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8th Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference

Revitalize the Region: Seize Market Interest to Redevelop Core Communities
Friday, May 16
Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh
8:30 am - 3:30 pm (continental breakfast and lunch included)
Keynote speaker: Christopher Leinberger, Metropolitan Land Strategist & Developer
Cost: Early Registration: $30. After May 1: $40 (free to elected officials)
To register call (412) 258-6642 or info@sustainablepittsburgh.org

Presented by:
Local Government Academy
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development
Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Sustainable Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics

For sponsorship and tabling opportunities call 412-258-6643.

This conference, designed for communities in the region that desire to accelerate their redevelopment, will be rich in content, featuring tools, case studies, and technical assistance opportunities. A window of opportunity is growing for communities that are prepared to foster smart growth in step with the shift in the development market that is now occurring. Renewed interest in urban and core communities by developers and investors spells opportunity for restoring prosperity. This shift is fueled by demographic, economic, and cultural trends that are serving to revalue our core communities.

Want to be better prepared to seize this market interest? This Smart Growth conference will help communities better understand the changing market, appreciate how to capitalize on their assets, comprehend what needs to done to participate in the market-based renaissance, and engage in a network to pursue mutual interests. Our region's sustainable growth depends on it.

See below for more information.

Resources

NEW HORIZONS A County-Wide Greenways and Blueways Network - Public meeting

Monday March 17
5:00 pm
Westmoreland Conservation District Environmental Education Center (The Barn) along Donohoe Road in Hempfield Township

Come hear about the New Horizons Plan which the County Commissioners Plan to adopt as a Chapter of the County Comprehensive Plan. Download the executive summary and draft plan at: http://www.smartgrowthpa.org/project_detail.asp?id={4C9D5573-97E1-4301-8BF1-6B163F8D4EEB}

“U.S.-China Relationship and its Implications for Pennsylvania”

Wednesday, March 19
11:00 am - Noon
University of Pittsburgh Teplitz Moot Courtroom, Pitt Law Building, Ground Floor (Oakland)
Free
Register at www.ridgway.pitt.edu.
For details please visit our website or call Patricia Hermenault at 412-624-7396.

U.S. Senator Robert Casey will moderate a discussion of the true nature of the U.S.-China relationship and its implications for Pennsylvania. Panelists will include Professor William Keller, Professor Thomas Rawski, Dr. Sasha Gong, and Professor Wenfang Tang (invited). The panelists will take questions from the audience at the end.

COMMUNITY WORKSHOP: GRANTS FOR GRASSROOTS GROUPS

Wednesday, March 19
11:30 am -1:30 pm
Regional Enterprise Tower, 425 Sixth Ave., 23rd floor, Fetterolf Room (Downtown)
Please RSVP to Linda@ppnd.org by March 17

Grants are available from The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People for groups who. . .
• Are oppressed by poverty or social systems
• Have a project that will address the problems they are facing
• Will control this project themselves and benefit directly from it
• Have decided that what they are going to do will bring long-term improvements to their lives and communities.

This free workshop will explain the Self-Development of People program, how it works, what qualifies a group for funding, and the application process. Lunch will be provided. Hosted by Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development. Get more information at www.pcusa.org/sdop

Hands On Pittsburgh

Wednesday, March 26
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Registration with Hors d’oeuvres/Cash Bar
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Presentation and Dinner
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Networking
Rivers Club Ballroom, One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street, Downtown Pittsburgh
$40 for Rivers Club members, $50 for non-members
RSVP by 3/19/08 to 412-391-5227 or contactus@riversclub.com.

Come learn how a sustainable environment and green economy in Pittsburgh can benefit your personal, business, and social life. Discover how to immediately apply simple, Eco-friendly tips that can truly make a difference! George Hoguet, one of 1000 volunteers in the U.S. whom have been trained to present the work of former Vice-President Al Gore, will be presenting "The Climate Project" slide show from the global warming film, “An Inconvenient Truth”.

Climate Change Uncertainties: Opportunities for Business Innovation?

