Pittsburgh City Paper’s annual reader’s choice competition has become the biggest competition in Pittsburgh and has been occurring for more than 20 years. Winners are 100% chosen by reader nomination and votes, which come from throughout the region. The first […]
GUEST BARTENDER – McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation’s Guest Bartender competition has a new champion. After holding the Guest Bartender title for the past two contests, Secretary Talia Piazza DePasquale, who came to the Aug. 24 fundraising event ready to […]
The Neighborhood Community Development Fund is a community-focused loan fund. The mission of the Neighborhood Community Development Fund is to provide responsible and affordable credit to businesses, with a focus on minority and women entrepreneurs throughout Allegheny County. Over the […]
The stabilization and ultimate redevelopment of the former Bank of McKees Rocks building located at 602 Chartiers Ave. in McKees Rocks is underway. McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation is working with SOTA Construction Services to begin work on the former […]
On June 29, LEVEL: Equity Buildings, a newly formed nonprofit providing a holistic, system-innovating program to simultaneously develop homeowners and complimentary housing stock, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially launch and announce the sale of its first renovation project, 310 […]
If you attended the inaugural April Fools’ Parade in McKees Rocks, April 2, you may have run into our cohort of Community Outreach Ambassadors. The group of six area residents led by Community Engagement Director Gina Beavers worked with various community […]
Welcome to MRCDC — New MRCDC board members Lachon Ellman, Tamika Huffman and Jordan Allen during an onboarding workshop with members of the staff and board March 26. Both Ellman and Huffman are Sto-Rox residents, while Jordan works with the youth […]
602 CHARTIERS AVE. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced the passage of a federal spending bill for Fiscal Year 2022 on March 10. For the first time in more than a decade, the spending bill includes congressionally […]
MRCDC Broad Member and McKees Rocks resident Ron Reidell shows how to use the property survey app volunteers are using around the borough. VACANT PROPERTIES For the past several months, the McKees Rocks Community Development Corp. (MRCDC) has been coordinating […]
