Level celebrates groundbreaking for next 9 Rehab 4 Resale homes in McKees Rocks
LEVEL invites the public to explore community-based housing solutions addressing the crisis in underserved areas. Collaborating with McKees Rocks leaders, they are breaking ground on the next 9 units of affordable homes. Join them on October 31 to learn about homeownership opportunities.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit has been designing a new bus line network based on what they’ve heard from current ridership. According to PRT, the proposed draft of a new network improves service, expands connections and prioritizes investments in disadvantaged communities. Draft Network 1.0 […]
MRCDC Communications and Marketing Director Sonja Reis was honored by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania for her contributions to Western Pennsylvania journalism through the former Gazette 2.0 print publication. She is now partnering with others to bring digital news […]
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 […]
MRCDC working as ‘Neighborhood Partner’for Hays Manor transformation planning
McKees Rocks Mayor David Flick, Police Chief Rick Deliman and Grow Sto-Rox Program Manager Dorrian Glenn joined with MRCDC Executive Director Taris Vrcek and the staff at McKees Rocks CDC to finalize portions of a presentation made by community stakeholders to the […]
See the Community Standards for Downtown Development of MRCDC-owned properties
In the first half of 2020, the MRCDC embarked on a large-scale community engagement initiative, with the intention of gaining insight into what the community’s priority goals are for the group’s downtown property holdings. This process included the use of […]
Community leaders take part in the Launch Sto-Rox Incubator: Remixer event. GROW STO-ROX To open an NAACP chapter, 100 signatures are needed, each accompanied by $30 for the annual membership fee. In distressed communities that membership fee can become the […]
The approximately 50,000 square foot former Linder’s Fine Furnishings and Rugs complex located between Thompson Avenue and Yunker Street in McKees Rocks has found a new lease on life thanks to the work of the McKees Rocks Community Development Corp. […]
Simple it’s not… The stabilization and ultimate redevelopment of the former Bank of McKees Rocks building located at 602 Chartiers Ave. in McKees Rocks is just one of several downtown development projects being tackled by the McKees Rocks Community Development […]