Thursday, March 27
7:30 am - 4:30 pm
Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North, Mars, PA
Registration: $100/person; Special Student Rate: $35 Registration fee includes continental breakfast and lunch.
Registration form is online at www.C4SPgh.org (Under Staying in the Know); otherwise, contact: Jerry Swart at 412-262-6291 - jerry.swart@fedex.com or John Quinlisk at 412-503-4537 - John_Quinlisk@URSCorp.com

Three of Pittsburgh’s business, engineering and environmental professional organizations are coming together to convene a regional conversation about climate change, its impacts and responses. Climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases, carbon footprint--all of these terms and issues continue to appear in conversations in the media. Many of these conversations are heated and controversial. One thing is clear about this situation: these issues will present challenges to businesses and individuals, simply because of the degree of interest people have in the topics and resulting worldwide concern and debate. Interest in climate change topics has already prompted foreign, federal, and state governmental considerations and actions.

To meet these challenges, the Pittsburgh section of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE), and the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI), in association with the Allegheny Mountain section of the Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA), and Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Champions for Sustainability (C4S) network invite the region’s business, engineering, and environmental professionals to a one-day seminar focusing on climate change.

Following is a listing of topics covered and corresponding speakers for this event:
• Human impact on climate change – William Easterling (Dean, PSU, College of Earth and Mineral Science)
• Natural cycles on climate change – Dr. S. Fred Singer (Science & Environmental Policy Project)
• Impact on business – Kathryn Klaber, Vice President (Allegheny Conference on Community Dev.)
• Regulatory issues – Krish Ramamurthy (Chief, Division of Permits, Bureau of Air Quality, PA DEP)
• Legal framework and carbon emissions trading – Harry Klodowski, Esq. (Betts, Hull, & Klodowski LLC)
• Measuring our impact – carbon footprint – H. Scott Matthews (Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University)
• Possibilities of offsetting carbon – George Hoguet (Native Energy)
• Climate action and leadership – Chris Steffy P.E. (Industrial Energy Engineering)

“How Green Does Your Garden Grow: Assessing Community Capacity and Aligning Local Instigations”

Kenneth Warren, Director of the Lakewood Public Library System, Cleveland, OH
Thursday, March 27
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
McConomy Lecture Hall, University Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Free Admission
Inquiries: Larry Patrick at larrypatrick@gmail.com or Renee Roy at krr@andrew.cmu.edu

Greater Pittsburgh Transit Contingency Planning Briefing

Thursday, March 27
8:30 am - 9:30 a.m
William Penn Ballroom on the lower level of the Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown
Registration and continental breakfast will be from 8-8:30 a.m.
RSVP by March 24. Click here to register.

The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce is inviting all interested businesses to attend a meeting to review the status and timing of the upcoming Port Authority labor negotiations and to brainstorm ideas about what companies can do – individually and as a group – to be better prepared to cope with a transit system shutdown should it come to that. A survey form will also be distributed that you can use in your organization to understand how much a transit shutdown could affect your workforce.

The Inside Scoop on the New Pennsylvania Standards For Residential Site Development

Professional Development Program for professional planners and municipal officials
Friday, March 28
Noon Registration; Program from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg - Hempfield Room, Chambers Hall
3 AICP CM credits
COST: $50 for members of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association; $60 for non-members (Checks Payable to PPA)
SPONSORED BY: Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association and SGPWC
Registration information

Current planning trends encourage more sustainable, low-impact forms of design. However, a gap exists between the desire for these and barriers to their implementation in local ordinances. A new set of recommended standards -- backed up with research and case studies -- provide guidance to fill that gap. A comprehensive overview of this new document is the focus of this workshop. This course was developed by the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center (PHRC).

Corporations and Environmental Responsibility

A Weekend of Lectures, Analysis, and Discussion
March 28-30, 2008
The Erwin Steinberg Auditorium, room A53, Baker Hall, Carnegie Mellon University

What role can corporations play in addressing environmental sustainability? What is industrial ecology? Do environmental public policies unduly restrict the activities of a free marketplace? Are corporations being transparent about their environmental stewardship? Are environmental problems like global warming only “negative externalities” for businesses? Join experts, practitioners and academics for an in-depth treatment of these and other complexities having to do with “Corporations and Environmental Responsibility”. For more details and the complete schedule go to: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/99-522/index.html

Explorers Club to Tackle Mt. Washington Hillside

Saturday, March 29
9:00 am - Noon (8:30 am arrival)
Grandview Avenue - Mt. Washington
Contact ECP's Matt Tolbert at 412-687-4354 or drt42@aol.com.

The Explorers Club of Pittsburgh (ECP) will be working with the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (CDC) and the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) to hold their 17th annual Mount Washington Cleanup. Experienced rock climbers and mountaineers from the club will be using their climbing skills and equipment to safely remove garbage from the steep slopes of Mount Washington along Grandview Avenue. The public is invited to visit and observe as ECP members climb and rappel the mountainside from 9 am until noon.

