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A
Welcome
to
the
second
annual
blight
boot
camp
here
at
the
propel
school
in
Hazelwood.
My
name
is
Henry
piatt,
I'm,
mayor
Peduto,
small
business
and
neighborhood
redevelopment
manager
and
a
member
of
the
Pittsburgh
blight
working
group,
along
with
the
other
fine
organizations
that
help
put
together
today's
event.
That
includes
the
permits,
licenses
and
inspections
from
the
city,
g-tech
neighborhood
allies,
the
design
center
Who
am
I
forgetting
so
quickly
and
the
Urban
Redevelopment
Authority
of
Pittsburgh.
A
A
I've
been
a
community
development
worker
for
some
time
as
well,
but
the
very
complicated
structure
is
required
to
put
together
the
deals
that
let
us
do
things
like:
build
mixed-use
buildings,
the
anchor
new
Main
streets
or
put
together
some
housing
financing
that
allow
us
to
provide
housing
for
folks
who
need
it
have
always
eluded
me
and
I've,
always
seen
quite
mysterious
and
then
miss
Tillman's
had
a
long
career
in
helping
communities
put
together.
Those
very
very
necessary
aspects
of
our
work.
A
She's
previously
worked
at
fifth
third
bank
and
citizens
bank,
the
housing
authority
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
as
well
as
the
Urban
Redevelopment
Authority
and
she's,
also
worked
at
a
very
highly
respected
and
skilled
CDC
in
the
city.
East
liberty,
development
incorporated
she's
an
experienced
nonprofit
trustee,
a
member
of
st.
benedict,
the
moor
church
and
the
winner
of
the
Pittsburgh
40
under
40
award
in
2003,
as
well
as
the
new
Pittsburgh
courier
fab
40
in
2011.
B
Good
morning,
everyone
so
I'm,
actually
pretty
please.
This
is
kind
of
a
small
crowd,
because
I'd
much
rather
have
a
conversation
with
folks,
instead
of
just
kind
of
speaking
at
you,
so
I
do
have
some
things
that
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
hit
on,
but
as
I
go
through.
If
you
all
have
questions,
please
feel
free
to
raise
your
hand.
I
think
that'll
make
the
discussion
and
information
much
more
lively
and
may
be
better
able
to
grasp
what's
going
on
in
the
neighborhood
for
you.
B
So
thank
you
so
much
first
of
all
for
coming
to
hazelwood
welcome
to
the
neighborhood
first,
a
little
history
about
Hazelwood.
It's
really
very,
very
similar
to
the
general
history
you
hear
about
Pittsburgh,
especially
in
neighborhoods,
where
there
was
a
large
sealed
meal.
It
really
mirrors
everything.
That's
happened
in
the
city
as
a
whole
and
it's
a
very
familiar
ristori.
The
neighborhood's
economy
was
built
on
steel
and
by
1960
there
were
seventeen
thousand
people
in
hazelwood,
Hazelwood
and
Glen
hazel.
B
There
were,
you
know,
hundreds
of
businesses,
everything
that
served
those
people
and
it
was
a
very
vibrant
place
to
be
second
avenues.
Our
main
street
is
a
very
vibrant
place
to
be
that
was
hazel
with
today
right.
So
by
time
the
steel
industry
began
to
decline
in
the
mid
80s
people
had
started
to
leave
the
neighborhood
businesses
that
started
to
close,
but
the
Hazelwood
cookworks.
This
you
know
the
large
steel
mill
site
in
hazelwood
was
the
last
one
in
the
city
to
close
and
it
actually
didn't
close
until
1998.
B
So
by
2010-
and
these
are
you
know-
census
data-
there
were
only
five
thousand
people
in
the
neighborhood
hazelwood
england,
hazel
so
from
17,000
to
5,000
people.
We
have
very
few
businesses
and
lots
of
bacon
in
a
blend,
abandoned
properties,
lots
of
boarded
houses.
If
you
were
here
yesterday
for
the
community
event,
you
saw
one
of
the
houses
that
we
purchased
I'm.
It's
a
very
large
three
bedroom,
well
actually
a
little
two-bedroom,
but
it
was
a
three
bedroom
house
or
three
unit
house
that
was
converted
to
apartment
and
it's
a
corner
property.
B
So
it's
really
big
really
noticeable
in
a
really
blinding
influence
on
the
street,
where
we've
done
a
lot
of
investment
on
single-family
houses
for
sale
houses.
So
if
you
were
in
there
and
you
saw
that
it's
a
mess,
it
was
a
mess
when
we
bought
it
from
the
divorcing
couple
that
was
threatening
to
sue
each
other.
So
we
had
to
buy
it
really
quickly
and
it's
still
a
mess
and
we've
had
two
rounds
of
people
go
in
to
help
us
clean
it
out
and
there's
still
a
lot
more
to
be
done.
B
B
So
you
know
these
are
that's
one
of
the
properties
that
we
very
much
need
to
address
so
that
our
neighborhood
stabilizes,
so
I
mean
it's
an
example
of
kind
of
the
properties
that
are.
You
know
a
parent
around
the
neighborhood,
this
area
of
the
neighborhood,
where
we
are
actually
is
the
most
stable
piece
of
that
neighborhood.
B
You
know
we
worked
with
pcr
g,
one
of
the
sponsors
of
this
event
to
do
a
property
analysis
and
they
helped
us
identify
the
condition
of
every
single
property
in
the
neighborhood.
