Help us win the ‘long game’ of community and economic development
Dear Friend, McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation’s focus on community and economic development spans well beyond brick-and-mortar projects. Read or subscribe to our monthly e-newsletters, and you’ll see just how much more. Off the top of our heads, here’s a […]
Work begins on 9 more McKees Rocks houses as LEVEL’s Rehab for Resale Project launches
On October 31, 2024, our partners at LEVEL: Equity Building hosted a groundbreaking event on Woodward Avenue to officially mark the construction phase of the “Rehab for Resale Project” in McKees Rocks. Working in partnership with McKees Rocks leaders and […]
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 […]
Equitable Community Building: One house at a time Our partners at LEVEL: Equity Buildings, a nonprofit working simultaneously to develop both homeowners and complimentary housing stock, will hold a groundbreaking for its second McKees Rocks renovation project later this month. […]
PROM TIME – In July, MRCDC Executive Director Taris Vrcek stopped by to visit Owner Nitika Proctor and the youth at TT’s ToyBox Daycare on Chartiers Avenue. Vrcek was on a special mission to present a sponsorship check to Proctor for the […]
The Chartiers Avenue Streetscape Project (Phase 1) is anticipated to consist of streetscape and multimodal transportation improvements to SR 51/Chartiers Avenue from McDonald’s Way to the bridge over Chartiers Creek. Potential improvements being considered include pedestrian and bicycle facilities, intersection […]
Ms. Adrienne Roberts ‘The Role of Women in Transforming Communities’ Focus on: Adrienne Roberts By Sonja Reis McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania – During a recent NeighborWorks Training Institute program, I participated in a class entitled “The Role of Women in Transforming Communities.” […]
See our list of 13 unsung sheroes who have been named ‘Rocks Sheroes 2024 – Community Builders’
– Women’s History Month – Building community one step at a time By Sonja Reis In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m calling attention to a baker’s dozen of Sto-Rox area sheroes with the inaugural “Rocks Sheroes Community Builders Award.” […]
PROJECT UPDATE – We’ve been fielding questions about the MRCDC’s ongoing stabilization work to save the former Bank of McKees Rocks building at 602 Chartiers Ave. and wanted to provide a public update. Many of you have noted that a […]
MRCDC Ambassadors Nora Peacock, Diane Creese, Bobbi Adamchik and Community Engagement Manager Albert Edmunds during the August 2023 Hays Manor Community Day. (Photo by Ishara Henry) CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS While the Feb. 13 deadline for applying for a federal Choice Neighborhoods […]