Burning Waste Coal in PA: Boon or Bust?

Saturday, March 29
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Avenue (Oakland)
Contact GASP for tickets at 412-325-7382.

Join GASP in examining the controversial issue of burning waste coal for energy. Two separate speakers will be featured:
Conrad Daniel Volz, DrPH, MPH with the Center for Healthy Environments and Communities & UPCI Center for Environmental Oncology
"Identifying coal fired power plant pollutants through examination of local fish"

Eric Schaeffer, Executive Director of the Environmental Integrity Project
"Cleaning up after Coal: What to do about Waste Coal and Coal Waste?"

Save the Date - Rachel Carson Spirit & Nature Forum

Wednesday, April 16
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Chatham University, Shadyside
Tickets: $25 for adults and $10 for college students (dinner is included).
Register and pay online at www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org.

Rachel Carson Homestead will present a multi-faith gathering to discuss the reverence for nature contained in all world religions. Through this roundtable discussion, participants can explore how earth stewardship is a matter of faith and how sustainable living, including conservation efforts, green building and using renewable energy, are practices that can be embraced by all.

Participants include Reverend David Carlisle, Springdale United Presbyterian Church; Nusrath Ainapore, Islamic Center of Pittsburgh; Sharon Pillar of Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future, biologist Dr. Kanak Iyer, a representative of the Zen Buddhism Center of Pittsburgh (to be confirmed) and Dr. Elisa Beck, Founding Co-Chair of the United Jewish Federation Environmental Committee, Dr. Terry Collins of the Institute for Green Oxidation Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University, and Sister Mary Christopher of Felician Sisters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Province.

Volunteers Needed for the Allegheny County Household Hazardous Waste Collection

April 26, 2008
7:00 am until 2:30 pm
Settlers Cabin Wave Pool
Volunteers can work all day or half day shifts.
The shifts run like this:
•All day - 7:00 am till 2:30 pm (may not run that late)
•AM shift - 7:00 am till 11:30 am
•PM shift - 10:00 am till 2:30 pm
To volunteer either all day, or for the am or pm shift contact Michael Stepaniak at Michaels@ccicenter.org or call 412-488-7452. For more information visit www.swpahhw.org .

Tasks will include directing traffic, taking surveys, handing out educational materials, checking materials in trunks and assigning a dollar value, traffic counting, and other important tasks. VOLUNTEERS WILL NOT HANDLE HHW OR UNLOAD VEHICLES. There will be a brief training session prior to the start of the event. Lunch, beverages, and t-shirts will be provided. Sponsored by the Southwestern PA Household Hazardous Waste Task Force.
New in the 2008 Season:
To show the Task Force’s appreciation for our volunteers each will receive:
A $10.00 gift card
Free Disposal of HHW (up to 5 gallons) and
A chance to win exciting items that have been donated by local organizations.

8th Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference

Revitalize the Region: Seize Market Interest to Redevelop Core Communities
Friday, May 16
Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh
8:30 am - 3:30 pm (continental breakfast and lunch included)
Keynote speaker: Christopher Leinberger, Metropolitan Land Strategist & Developer
Cost: Early Registration: $30. After May 1: $40 (free to elected officials)
To register call 412-258-6642 or info@sustainablepittsburgh.org

Presented by:
Local Government Academy
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development
Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Sustainable Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics

For sponsorship and tabling opportunities call 412-258-6643.

This conference, designed for communities in the region that desire to accelerate their redevelopment, will be rich in content, featuring tools, case studies, and technical assistance opportunities. A window of opportunity is growing for communities that are prepared to foster smart growth in step with the shift in the development market that is now occurring. Renewed interest in urban and core communities by developers and investors spells opportunity for restoring prosperity. This shift is fueled by demographic, economic, and cultural trends that are serving to revalue our core communities. Want to be better prepared to seize this market interest? This Smart Growth conference will help communities better understand the changing market, appreciate how to capitalize on their assets, comprehend what needs to done to participate in the market-based renaissance, and engage in a network to pursue mutual interests. Our region's sustainable growth depends on it.

Conference Highlights:
Project Region: The new regional transportation and development plan, plots a new smart growth course for Southwestern Pennsylvania focused on restoring and reinvesting in the region’s existing communities. Learn how the Region's Plan is aligned with emerging market interest in reinforcing existing places and targeted corridors with a strong emphasis on preservation, maintenance and operation of existing infrastructure.