So
we
know
what
happens
between
1960,
heyday
and
2016,
and
we
know
the
condition
of
every
property,
there's
been
probably
a
little
bit
more
decay
and
those
ones
that
we
haven't
been
able
to
address
yet,
and
it's
a
lot
of
them.
We
also
know
that
that
a
large
part
of
the
neighborhood
is
city-owned,
so
properties
that
are
city-owned.
B
We
do
also
have
two
green
ways
that
are
city-owned
properties,
but
we
see
those
as
advantages
right.
We
see
those
as
opportunity
outside
looking
in
things
probably
seemed
really
bleak
for
the
neighborhood
we
have
about
twenty.
Five
percent
of
the
people
live
below
poverty
line.
We
have
about
twenty-five
percent
of
the
properties
that
are
tax
delinquent
and
you
know
again
we
have
the
huge
loss
in
population,
but
we
also
have
some
really
bright
things
bright
spots
that
are
happening.
We
have
a
lot
of
investment
in
the
neighborhood
by
residents.
B
Fifty
percent
of
the
residents
own
their
own
home,
that's
about
average,
with
the
city
a
little
bit
lower
than
nationally,
but
fifty
percent
of
the
people
have
said
I'm
going
to
be
here
long
term.
We
have,
we
remain
one
of
the
most
affordable
neighborhoods
in
the
city
when
there
are
parts
of
the
city
that
experience
a
huge,
affordable,
housing
crisis.
We
remain
that
place
and
want
to
continue
to
remain
that
place.
That
is
an
affordable
housing
option
for
both
renters
and
homeowners,
and
we
also
have
a
very
naturally
diverse
neighborhood,
so
in
Pittsburgh.
B
Unfortunately,
the
verse
is
really
about
blacks
and
whites
and
not
Latinos
and
Asians.
So
we
do
have
a
few
percentage
points
of
others,
but
we
are
pretty
much
5050
and
african-americans
and
white
folks
in
neighborhood,
and
it's
wonderful.
So
it's
not
always
been
something
that
has
been
celebrated
in
a
neighborhood.
My
board
chair
will
tell
you
that,
but
we
see
that
as
a
real
asset
going
forward.
B
So
a
little
bit
about
a
chai
we're
Community
Development
Corporation,
we
were
formed
in
1994
back
in
1994
and
the
late
90s.
We
focus
more
on
those
specific
blight
mitigation
efforts
like
cleaning
the
greenways
preventing
illegal
dumping
street
cleaning.
We
still
do
some
of
those
things,
but
more
recently
we've
turned
our
attention
to
explicit
community
or
real
estate
development.
B
So
you
know
we
still
do.
Events
like
our
safe
halloween
event.
That's
coming
up
in
our
light
up
night
that
encourage
the
community
to
get
out
and
mingle
with
each
other
and
get
to
know
each
other
and
it's
one
of
our
means
of
engagement.
But
our
focus
is
the
real
estate.
So
back
to
the
building
that
you
all
worked
on
yesterday,
it
was
a
two
it's
illegal
to
unit.
It
was
three
built
three
apartments.
B
It's
been
empty
for
a
while
and
I
use
air
quotes
because,
while
no
one
actually
lived
there,
we
know
that
there
were
squatters
there.
So
that's
part
of
the
reason
the
place
is
a
mess
we
are.
This
is
one
of
the
kind
of
really
exciting
things
that
I
think
is
happening
in
the
neighborhood.
We
are
going
to
develop
that
into
what
we're
calling
our
home
ownership
incubator,
so
we're
going
to
develop
it
into
a
legal.
B
Three
unit
property
and
have
three
families
move
in
who
have
self-identified
as
people
who
want
to
own
homes,
and
we
are
going
to
support
them
as
they
move
toward
that
goal,
so
we're
going
to
help
them
meet
and
two
of
the
barriers
that
are.
You
know
most
people
find
as
they
try
to
purchase
a
home
one
is
they
also
have
poor
credit
and
the
other
is
they
can't
afford
the
down
payment
and
closing
costs?
Now
they
may
be.
You
know
very
much
a
beware,
the
monthly
payments,
but
they
can't
get
over
those
first
two
hurdles.
B
So
what
we're
going
to
do
is
work
with
a
partner
NeighborWorks
to
provide
financial
and
homebuyer
education
so
that
they
are
creditworthy
to
purchase
the
home,
but
also
understand
what
budgeting
means
once
I
own
the
home
right.
So
just
because
you
have
the
home
now
doesn't
mean
that
you
can
go
out
and
buy
the
new
car.
B
The
other
thing
is
our
biggest
project
is
the
Gladstone
school.
So
if
you
came
here-
and
you
came
down,
Hazelwood
Avenue,
you
may
have
noticed
a
very
large
school.
If
you
came
down,
Hazelwood
Avenue
would
be
on
your
right.
It
is
a
hundred
and
forty-two
thousand
square
feet.
It
is
big.
We
are
going
to
own
that
by
the
end
of
the
month
and
we
are
working.
B
We
have
had
a
really
really
robust
community
engagement
process
that
started
back
in
August
September
of
last
year,
so
we've
had
about
seven
community
meetings
on
average,
attended
by
about
a
hundred
people
each
sometimes
a
lot
more,
sometimes
a
little
bit
less,
but
really
robust
conversation
to
help
us
decide
as
a
community.
