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Kosovo looking up to Mt. Washington
by 15211Advocate ~ February 4th, 2008. Filed under: Events, Litter.
Thanks go out to KIM for letting us know about this story.
Former Yugoslavian (now Serbia) province Kosovo will be filming a report/documentary about Pittsburgh’s Redd-Up program to help demonstrate how a community can pull together to clean up its own neighborhood and turn things toward improvement.
This is good timing as we fight to improve Virginia Ave. zoning and clean up the property formerly known as The Edge.
Here are the excerpts from the article that mention the great Mount:
He [Mr. Weinstein] said he specifically wanted one segment of filming to be on Mount Washington “because I knew about the inclines and I thought it would be interesting footage.”
Mr. Weinstein, who also chairs the Clean Pittsburgh Commission, chose three other neighborhoods whose efforts have been consistent and effective: Greenfield, Uptown and the Central North Side.
Greg Panza, program manager of the Mount Washington Community Development Corp., said his neighborhood’s cleanup efforts have been unique for having the help of rappelers from the Explorers’ Club. They secure themselves to the railing at the overlook and clean debris from the hillside.
Mount Washington also funds a “Green Team” through an annual $4,000 gift from Citizens Bank. The CDC bought trash receptacles with recycling components and, among other projects, the Green Team collects the recyclables and delivers them to the city.
Congrats to Boris Weinstein, Mayor Ravenstahl, and all of the Redd-Up Campaign neighborhood stewards for maintaining this program and not letting it fade with the unfortunate passing of its founder, Bob O’Connor.
Does anyone know who the stewards for 15211 are?
February 5th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Let us put aside our in-fighting and comments for a prayer for Mr. Frank Valenta. His son have past and any father out there knows how at this time a person can truly feel sadess. He will need your help to surpass this lost. We are humen beings first and some of us still believe in faith. MR. Valenta our hearts and faith go out to you and our prayers are with you at this moment in your life. Keeep your faith and God will give you the strength to overcome the sadness you feel.