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Pittsburgh City Council In Our Neighborhoods

Pittsburgh City Council invites you to join them for a local town hall meeting.

District 9
Please join City Councilman Rev. Ricky V. Burgess and other members of council to discuss our district and share your ideas about how to improve our communities.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 6 PM - 8 PM
Helen S. Faison Arts Academy  7430 Tioga Street

Those wishing to get a chance to tour the work being done on the mission-style row homes near the corner of Penn and Peebles Avenue finally have their chance!

Open house hours are:

Sunday, 1/27/08 from 1-4 PM
and
Monday, 1/28/08 from 5-8 PM

The Greater Park Place Neighborhood Association will be hosting a holiday party on Thursday, Dec. 6, at the Waverly Church social hall.

We will serve dinner and the party will run from 6 PM to 8:30 PM.

Homemade meat and vegetarian chili will be provided and others are encouraged to bring a dish to share. The theme is international. We ask neighborhood residents to bring their favorite ethnic holiday dish.

There will be a Peebles Square Community Meeting on Monday November 19 at 7:00 PM at the Church of the Nazarene, on the corner of Peebles & Waverly. [map]

Please try to attend this meeting because there have been changes to this project since we last met in January! (more…)

The Greater Park Place Neighborhood Association and The Regent Square Civic Association invite you to a meeting with Pittsburgh Schools Superintendent Mark Roosevelt on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 6:30 PM. The meeting will be held at Waverly Church on the corner of Forbes and South Braddock avenues.

In a recent Post-Gazette story, Superintendent Roosevelt said he plans a review of magnet programs to determine whether they’re as rigorous as they need to be and whether the mix of magnet programs meets the needs of students and parents. Come and find out what are his plans. Join us for this important meeting.

The Greater park Place Neighborhood Association will be holding it’s annual meeting on Thursday October 4th, at 7:30pm. The meeting will be hosted at the Church of the Nazarene, 300 Peebles Avenue, at the corner of Peebles and Waverly.

The entire community is invited to come, and learn more about the organization and the efforts planned for the coming 2007/2008 fiscal year. Come support your community!

This may be of interest to community members, as our local congress representative will be present to hear from the local constituents.

TOWN HALL MEETING: THE COST OF WAR AT HOME

Wednesday May 30^th 7-9pm

Calvary Episcopal Church, Shady and Walnut in Shadyside

This is your opportunity talk to Congressional Representatives about your concerns on the military budget and the impact on Western Pennsylvania .

The evening, moderated by Rick Adams, Co-Convener Western PA Black Political Assembly

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