What
we
want
to
see
in
that
building,
two
of
the
biggest
things
were
one
some
affordable
housing,
not
all
affordable
housing.
We
don't
want
that
building
to
be
seen
as
the
savior
of
our
affordable
housing
choose
to
is.
B
There's
a
community
organization
called
the
center
of
life
that
does
family
supportive
services
and
youth
programming
and
their
administrative
offices
are
in
a
church
across
the
street
from
Gladstone,
but
their
programming
really
just
sort
of
happens
all
over
the
neighborhood,
because
we
don't
really
have
a
place,
a
place
to
house
them
so
they're
going
to
consolidate
their
operations
in
that
school
and
it's
going
to
be
a
really
community
serving
space.
There
are
some
other
ideas.
Those
we
know
are
certain.
Those
two
things
are
going
to
happen.
There's
some
other
ideas
about.
B
You
know
what
might
be
in
that
building.
There's
a
large
auditorium,
so
maybe
we
could
have
performance
space,
there's
additional
first
floor
space
that
we
could
use
as
a
clinic
or
some
workforce
development
training
space.
So
those
kinds
of
ideas
all
bubbled
up
from
our
community
conversations.
We
now
just
have
to
add
somewhere
market
realities
and
see
what
we
can
actually
fund.
So
again,
that's
about
145,000
square
feet
and
we're
going
to
own
it
the
end
of
October
yay
us.
B
Let's
see,
we
actually
also
owned
this
building
too.
So
you
know
we'll
own
both
of
the
school
buildings
in
the
neighborhood
one
of
the
things
that
we
do
in
this
building.
We
don't
do
anything
in
this
building.
We
get
rent
from
propel.
We
bought
the
building
in
2014
Lisa
to
propel.
They
provide
us
for
money.
We
take
a
portion
of
that
and
give
it
back
to
the
community.
So
we
created
a
neighborhood
improvement
fund
where
we
work
with
community
organizations
and
entrepreneurs
who
want
to
do
better
in
the
neighborhood.
B
So
if
they
want
to
put
on
a
community
event
like
some
of
the
things
we've
funded
included,
backpack
giveaways
at
the
start
of
school,
we're
buying
equipment
for
a
job
training
program,
that's
focused
on
landscaping
and
we've
helped.
Some
entrepreneurs
expand
their
business,
so
they
can
take
advantage
of
all
the
workers
that
are
that
are
around
on
the
brownfield
site
and
on
Second
Avenue.
So
those
are
the
things
that
we've
done
thus
far.
B
This
is
our
first
year,
it's
our
pilot
year,
we're
going
to
evaluate
it
and
see
where
we
need
to
tweak
things,
but
so
far
we've
given
out
about
twenty
seven
thousand
dollars.
So
it's
been
a
really
good
thing
and
you
know
we
ate
I
doesn't
decide
where
that
money
goes
in
large
part.
We
have
a
smaller
grant
fund.
Two
hundred
bucks
we
give
out
to
you,
know:
community
organization.
It
wants
to
do
something:
cool
and
a
neighbor
good,
but
these
bigger
ones
that
I
mentioned
the
backpack
giveaway
the
the
tools
for
the
job
training
program.
B
We
can
give
between
1,000
and
three
thousand
dollars
each
and
we
have
a
community-based
committee
that
decides
how
much
into
whom
that
goes.
So
it's
not.
You
know
H
I
proclaiming
right.
It's
not
us
deciding
it's
a
community
residents
and
stakeholders
who
help
determine
how
those
funds
should
be
used,
and
it's
been
a
really
good
thing.
So
far
as
far
as
for
sale,
housing,
we
have
a
chai
runs
two
programs.
We
have
a
rehab
for
resale
program
which
pretty
much
every
CDC
does
we
acquire.
B
We
also
have
so
that's
really
normal.
That's
not
unusual
for
the
neighborhoods
in
a
city.
One
thing
I
think
is
unique,
though,
is
we
have
a
discount
home
repair
program?
So
this
is
the
neighbor
we
work
with
those
fifty
percent
of
the
residents
in
our
homebuyers.
We
work
with
them
to
make
improvements
to
their
home
if
they
want
a
if
they
need
the
roof
fixed
or
they
want
to
fix
their
porch
or
they
want.
You
know
they
have
some
plaster
repair.
That
needs
to
happen.
B
We
can
work
with
them
and
they
pay
one
quarter
of
whatever
the
total
cost
is
will
go
up
to
twelve
thousand
dollars.
They
only
pay
a
quarter
of
that
and
we
pay
the
rest.
We
also
work
in
conjunction
with
rebuilding
Together
Pittsburgh,
so
rebuilding
together
as
program,
it's
very
similar,
they're
they're
sort
of
main
program
is
to
work
with
low
income,
very
low
income,
home
buyers
or
homeowners,
seniors
veterans,
disabled
to
do
home
repairs
and
their
program
is
free.
B
So
when
we
have
people
come
to
our
door
and
want
to
investigate
our
discount
home
repair
program,
our
first
step
is
say:
hey,
let's
see
if
you're
eligible
for
RTP,
because
if
they
can
get
it
for
free,
then
it
doesn't
matter
if
the
heavy
ours
is
only
a
quarter.
Sometimes
people
do
both.
There
are
people
who
you
know
they
just
want
to
do
a
little
something
extra
that
RTP
can't
or
won't
do
because
of
they've
hit
their
limit
and
they
go
through
our
TPS
program
and
they
come
to
us
as
well.
