Park Place Blog

http://news.yahoo.com/s/wtae/20080108/lo_wtae/15004611

The above article is decribing the recent controversy around the large-scale plans for the city to remove aproximately 3000 trees. This hit the news in December as well.

GPPNA is canceling their street tree meeting on Thursday 1/10/08 so that it does not conflict with the meeting to discuss this issue being held in Squirel Hill. Our guest speaker will be occupied at that meeting instead.

The meeting on the street tree removals will be held Thursday at 7pm, 1/10/08 at the Children’s Institute in Squirel Hill.

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Link to the PRNewswire press release

The fall clean-up campaign is coming soon. Park Place’s clean-up date is Saturday October 13th, 2007. We had good turn out last spring, and are looking for and even better one this fall. We will meet again at the corner of Forbes and South Braddock, in front of the Waverly church, at 9 the morning. Bags will be provided.

Article announcing the planned closing of 376 outbound this week-end, with the detour going through our area. Be prepared for much more traffic!

Parkway East woes to worsen
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_511200.html

http://www.post-gazette.com//pg/07033/758833-53.stm

If you need any smoke detectors you may be able to get one free from the city. Just by calling 311 and asking for one.

The Pittsburgh Business Times has written an article about the conflict surrounding attempts to shoe-horn big-box style suburban stores into urban Local Neighborhood Commercial (LNC) districts. They point to the Park Place rezoning issue with Walgreens as a prime example.

see it at:
http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2006/07/10/focus3.html

The Trib wrote an article about the hearing and even has a picture of Joni holding up one of the protest cookies from David Green of Sweetie Sweeti Bakery!
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_459980.html

The Tribune-Review has written an update on the upcoming rezoning hearing before city council.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_459671.html