Tuesday, May 1st @ 8pm, at Make Your Mark Coffeehouse

We’re holding a meeting to kick off the next several activities of the SPBO and report on neighborhood happenings.

This meeting is open to the entire neighborhood.

The planned agenda items include:

1. open offices in the organization, time for some folks to retire, new folks to step up, and replace those that have moved on
2. Fundraiser 2007: a short term project, planned date of 6/17/2007 — 8 weeks, share in an event being planned by Dennis Inserra
3. Bonfire (where to have it, should we have it, make bonfire a summer event, can we still have it when the new building is done)?
4. Light Up Night (combine with bonfire?)
5. House Tour (help from Shadyside folks)
6. Sterrett construction update
7. Fundraiser idea #2 : SPB stickers (like the OBX ones)
8. Fundraiser idea #3 : SPB t-shirts

See you there!

We received a lot of feedback on this year’s event, which we wanted to write down before we forgot. Thanks to Greg for doing so.

Have a read. If you think we missed anything in our review, leave a comment and we can update the document. Our goal is to make next year even better.

Bonfire Notes (PDF)

What
A collective effort to shape the future of “Bakery Row” — Penn Avenue from East Liberty Commercial Core to Fifth Avenue (including Shadyside, East Liberty, and Point Breeze Communities). See the Bakery Row Meeting Flyer for more information, or read on below.

Where
Calvary Church (315 Shady Avenue at Walnut Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206)

When
Wednesday, October 4, 2006 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Who
Residents, Property Owners, Business People, Institutional Leaders and Developers that want to make this stretch of Penn Avenue great–again! (a.k.a. you!)

Why
Our neighborhoods are great and getting greater. This is a section where all of our neighborhoods meet. With a few exceptions it is also a place forever altered by the ill-fated Urban Renewal effort of the 60’s and 70’s. East Liberty is finally waking up from its 40 year nap, driven by a community-supported master plan. Residential districts of the Shadyside and Point Breeze neighborhoods are as vibrant as they have ever been.

This stretch of Penn Avenue, once East Liberty’s “Strip District” complete with Passenger rail and train station, freight yards and dominated by industrial bakeries is ripe for change.

What’s missing?
A community-supported plan that can provide a framework for growth and change that adds value to (and does not detract from) the future of our neighborhoods.

Please come, and bring your best ideas with you.

This effort is co-sponsored by East liberty Development, Inc. (ELDI) and Shadyside Action Coalition (SAC).

Bakery Row Master Plan Steering Committee
ELDI, SAC, East Liberty Chamber of Commerce, Franklin West, Inc., South Point Breeze Neighborhood Organization, Village of Shadyside with support from Community Design Center of Pittsburgh, Rob Pfaffmann and Associates, Semple Brown Design, Karen Breen and Associates

Please contact ELDI at 361-8061 with any questions or comments.