B
So
these
are,
you
know,
designed
to
help
these
homeowners
maintain
and
increase
the
equity
in
their
home,
so
that
as
our
market
changes-
and
we
know
that
it
will-
these
people
who've
lived
here
forever-
can
benefit
from
that.
You
know:
have
some
wealth
building
through
the
equity
in
their
home
at
sea
and
rebuilding
together
by
the
way
they
operate
their
program
in
Hazelwood
outside
of
us,
give
me
the
referrals.
B
So
I
mentioned
before
that
we'd
work
with
pc
RG
to
do
a
property
condition
analysis,
I'm
not
pretty
much
underlies
all
of
the
real
estate
work
that
we
do.
The
date
has
been
useful
in
helping
us
and
identify
where
our
investment
priorities
should
be
so
it
helped
us
to
figure
out.
You
know
what
parts
in
a
neighborhood
were
more
stable,
where
we
could
do
a
pretty
modest
investment.
This
is
generally
the
area
now
where
we
could
do
a
house
here
in
a
house
there
and
stabilize
the
whole
street,
and
it
helped
us
figure
out.
B
B
It's
part
of
Hazelwood
our
primary
goal
with
that
is
to
ensure
that
Hazelwood
Rica.
Next
to
hazelwood
and
when
we
reconnect
the
main
part
of
the
neighborhood
to
the
river,
so
that's
really
our
goal.
There
are
some
real
life
constraints
with
that,
though,
if
you're
familiar
with
the
waterfront
and
what
else
I
works
right,
two
very
different
redevelopments
of
brownfields.
We
very
much
want
to
be
more
like
southside
works,
where
the
development
of
the
brownfield
is
integrated
into
the
community,
that
it
feels
like
it's
just
an
extension
of
the
community
and
not
no
offensive.
B
People
decided
this,
but
not
like
the
waterfront,
where
the
building
sort
of
turn
their
backs
on
the
community
and
any
spin
off.
That
could
have
happened
from
that
development
either
didn't
happen
or
it's
taken
until
now
to
make
it
happen.
So
eighth
Avenue
was
eighth
Avenue
before
the
development
of
the
waterfront,
and
it
was
pretty
much
in
the
same
condition
after
the
development,
so
we're
hoping
that
it
spurs
reinvestment
in
the
neighborhood
like
what
southside
works
has
done
for
South
Side.
B
We
have
some
real
constraints,
though
we
have
some
of
the
same
issues
that
they
had
at
the
waterfront,
namely
the
railroad
tracks.
There
are
actually
two
sets
of
tracks
that
go
through
our
brownfield
one
closer
to
the
river
in
one
about
a
block
off
second
Avenue.
So
we
know
that
we
are
not
going
to
get
any
streets
that
go
east
west
across
those
railroad
tracks.
They
just
won't,
allow
it
so
the
streets
that
are
there.
B
The
connections
that
are
there
have
to
be
strong,
a
Taser
wood
avenue
to
come
to
street
and
one
that
I'm
forgetting,
but
they
have
to
be
strong
and
they
have
to
make
sure
that
they're
we
have
to
make
sure
that
they
invite
people
into
the
neighborhood,
but
don't
create
its
own
separate
exclusive,
new
neighborhood
right.
It's
not
going
to
be
the
95th
neighborhood.
In
the
same
it's
going
to
be
Hazelwood,
we
have
to
ensure
that
the
streets
that
go
north-south
parallel
to
the
river
to
the
railroad
tracks
get
rebuilt,
there's
Lydell
and
blair
street.
B
They
kind
of
terminate
right
now,
the
brownfield
site,
every
plan
that
I
understand
and
every
plan
that
they've
come
up
with
for
the
redevelopment
of
the
site
shows
those
streets
going
through.
We
are
not
a
part
of
the
development
team.
We
are.
We
are
partners
in
an
informal
sense,
but
you
know
I.
We
like
what
we're
hearing
right
now
about
how
this
Rica
next
to
the
neighborhood,
but
it
doesn't
mean
that
we
aren't
going
to
keep
an
eye
on
it.
B
Let's
see
right
now
on
that
site.
This
is
what
everybody's
really
interested
in.
There
are
two
things
that
are
happening
well,
31
is
uber.
Advanced
technology
center
has
created
a
test
track
on
the
street,
so
then
I
monocyte
by
the
way
is
178
acres.
It
is
massive
by
comparison.
I
believe
southside
works
is
like
125,
so
from
the
residential
units
all
the
way
to
well,
probably
only
to
the
Sports
Center
complex
down,
there's
about
125
acres
ish,
so
this
is
way
larger
than
that
another
50
acres
or
so
larger
than
that.
B
It's
kind
of
big
you
can
see
from
the
street
and
they're
going
to
be
there
for
three
to
five
years
and
right
now,
where
they're
located
it
blocks
those
streets,
light
on
Blair
street
that
we
want
to
see
go
through
the
site.
So
we
know
that
in
the
short
term,
short
short
as
long
term,
three
to
five
years
that
we
are
going
to
get
those
connections.
B
We
I
wouldn't
say
that
we
were
thrilled
about
that,
but
knowing
that
that
was
gonna
be
the
first
major
investment
in
the
site.
I
think
we
have
gotten
comfortable
that
that
was
a
worthwhile
moved,
maybe
spur
interest
in
the
site
and
hopefully
attract
other
technology
industries.
