sukernek is stepping down from his role at the organization at the end of this month. ​Jay has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer of Jewish Association on Aging, effective September 29. Riverlife’s staff and board sincerely thanks Jay for his 7.5 years at the…

  • Pierogi Fest makes its Kennywood debut September 24, benefiting Riverlife

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    This Sunday, September 24, Pittsburgh once again proves why it’s the #CityOfDumplings. Pittsburgh Pierogi Festival returns for its fifth year in a brand new location: Kennywood Amusement Park! What could be better than ‘rogies and roller coasters? From 1-6 pm, festival attendees will experience a family fun environment that includes offerings from over two dozen…

  • Mon Wharf Switchback Ramp goes vertical!

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    Major progress this week for the Mon Wharf Switchback project, a collaboration between Riverlife and the City of Pittsburgh! When complete, the Switchback will create a vital missing link in the downtown riverfront trail system and Great Allegheny Passage. Steel supports for the switchback ramp were put into place at the project site along the Monongahela…

  • Post-Gazette profiles Riverlife board chair Peg McCormick Barron

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      From the article, “Margaret McCormick Barron: Watching the riverfronts evolve” By Joyce Gannon / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette May 19, 2017 Moving between jobs as a congressional staffer, communications director for a Pittsburgh mayor, and aide to a Pennsylvania governor, Margaret “Peg” McCormick Barron has watched government operate at the federal, state and local levels. Throw…

  • Officials cut the ribbon on new improvements to Allegheny Landing

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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]County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Mayor William Peduto joined Riverlife’s Vivien Li and Lynn Zelevansky of Carnegie Museum of Art to celebrate significant trail upgrades to Allegheny Landing on the North Shore. The resounding theme of the morning was the importance of public-private partnerships…

  • Riverlife’s Vivien Li to receive honorary degree from Allegheny College

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    Image courtesy Allegheny College Download a printable PDF version of this press release May 11, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Stephan Bontrager, Riverlife (p) 412.258.6636 x 105 (c) 412.606.2187 (e) Stephan@riverlifepgh.org RiverlifePgh.org Riverlife’s Vivien Li to receive honorary degree from Allegheny College PITTSBURGH — Vivien Li, president and chief executive officer of Riverlife, will receive…

  • Mon Wharf Switchback site prepped for construction to begin

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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] A long time coming, the Mon Wharf Switchback ramp project is moving forward in a big way. Last week the eastern end of the Mon Wharf was prepared for construction to begin on the ramp. The switchback is a riverfront access…

  • Completing the Loop: The West End Bridge Gap

    Completing the Loop: The West End Bridge Gap

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    Riverlife’s Completing the Loop initiative is a movement to link and enhance Pittsburgh’s riverfronts between the West End, Hot Metal, and 31st Street Bridges… and beyond. As part of this work, we’re looking at some of the most challenging gaps in the city’s riverfront network. The West End Bridge spans the Ohio River just west…