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The Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) is looking for artists for the annual Wild Art Wild Trails project in Emerald View Park.  To be eligible, you can be any experience level and work in any medium, but you must be a resident of Pittsburgh. Sunday, September 26th - Following a community clean-up, artists will be challenged [...]

The Friends of Grandview Park and Severino’s Community Feast are offering up an opportunity to sample local cuisine at Grandview Park on Saturday, September 5th. Chef Justin Severino brings his California fine dining experience, passion for simple-traditional food preparation and respect for locally-grown food to create a family style feast in Grandview Park overlooking the [...]

Recent closures of Foodland grocery stores in Beechview and Castle Shannon have raised concerns among people living near Foodlands in other neighborhoods and Mt. Washington is no exception. What is the long-term viability of the Foodland in our neighborhood as it is? Is it fulfilling the needs of the majority of citizens in the 15211? [...]

The Friends of Grandview Park and Severino’s Community Feast are offering up an opportunity to sample local cuisine at Grandview Park this Labor Day weekend. Chef Justin Severino brings his California fine dining experience, passion for simple-traditional food preparation and respect for locally-grown food to create a family style feast in Grandview Park overlooking the [...]

It’s been at least 29 years since a viable, inhabitable structure sat at One Grandview. That’s about to change. The Planning Commission issued their unanimous approval for plans for the site about an hour ago. About 40 Mt. Washington residents and/or business owners were in attendance at what was to be the last public hearing [...]

There will be a farm stand on Warrington Avenue on Thursdays from 3:00 to 7:00 PM this summer. They opened for business last week and they’ll be selling fresh, locally-grown vegetables from farms just outside of the city. The farm stand is brought to you by the Mt. Washington Community Development Corporation in partnership with [...]

Thanks to The South Pittsburgh Reporter, if you didn’t make the Mt. Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) last week, you can still read about the events that unfolded here. Developer Craig Cozza attended the meeting to discuss the state of his properties (at Grandview/Sweetbriar/Augusta and at 341 Grandview) and the potential to develop them into something other [...]

The fourth and final public hearing for the One Grandview project will take place Tuesday, June 22 at 2pm at 200 Ross Street in the first floor hearing room.  The City Planning Commission will give their final approval for the project following this hearing. Public comment will be permitted. If you cannot attend in person, [...]

I’m a little behind on my news so perhaps you all know about this, but I’m just learning today about the controversy surrounding a new park being proposed in Regent Square and I’m increasingly bothered by it. I read about it first on thatschurch.com. Wary of jumping on the bandwagon to support a cause before I [...]

Thanks to Al Lowe of the South Pittsburgh Reporter for his updates on development activity as it relates to the Mt. Washington Community Development Corporation.  Here are the highlights from the latest MWCDC meeting. You can read the full article here. Condo complex (10 condos) at Meridan and Hallock . The developer is waiting to hear from city officials [...]