The
other
thing
that's
happening
is
our
IDC
is
developing
the
mill
building.
B
I,
don't
know
if
you
can
see
that,
but
as
you
can
see
this
from
Second
Avenue,
it's
a
big
giant
blue
building
and
they
are
going
to
take
the
skin
off
basically
take
off
the
blue
piece,
expose
the
steel
frame
and
build
a
building
inside
of
it.
So
I
built
a
three-story
building
inside
every,
with
lots
of
community
space
public
space
on
the
outside
and
actually
someone
again
side
as
well.
So
this
is
really
cool.
I,
really
like
this
design.
They
are
expecting
to
get
started
early
next
year.
B
I
believe-
and
it's
probably
it's
a
really
big
building
too,
so
it's
probably
going
to
take
two
to
three
phases
for
them
to
do,
but
the
idea
that
they
could
build
a
building
inside
of
the
steel
frame
and
expose
that
frame
just
to
tie
it
to
our
history.
I
think
that's
a
really
cool
idea
excited
about
that.
B
The
third
thing
that's
happening
on
the
site.
That
mill
building
is
one
of
two
buildings
that
remain
the
other
building
is
the
Round
House
and
uber
is
going
to
put
some
office
space
there.
So
they're
going
to
start
redevelopment
of
that
soon,
but
probably
not
until
late
this
year,
early
next
year
to
put
their
office
space
and
there
will
be
other
office
spaces
there.
So
they're
not
relocating
from
the
stroke,
they're
just
going
to
add
some
of
their
autonomous
vehicle.
B
The
good
thing
about
this
is
that
some
of
those
individuals
or
community
gardens
have
been
able
to
sell
their
products
to
our
local
community
grocer
our
small
growers
in
a
neighborhood.
So
it
has
expanded
her
ability
to
offer
fresh
food
in
the
neighborhood,
while
also
giving
them
a
place
for
their
excess
good.
So
they
can't
use
themselves
so
I
think
it's
a
really
neat
thing
happening
and
it's
a
pretty
small
effort
at
land
recycling
but
I
think
it's
a
really
good
thing.
B
One
of
the
other
things
that
happened
recently
about
three
weeks
ago
is
we
had
about
150
people,
including
residents
and
other
volunteers,
get
together
and
help
us
build
a
kaboom
playground.
So
this
is
below
the
tracks,
which
sounds
pejorative,
but
isn't
it
that's
the
name
of
the
neighborhood
below
the
tracks.
It
is
just
across
the
elizabeth
street
bridge
and
it
is
the
only
playground
in
that
part
of
the
neighborhood.
B
So
we
also
have
there's
a
playground
up
here
that
you
pass
as
you
were,
coming
in
probably
and
there's
a
city
playground
a
little
bit
down
second
avenue,
but
because
of
our
topography
and
distance,
all
the
kids
that
live
below
the
tracks
can't
really
access
the
either
of
them
easily.
So
this
is
the
first
place
that
they
have
to
play
that
is
designed
for
play
on
that
side
of
the
neighborhood.
So
we're
pretty
excited
about
that.
So
the
playgrounds
up,
we
still
have
some
landscaping
to
do.
B
We
need
to
get
more
trash
cans
out
there,
but
the
playground
is
up
and
open.
So
that's
that's
been
a
great
thing
and
the
last
thing
I
guess
I
want
to
talk
on
before
I'm
happy
to
answer.
Any
questions
is
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
that
helps
guide
the
community
development
as
a
whole
is
a
community
plan
or
community
vision,
and
we
don't
yet
have
one.
B
So
we
are
working
with
the
greater
Hazelwood
community
collaborative
which
we
remember,
and
it
is
an
organization
of
organizations,
so
local
nonprofits
churches
and
then
nonprofits,
who
are
in
businesses,
business
owners,
but
also
organizations
that
work
in
the
neighborhood
that
may
not
be
based
in
a
neighborhood.
So
like
NeighborWorks,
rebuilding
Together,
a
piece
ERG
are
members
of
that
collaborative
because
they
are
going
to
be
organizations
that
help
us
to
do
what
we
need
to
do
and
the
primary
charge
of
that
organization
is
to
help
us
with
our
community
plan.
B
So
at
this
point
we
have
an
RFP
just
just
about
final
for
the
consultant
team
to
help
us
do
this.
We're
expecting
to
launch
that
next
year,
as
well.
So
as
busy
as
2016
has
been
I
mean
really
think,
2017
is
going
to
be
a
whole
lot
busier,
but
really
really
exciting.
So
with
that
I
welcome
you
to
the
neighborhood
and
I'm
happening
answer
any
questions
that
you
have.
A
A
Very
much
mrs.
Tillman
there's
a
whole
lot
going
on
in
Hazelwood,
and
it's
very
awesome
to
have
someone
of
your
experience
here
to
make
sure
the
community
gets
to
partake
and
fully
benefit
from
all
the
investment
that
will
be
taking
place
here
and
has
begun
already.
I'd
like
to
remind
everybody
that
our
blight
doctors
are
here
today
and
at
eleven-fifteen
will
have
an
opportunity
for
special
sessions
where
you
can
talk
to
experts
about
exactly
what
you
need
to
know
to
solve
the
problem
in
your
community.
A
We've
got
four
people
here
today,
I
believe
some
of
them
are
in
the
room
and
I
can't
see
very
well.
So
if
you're
here,
please
raise
your
hand.
