September 2011
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come with your ideas on october 4th! →
Come help us connect the dots! Your ideas for Garfield are needed at a brainstorming session!
Help us brainstorm for change in Garfield on Tuesday, October 4th at the BGC Community Activity Center, 113 North Pacific Avenue. We’ll explore 16 fantastic ideas for Garfield’s future with 70 architecture students.
Hear the 6% Place presentation at 6 PM (a repeat performance) and join in with your...
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Important Reminder - Last Weekend for Oktoberfest...
Well, we think this is an important reminder! Fall is officially here (almost) - time for one last weekend of beer in the beer garden.
Friday, Sept. 23 5pm-Midnight
Saturday, Sept. 24, 5pm-Midnight
Sunday, Sept. 25, 4-10pm
Details are available here.
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Hit the links. Pittsburgh's public golf courses... →
Good news for golfers and Pittsburgh lovers via @popcitypgh
Golf Digest gives Pittsburgh high marks as a great place for public golf courses. The criteria was five-fold: the cost to play, number and quality of the courses, accessibility and climate (okay, so four out of five ain’t bad). Birdsfoot Golf Club and the Pete Dye course at Nemocolin Woodlands were among the best places to play...
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Watch #140conf Small Town LIVE Today (Sep 20 2011)
Image via CrunchBase
This might have some interesting info for Pittsburghers and citylovers - you can watch streaming coverage of the #140Conf Small Towns about how communities are using social media.
bloglocally:
Watch #140conf Small Town TODAY - Sept. 20, 2011
Watch #140conf Small Town LIVE Today (Sep 20 2011)
Starting today at 9:30 AM EDT / 1530 CEST the second #140conf Small...
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AlphaLab Information Night - Sept. 28 →
Always wanted to start your own business? Learn more about the AlphaLab incubator.
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GLUEcon11 - @AbeTaleb is talking about the... →
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GLUEcon11 - John Folan is talking about the Urban... →
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GLUE Conference Day 3 - kicking off with a session...
Presentations from
- Urban Design Build Studio
- Green Innovators Project
- GTECH
- TerraShift
#gluecon11 #pgh #greenjobs #green
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GLUEcon11 - starting the afternoon session...
Panelists from CDCP, Transition Towns, GTECH and PUSH Buffalo
Transition Pgh website →
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GLUEcon11 - Tom Joseph founder of Epiphany SWS is...
Uses concentrated sun light to power water distillation. Uses a dish with a coating created by Bayer here in pgh. A 3 dish system can distill 500 gallons of H20 per day. Advantage that this process can be used in areas that don’t have power. Also can be beneficial bc these systems can be installed in locations and thus you don’t need pipelines to/from water treatment plant.
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Gluecon11 - Learning from Milwaukee - managing...
Kevin Shafer, Executive Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage is talking about what Milwaukee has done and where they are going to improve water management. Major reductions in sewage overflow to water sources - goal is to get to zero overflow. Other aspects of the vision - improving energy efficiency. Partnered with SW Wisconsin Watershed Trust. Now adding green infrastructure - rain barrels,...
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GLUEcon11 - first speaker on H20 3 Rivers Waterkeepers http://www.facebook.com/pages/Three-Rivers-Waterkeeper/276593120237
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GLUEcon11website for Larimer Plan - ... →
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GLUEcon11 - Pncpark was built in 2001
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Gluecon11 - driving through downtown pgh now. Aka the golden triangle
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Hambones in Lawrenceville - serves turtle soup - are there turtles in turtle soup?
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- 2 groups in pgh dedicated to getting people back to rivers -Riverlife and Friends of the Riverfront
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