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Please join us for the Third Annual Squirrel Hill Treasure Award Dinner honoring our 2013 Squirrel Hill Treasures:

Karla Boos

Founder and Artistic Director of Quantum Theatre

Rabbi James Gibson of Temple Sinai

Celebrating 25 years of service

Wendell Freeland, Esq.

An original incorporator of the Sq. Hill Urban Coalition and a revered Tuskegee Airman

The historic WPA mural at the Sq. Hill Post Office

This year’s Place Treasure

In lieu of speeches, a short film produced by Pittsburgh Filmmakers will celebrate the contributions of the Treasures.

Save the Date:

Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 6 p.m.

Location:

Pittsburgh Golf Club

Proceeds from the Treasure Celebration support the ongoing work of the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition

For further information call 412-422-7666 or email info@shuc.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUzusvkgWgc

Click on the link above to view The Second Annual Squirrel Hill Treasure Award Video

2012 Treasure Dinner Ad Book

Click on Ad Book Cover to open full pdf

Photographs of the Event

GREENING THE ALCOSAN WET WEATHER PLAN

After several years of work and more than $35 million spent, ALCOSAN has released
their Draft Wet Weather Plan for meeting the terms of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consent decree. The preferred plan proposes spending more than $2 billion to construct huge holding tanks under our rivers and a series of smaller tanks throughout the city to trap excess stormwater and wastewater until it can be safely released for treatment. ALCOSAN will be holding a series of public meetings to collect comments and testimony on the plan before it is sent to the EPA for review.

This is set to be the largest infrastructure project ever undertaken by Allegheny
County and we have to make sure we do it right. While building huge septic tanks
under the rivers might solve the problem for 10 or 20 years, it's not a long-term
solution. The only way to truly solve the problem is to reduce the volume of water
entering the system in the first place and one of the best ways to do this is to
implement proven green infrastructure solutions to capture and retain runoff during
storms.

For more about the opportunities for green infrastructure, please visit Reform
Pittsburgh Now.
http://reformpittsburghnow.com/2012/08/24/greening-the-alcosan-wet-weather-plan/

The League of Women Voters Greater Pittsburgh Office, the Community Information Center (CIC), has moved to a new location:

Koppers Building

436 Seventh Avenue Suite 350, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.  Telephone 412-261-4284, Email: info@pgh.lwv.org

STORMWATER SURVEY

These short surveys are part of a study by the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition to better understand the stormwater implications for Squirrel Hill residents as well as business and property owners on Forbes Avenue and Murray Avenue. The information gathered from the surveys will provide a more accurate picture of the stormwater implications in our district as well as serve as a catalyst for future steps toward solutions.

For Business Owners:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BXCJGVC

For Property Owners:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BNDZCN9
For Residents of Squirrel Hill:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5M6KRND

Click HERE to view CMU's Institutional Masterplan.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh:

Squirrel Hill Branch

5801 Forbes Avenue,

Pittsburgh, PA 15217

Upcoming Events/Meetings:

Join us for the last installment of the Squirrel Hill Project:

Past, Present, and Future: Squirrel Hill and Pittsburgh's Jewish Community

Jewish Community Center, Squirrel Hill

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 7 PM

Admission: FREE

The event will include a Q&A session and a dessert reception.

More Information Here

Residential Permit Parking Update

Please see PDFs of meeting minutes and handouts from the April 23, 2013 public meeting regarding the POSSIBLE implementation of residential permit parking in areas of Squirrel Hill.  

Click here to see the proposed zones in the order in which they are being considered for permit parking.  These are NOT official or final permit parking zones until the process described on attached PDFs is completed. 

TO BE CLEAR - NO AREAS OF SQUIRREL HILL ARE OBLIGATED OR REQUIRED TO HAVE PERMIT PARKING.  It is only being considered at this time and is NOT being “forced onto” any area of Squirrel Hill.  This process has been initiated by a few neighbors making parking complaints to the Department of City Planning.  Permitted parking will not be implemented unless neighbors decide for themselves to implement it, following the procedure on the documents below.

Meeting Minutes

Designation Criteria

Designation Process

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SHUC's Gateway Committee has many exciting developments to report, including the unveiling of a beautiful new clock at O'Connor's Corner (click here for pictures) and the spring planting of the Remembered Garden near the parkway entrance (pictures here).

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The next SHUC Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 18 at 7 pm at the Children's Institute in Squirrel Hill.

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SHUC's annual membership meeting has been postponed. Details to be announced.

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The Pittsburgh Parking Authority is installing a new Multi-Space Pay-by-License-Plate Metering System in Squirrel Hill. Here is a brochure about the new system, along with a list of FAQs. You can watch a YouTube video about this new system at www.pittsburghparking.com. The Parking Authority expects to have all of the Squirrel Hill metering kiosks installed by July 1.

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For information about the Residential Parking Permit Program that may be coming to Squirrel Hill, please visit http://www.pittsburghparking.com/rppp. An article about the RPP planning process also appears in the latest issue of Squirrel Hill Magazine. You can read it by clicking here.

In The News:

* May, 2013 : Squirrel Hill's Turner Cemetery is currently being studied by archeologists from Mercyhurst University. Click here to learn more about this fascinating project and here to read a recent article about it in the Tribune-Review. www.turnercemetery.org

* January, 2013 : Please click on the link below to learn about idling awareness and how it affects Squirrel Hill residents:

http://breatheproject.org/news/the-childrens-institute-raises-idling-awareness/

* January, 2013 : Please click on the link below to watch "Squirrel Hill in a Nutshell," a half-hour program recently shown on WQED that explores what makes our neighborhood so special!

http://www.wqed.org/tv/watch/?id=532

* November, 2012 : Please follow the links below to a wonderful story and editorial about SHUC recently published in the Post-Gazette, just in time to celebrate SHUC's 40th anniversary:

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/squirrel-hill-still-keeping-blight-at-bay-663548/

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/editorials/a-coalition-for-good-squirrel-hill-group-stands-the-test-of-time-663800/?print=1

* June, 2011 : Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Interactive Map Shows Crime By Neighborhood

* July, 2010: Wall Street Journal: Diverse Views on Israel Emerge in Jewish Enclave

• December, 2009: New 14-Unit Condo Building for Squirrel Hill

• November, 2009, Erie Life Magazine: Three Great Neighborhoods We Love
• October, 2009: Changes in store for upper, lower Squirrel Hill

• September 24, 2009: CNN calls Squirrel Hill one of the city's GLAM neighborhoods:
  • Going eastward from Shadyside, you run into Squirrel Hill, where the neighborhood's energy jolts you awake. Always alive, Forbes Avenue...

• September 7, 2009: Squirrel Hill versus Hyde Park

• Postings July 3 through 9, 2009, Urban City Architecture:
  • The American Front Porch in Squirrel Hill
  • Brick and Stone Use in Squirrel Hill
  • Housing Diversity in Squirrel Hill – Key to a Successful Neighborhood

 

• July 3, 2009: SHUC proposes ‘Gateway to Squirrel Hill’

  

• The Jewish Chronicle: The proposed “Squirrel Hill Gateway Project” includes dozens of large and small ideas...

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