Brian
is
here
to
talk
about
code
enforcement.
Don't
see
him
yet
Steve
in
the
back
is
waving
with
a
gray
shirt
on
he'll,
be
here
to
talk
about
issues
with
buildings.
Bethany
is
here
to
talk
about
land
acquisition
issues
and
yvaine
is
here
to
discuss
green
spaces,
their
design
and
implementation.
So
that'll
happen
in
11,
15
out
near
the
coffee,
make
sure
you're
there.
A
If
you
have
an
individual
question,
you'd
like
individual
attention
on
and
without
any
more
reading
of
the
program,
I'd
like
to
introduce
our
keynote
speaker,
ms
lisa
freeman,
lisa
lisa,
is
the
founder
and
director
of
the
pittsburgh
struggling
student
association.
In
the
summer
she
manages
the
manchester
growing
together
farm
and
during
the
school
year
she
operates
a
school-based
family
engagement
program
at
Manchester
K
through
8.
Thank
you
very
much
so
here
we
are
ms
lisa
freeman
from
manchester
for
our
keynote
address.
C
Good
morning
my
name
is
Lisa
Freeman
and
I'm
a
little
different
I'm,
a
blight
specialist
I'm,
a
blight
I
love
playing
in
the
dirt
and
I
will
tell
you
right
now,
I'm
a
blight
a
little
different
without
any
further
ado.
We're
gonna
keep
it
going
up
because
I'm
fired
up
and
ready
to
go
so
put
on
your
seat
belts.
I
promise
you!
This
will
be
a
little
bit
different
before
we
get
started.
C
I
want
to
make
sure
I
recognize
neighborhood
allies
they've
been
my
chief
supporters,
Thank
You
neighbor,
who
the
Allies
gtech
they've
been
there
for
me
all
along,
and
you
all
I'm
here
to
encourage
you
that
little
lot,
I
heard
someone
say
there's
so
many
Lots
down
there
like
be
a
visionary
think
about
what
you
can
do
with
those
empty
lots.
Nobody
else
wants
them.
You
take
over
mr.
snow
is
queuing
me
up,
put
your
seatbelt
on
mr.
snow.
We
ready!
Oh
well,
let
me
keep
talking,
then
neighborhood
allies
I'm
a
little
bit
different
visionary.
C
If
you
can
see
it,
you
can
be
it.
If
you
perceive
it,
you
can
conceive
it.
Oh
I'm,
going
good
here
and
I
noticed
on
the
front
of
the
bulletin
bulletin
gtech
pcr
g.
You
are
a
design
center,
neighborhood
allies,
woohoo
city
of
Pittsburgh
city
of
Pittsburgh,
where'd
that
guy
go.
Oh
your
city
of
Pittsburgh
anybody
else,
city
of
Pittsburgh,
oh
hey,
Sally,
oh
here,
city
of
Pittsburgh,
mayor's
office,
will
take
clothes
note.
So
when
you
go
back
to
the
mayor,
you'll
say:
oh
Lisa,
had
you
in
this
video,
take
good
notes.
C
Put
your
seat
belt
on
sit
down.
It's
coming
and
I
won't
entertain
any
questions.
You're
really
going
to
get
an
earful
I
jam-packed
a
whole
lot
in
this.
If
you
have
a
few
questions,
I
know
we're
running
behind
schedule.
I'll
take
the
questions
later,
but
I
hope
you
just
enjoy
what
you
see,
because
it's
not
always
warm
and
fuzzy,
there's
a
truth
behind
playing
in
the
dirt.
You
only
certain
people
can
play
in
the
dirt
and
have
fun
with
it
and
playing
in
the
dirt.
It
makes
you
hard
because
we
do
a
lot
more.
C
C
My
name
is
Lisa
freeman
and
I
live
in
wonderful,
historic
manchester.
I
bought
my
house
in
2002
and
it
took
me
maybe
four
years
to
get
my
house
developed
and
rehabbed
and
ableton
he
lived
back
in
I
was
a
proud
owner
and
then
and
I'm
a
proud
owner
now,
but
my
most
ambitious
hope
was
that
I'd
become
a
good
neighbor
in
a
very
good
neighborhood.
So
this
garden
is
so
very
important
to
me
manchester
growing,
together
garden,
it's
become
a
place
of
goodwill
in
the
community.
C
For
me
personally,
I
love
playing
in
the
dirt
there's
something
surreal,
something
very
spiritual,
something
very
nurturing
when
you're
just
leave
all
your
cares
behind
and
in
the
background
you
could
hear
the
kids
laughing
and
the
birds
singing.
It's
just
been
a
wonderful
experience
here
at
Manchester
growing
together,
Gort
the
community
treasures
this
garden
so
much
they
wanted
to
see
it
continued
year-round.
C
Also
I
like
to
add
this
past
summer,
the
garden
was
part
of
a
math
project
at
Manchester,
elementary
school
called
math
mud
and
more
and
the
garden
part
was
the
mud
where
the
kids
who
come
out
from
the
first
son
son,
healthy
eating,
healthy
nutrition
exercise
and
just
have
fun.
So
the
garden
is,
is
a
center
for
all
ages.
All
races
all
genders
all
abilities.
C
This
used
to
be
a
place
where
it
was
the
hangout
and
it
had
some
negative
elements
to
it,
and
I
would
walk
by.
There
was
some
negative
activity
going
on
and
I
would
walk
by
with
my
compost
or
the
molds
in
my
shovels
and
I
would
walk
by
some
dealers.
