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So, what's on your mind? We wanna know! E-mail your questions, opinions, ideas, etc. about McKees Rocks and this site. Just fill out the Web site Tips form. We will forward it to the appropriate individual(s) for answers and post them here. Thanks for your input and interest!
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Q: love the Mckeesrocks website. I will make people more involved and aware of the activities going on in this town. This is good because the town seems like nothing is ever happening.
I would like to see the flea market back at the plaza on Sunday during summer season. I looked forward to it every Sunday.
A: A lot of people miss the Flea Market. Unfortunately,some negative activity there spoiled it for everyone. Maybe as things improve, it can be resurrected.
Q: It will be nice to have healthier fast food places like subway, Boston market and even arby's, this will be more appropriate at the Mckeesrocks plaza.
A: The McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation has been established for the purpose of attracting businesses to McKees Rocks and developing real estate in ways that will benefit our community. While we have developed a Strategic Revitalization Plan that guides our development projects, input from residents such as this is needed so we create a place that all of us will enjoy. Currently, we are focusing on restoring lower Chartiers Avenue to a functioning main street that would include restaurants and other retail businesses to complement the existing ones. So please, keep your ideas coming to tvrcek@mckeesrocks.com, and we’ll keep you posted of our progress and upcoming events.
Q: I can't wait to see the students of storox perform at the new art center, and by the way, when does it open and will there be an opening ceremony. I love theater and this is good to keep young people involved and keep them out of trouble.
A: A massive fundraising campaign is underway to bring the Cultural Arts Center to fruition. Stay tuned for more information as to how you can help. An opening date is months away, however, the programs are already underway at Sto-Rox Schools with performances happening this November! Read more about them by clicking here .
Q: would also like to see if there are any volunteer activities, especially involving young people posted on the web site, e.g., clean Mckeesrocks day, walks to raise money for certain event for the city etc.
A: Great suggestion. Stay posted for this information.
Q: One final comment: Thanks Mckeesrocks police for drug free Mckeesrocks.
Mckeesrocks resident, Caroline.
Q: Your new site would be a great place to list places to dine. I work on Carson street and my co-workers and I are
always looking for somewhere new to eat.
-Mark Binder, Pittsburgh
A: Thanks to Mark, we added this page on the site, click here.
Q: When my kids were growing up in the bottoms - about 1986-88 they used to hang out at a place called Indian Mountain. I just got done reading about the Indian burial mound on the mckeesrocks.com website - I had no idea of the history so I didn't know why it was called that.... I think it was around Ranger Field. do you have any ideas or information on that?
-Rhonda Todd, Sheraden
A: Yes, the Indian mound was directly behind Ranger's Field. Actually, when we grew up always thought the mound was that whole big hill that stretches from the bridge all the way to the river behind Ranger's field. I played up there too. I think all the kids did. The actual burial mound was about 120 feet long and 20 feet high or so, I think, and sat on the River end of the hill. It was started by the Adena tribe around 2,000 B.C. Tribes that followed would bury their dead on top of the mound. While most of it has been excavated, remnants of the original burial mound remain. We have been approached by a local Native American group, the Three Rivers Tribal Council. They would like to access he remains excavated from the mound by Pitt students in the '30s, which currently reside at the Heinz History Center, and re-inter them on the Mound. They'd also like to improve a path up to the site, and make it a 'peace park', and also put up some informational kiosks behind Rangers Field.
Oh, another thing. The cliff at the end of the Mound was the first thing that the early settlers would see when they traveled up the Ohio River from the Point. This is where the 'Rocks' of McKees Rocks comes from.
McKee’s Rocks got its name officially on a deed in 1769, when Colonel Alexander McKee received this property as payment for service in the expedition of General John Forbes in 1758. Its land measured 728 acres, with 624 acres equal to one square mile. This was an area that included virtually all of the present day town of McKees Rocks.
To learn more, visit our history page at http://www.mckeesrocks.com/history.jsp
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