City Cast Pittsburgh
🦴 How a local groundhog hole changed history
July 8, 2024 · — Megan Harris
Howdy, friends. City Cast Pittsburgh host Megan Harris here! We hope you had a great long weekend, and while you’re looking ahead, you can also take a peek back — about 19,000 years. 👀
What's CITY Talking About?
Walking & Biking Paths Get a Boost
Bellevue, Swissvale, Wilkinsburg, and Vandergrift will all share in a $255,000 state WalkWorks grant to improve walking and biking trails, encourage physical activity, and consider improvements to transit access, road safety, and public health outcomes. [PA Pressroom]
- A worthy investment? A new report says the Three Rivers Heritage Trail contributed $26.5 million to our local economy in 2023. [Pittsburgh Business Times]
The Latest on Innamorato’s 500 in 500 Plan
Ed Nusser, the county’s new director of housing strategy, says County Executive Sara Innamorato’s goal to find 500 parcels in 500 days to help people exit homelessness is “both bold and ambitious, but also achievable.” He says a Stanton Heights facility is already in the works, plus other measures like creating a Housing Advisory Committee to work with tenants and landlords, helping communities update their zoning codes, and expanding a program that helps tenants facing eviction. [90.5 WESA]
Solar Makeover for ‘Swisshelm Slags’
Good news for all yinz Swisshelm Park people who’ve been taking your mental health walks through the slag heap — the URA received a $2 million Brownfields Cleanup Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to help remediate 22 acres and eventually install solar panels along its south-facing hills. Slag is a toxic byproduct from steel manufacturing. The project is expected to begin next year. [NEXTpittsburgh]
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What To Do
Monday, July 8
- 🧘 Yoga with Yogi Bear at Jellystone Park | 9 a.m. | free | Mill Run
- 🧏 Deaf Yoga with ASL Interpreter | 10:30 a.m. | free | Lawrenceville
- ⚾ Pirates vs Mets | 12:35 p.m. | $25+ | North Shore
- 🎫 Norah Jones: Visions Tour at Pittsburgh Symphony | 7 p.m. | $59.50+ | Downtown
- 🎭 “Snow White & The Seven Fairy Godmothers” with South Park Theatre | various times — through July 17 | up to $5 | South Park Township
Tuesday, July 9
- 🎶 Music Bingo at Southern Tier Brewing Co. | 6 p.m. | free | North Shore
- 🌳 Nature Night at Etna EcoPark | 6-7 p.m. | free | Etna
- 👟 Tuesday Night Trail Run with 3ROC | 6-8 p.m. | free, suggested donation | Regent Square
- 🛶 History Paddle with Kayak Pittsburgh | 6-8 p.m. | $23+ | Downtown
- 🪴 Restoring Native Edible and Medicinal Plants with Jared Rosenbaum | 7:30 p.m. | $20 | Oakland
Today on City Cast
The Ultimate Pittsburgh Summer Bucket List
We’re weeks into summer, so if you’ve been waiting to catch that Buccos game or get a sundae from Page's Dairy Mart, this is your moment! If you need a little summer inspiration, we crowdsourced ideas from listeners and Hey Pittsburgh newsletter readers to help put together the perfect summer bucket list.
Short and sweet today. Look for a new name writing to you tomorrow!
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