Some
drug
dealers,
some
young
people
who
were
smoking
perhaps
and
I,
was
a
little
tired
and
being
myself
I
would
say.
C
Oh
I'm
old
enough
to
be
your
mother,
you
think
you're
gonna
who's
going
to
help
me
and
eventually,
even
the
better,
the
elements
that
we
kind
of
assume
as
bad.
They
became
part
of
this
corner,
so
it
had
its
redemptive
value
and
they
they
would
be
here
and
they
would
be.
You
know
not
doing
anything
and
as
time
progressed
I
said
come
here.
Oh
this
hose
you're
not
doing
anything
coming
we'll
move
plants,
so
they
were
pulled
into
this
community.
C
You
know
our
lawn
mower
pro
we've
never
had
a
new
longhorn
every
lawn
mower,
we've
gotten
you've
gotten
off
the
garbage
heap
and
somebody
repurposed
and
put
back
together
so
I'm
begging
him.
Please,
and
we
have
enough
funding.
Would
you
be
kind
enough
to
think
about
us
and
offering
a
brand-new
lawnmower,
that's
self-propelled
that
has
a
bag
that
could
catch
the
clippings
and
then
year
round
it
was
spectacular,
though
our
light
up
night.
C
It
was
beautiful
to
see
all
the
families
come
out
and
celebrate
and
have
a
wonderful
event
with
Santa
all
the
kids
had
some
toys
and
foods.
It
was
just
wonderful
and
we
would
like
to
keep
that
going
on
year-round,
but
it
was
kind
of
hard
last
year
because
we
didn't
have
lights
or
halogen
lights
and
then
have
the
generator
to
keep
it
on.
So
it
was
kind
of
on
and
off
on
and
off.
Someone
would
have
to
plug
pull
the
plug.
C
So
those
would
be
some
of
the
things
that
would
ask
for
I'll
store
energy,
efficient
light
and
lawn
decorations
and
a
high
powered
generator
and
then
for
during
the
growing
season.
If
we
could
possibly
have
enough
funding
proceedings,
so
the
children
can
be
exposed
to
a
different
type
and
a
variety
of
plants,
vegetables
and
we're
so
happy.
We
never
thought
planning
the
dirt
would
be
so
much
fun,
we're
always
willing
and
always
welcoming,
to
show
you
what
we
do
here
and
we're
always
looking
for
another
pair
of
hands
want
to
get
dirty.
C
So
I
don't
know
if
you
have
any
questions,
but
I
want
to
just
tell
you
briefly
why
I
kind
of
set
it
up
like
that?
I
was
little
frustrated
and
I
was
a
little
mad.
Those
are
a
compilation
of
a
few
videos.
We
have
about
10,
we've
done
things
with
Bill
and
Melinda.
Gates
we've
done
things
with
charter
schools,
private
school
charter,
schools,
public
schools,
I
am
the
prison
warden
of
Pittsburgh
SC,
State
SC.
Oh
really,
I
have
a
telephone
number.
C
They
released
the
inmates
to
me
and
if
they
get
out
of
line,
they
expect
me
miss
Lisa
up
where
you
been
and
they
treat
me
like.
She
has
full
authority
of
you.
If
someone
get,
these
are
grown
men,
sorry
they're
at
the
garden
and
on
the
weekends
or
whenever
I
need
them,
I
called
them
and
they
released
them
to
me
and
we
built
relationships
not
only
with
the
men
but
with
their
families
with
their
children.
C
You
need
to
get
this
together
and
why
are
you
doing
it
and
we've
successfully
re-entered
men
from
my
program
back
into
the
home
we
have
worked
with
the
kids
with
the
sea
is
with
the
ankle
bracelets.
My
husband
is
warden
Wallace.
Even
he's
grown
up
with
these
kids
from
elementary
school
now
they're
in
trouble,
and
now
he
sees
them
on
the
streets
and
they
take
pride
because
they've
done
a
lot
of
work
in
our
garden
and
one
of
them
got
up.
C
C
I'd
have
them
do
a
hard
labor
I've
worked
them
boys
in
that
Sun
and
bring
this
and
like
a
warden,
and
they
would
love
it,
and
then
they
bring
get
kids
from
Wilkinsburg
and
they'd
bring
him
down
and
they
would
love
it,
and
then
I
brought
him
up
to
my
house
in
the
house
that
you
saw
in
the
opening
of
my
house.
I
bring
them
in
and
I
would
purposely
cook
hot
hot
home-cooked
meals
and
they
did
their
regimen
that
they
do
in
the
center.
C
Okay,
let's
our
heads,
let's
pray,
let's
eat,
and
then
after
we
oh
don't
leave
miss
Lisa's
house
dirty,
go
get
that
garbage,
go
wash
the
dishes,
yes,
ma'am,
no
ma'am
until
they
found
out
I
was
bringing
them
home
and
I
stopped
that
program.
But
that
was
the
most
rewarding
thing
that
we've
had.
This
is
not
warm
and
fuzzy
and
we
do
not
get
funding
for
programs,
but
we
do
so
much
so
much
in
the
community.
Just
like
you
all.
C
We
work
with
the
women
pregnant
women
who
are
taking
methadone
treatment
to
get
out
of
their
addiction
pregnant
and
just
by
where
we're
located
we're
at
the
bus
stop,
and
it
just
naturally
draws
people
in
because
I'm
they're
talking
the
drug
dealers.
Oh
wait,
I'll
just
tell
you
this
and
I'll
sit
down
so
the
drug
dealers,
where
my
first
garden
was.
It
was
true.
C
Who's
gonna
help
me
I'm
old
enough
to
be
your
mother
and
they
was
waiting
for
me
because
I'm
walking
around
as
she
dirty
looking
homeless,
dragging
a
bucket
of
dirt
and
mulch,
and
they
were
just
standing
here.
I
knew
as
soon
as
I
passed.
They
was
gonna,
laugh,
oh,
no,
no,
and
so
sir.
Yes,
ma'am
I'll
help
you
and
he
left
his
friend.
Us.
Don't
laugh
because
you'll
be
next.
C
Where
I
was
they
used
to?
They
watch
me
the
woman
with
the
crazy
hair
they
would
smoke.
That
was
their
drug
point.
That's
where
they
pick
up.
That's
where
they
sell,
and
then
all
the
drug
dealers
started
to
know
me
like
Oh,
miss
Lisa's
over
there.
Don't
do
that!
Don't
smoke
don't
smoke
in
front
of
her
and
then
eventually
they
just
left
and
the
garden
was
not
fenced
and
they
protected
that
garden.
It
was
never
anything
vandalized
and
where
we
are
now,
nothing
ever
gets
touched
and
this
one
story
and
I'm
gonna
sit
down.
C
If
you
have
any
questions,
I'll
talk
to
you
later
this
one
story:
we
had
the
SCO
men
there
and
we
were
taping
a
video
for
Bill
and
Melinda
Gates.
We
did
a
project
with
public
school
and
charter
school,
which
never
happens
because
there
are
all
odds
against
each
other.
They
took
them
into
the
charter
school,
which
was
pristine.
The
floors
were
polished,
they
had
new
equipment,
they
had
every
child
had
an
iPad
at
first
grade.
Every
kid
knew
which
college
it
was
going
and
then
we
took
public
schools
coming
in
and
they
were
smelly.
C
They
were
Ashley,
their
hair
wasn't
combed
and
they
just
wobbled
in
and
they
saw
the
condition
of
the
charter
school
and
their
eyes
grew
being
like
wow
and
I
was
a
little
upset
too
it's
right
in
the
same
neighborhood
and
you
have
the
haves
and
the
have-nots,
and
why
can't
our
kids
have
both,
but
we
did
this.
This
was
a
project
in
the
making
and
they
sat
in
the
charter
school
and
they
Skyped
against
somewhere
around
the
world,
and
our
public
school
kids
were
like
wow.
C
My
last
thing
is:
we
took
the
Duman
who
were
there
just
a
sponsor
because
they
got
the
bed's
ready
for
everybody.
Those
were
those
same
inmates
from
the
prison
and
we
had
the
officials
there
and
I
put
them
on
a
spot
and
I
said.
Would
you
just
give
us
give
our
kids
some
kind
of
inspirational
message
and
the
kids
just
formed
around
them?
And
the
official
said
we
are
men
from
Allegheny
or
anything
they
didn't
call
I,
don't
know
what
prison
is
the
jail.
It's
been
called
a
few
things
we
from
down
that
end.
C
Organization
office,
whatever
it
is
see,
I,
don't
know,
I,
don't
know
these
things
but
see
I,
so
most
kids
knew
that
and
when
they
said
that
all
the
kids
heads
went
down
and
then
the
men,
the
inmates
we
have
about
six
of
them
in
back
behind
because
they
can't
get
but
so
close
to
the
kids
and
the
Wharton
was
talking
about.
You
know
we're
back
we're
here.
C
Our
men
were
giving
back
to
the
community
and
we're
glad
that
you
had
a
good
day
and
all
the
kids
there's
about
four
or
five
kids
that
started
crying
I
like
what's
the
matter
all
their
fathers
of
her
in
prison.
These
kids
didn't
see
all
these
kids
were
you
know
the
dads
and
relatives
were
in
prison
or
in
rehab,
and
then
I
will
look.
Maybe
the
next
time
we'll
find
your
fault,
and
we
can
help
billing
me.
C
Well,
we,
after
that
incident
now
our
place
now
is
a
reunification
place
for
parents
and
their
families,
so
they
can
get
together
in
a
positive,
neutral
place
and
not
behind
bars.
It
is
not
warm
and
fuzzy,
and
it's
not
that
something
we
can
always
measure
and
we
give
these
stories
and
people
don't
want
to
fund
stories,
but
we
make
a
big
difference
and
I'll
say
for
what
I'm
doing
against
the
housing
authority
and
how
I
have
made
HUD
cooperate
because
there
are
number
one
in
blight.
So
that's
my
story
today.
Thank
you.
A
So
I
don't
know
if
you
all
noticed,
but
in
the
cover
in
the
inside
of
your
program
as
Freeman's
pictured
with
a
very
large
Sun
flower
blossom.
One
of
my
mentors
taught
me
the
importance
of
planting
sunflowers,
especially
in
in
soils
that
have
a
lot
of
negative
amendments
like
lead
and
whatnot,
because
some
flowers
are
notorious
for
pulling
that
negative
stuff
out
of
the
soil
and
they're.
Also,
as
we
all
know,
really
beautiful
and
some
of
us
know
really
nutritious
too
so
metaphorically
I'm
very
impressed
by
your
picture
selection.