Deal Makers and Breakers: To fully benefit from the Region's Plan, it's incumbent on existing communities to understand what developers and investors are looking for when they scan a region for opportunity. In a unique undertaking, the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University (CURP) have collaborated to investigate new approaches municipal officials can employ to help attract new development to their communities. Project leader, David Soule will engage conference participants in discovering what is takes to attract smart growth investment. Furthermore, a consultancy will be launched to work with communities around the region to take a proactive, aggressive stance to meet the complex needs of firms looking to start up operations, relocate, or add new facilities.

Window of Opportunity: Keynote, Christopher Leinberger (see below), will demonstrate the shifting market now brewing in favor of “walkable urbanism” -- downtown and suburban downtown revitalization, New Urbanism, transit-oriented development, green field mixed-use development (“lifestyle centers”), regional mall redevelopment, among others. He will review ways the real estate sector is re-tooling how it designs, plans, regulates and finances to serve these markets to formulate and implement the next American Dream. A panel of regional developers and government leaders will discuss the trend of revaluing urbanity now stirring in our SWPA and how to accelerate market readiness.

Zoning for Smart Growth: Too often zoning techniques that shaped the growth of the American suburb create barriers to meeting today's community visions for traditional types of development. Gregory Heller of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission will be on hand to explore new innovations in zoning that provide flexibility to respond to changes in private market demand. Learn from Gregory and local leaders how your community can be an early adopter and zone the way to seize market interest to redevelop core communities.

Keynote Speaker:
Christopher B. Leinberger is a metropolitan land use strategist, developer, teacher, consultant and author helping to make progressive development profitable. He is a founding partner of Arcadia Land Company, a real estate development firm serving to create walkable communities in harmony with nature.

Leinberger is a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution focusing on research and practices to help transform traditional and suburban downtowns to places that provide “walkable urbanism." He is also a professor and director of the Graduate Real Estate Program at the University of Michigan which focuses on downtown and suburban town center revitalization, transit-oriented development, new urbanism, and conservation development.

In his recently released book, The Option of Urbanism, Leinberger reviews how Americans are voting with their feet to abandon strip malls and suburban sprawl, embracing instead a new type of community where they can live, work, shop, and play within easy walking distance. He explains why government policies have tilted the playing field toward one form of development over the last sixty years: the drivable suburb. Conversely, Leinberger shows how the American Dream is now shifting to include cities as well as suburbs and how the financial and real estate communities need to respond by building communities that are more environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable.

Leinberger has written award-winning articles for publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal and Urban Land magazine. He has been profiled by CNN, the Today Show, and National Public Radio.

Conference support provided by:
The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
The Richard King Mellon Foundation

Great Outdoors Week 2008

May 16-25, 2008
Multiple dates and locations during this week

The seventh annual Great Outdoors Week highlights the amazing outdoor recreation opportunities Southwestern Pennsylvania provides. Various events are scheduled around the region during this week, including five signature events:
5/16 – National Bike to Work Day
5/17 – Venture Outdoors Festival
5/18 – Pedal Pittsburgh
5/20 – “Learn to Row” Indoor Session
5/25 – Rachel’s Sustainable Feast

Individuals from all skill levels and backgrounds are invited to participate. Visit www.greatoutdoorsweek.org for a full listing of events!

Resources

AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water

A vast array of pharmaceuticals - including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones - have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows. In the course of a five-month inquiry, the AP discovered that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas - from Southern California to Northern New Jersey, from Detroit to Louisville, Ky.

Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Avert Danger, New Studies Say

The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists who have just published studies indicating that it would require the world to cease carbon emissions altogether within a matter of decades. Their findings, published in separate journals over the past few weeks, suggest that both industrialized and developing nations must wean themselves off fossil fuels by as early as mid-century in order to prevent warming that could change precipitation patterns and dry up sources of water worldwide.

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Small Loans, Significant Impact

The small-business borrowers -- day-care providers, clothing sellers, jewelry makers -- crowd into the living room where their children are napping, eating cereal and watching TV. They are part of a nascent lending program created by Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi economist who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for developing the Grameen Bank, which uses micro-loans to help eradicate poverty in developing nations. But these women are not in Bangladesh, they are in Queens. They are among the first 100 borrowers of Grameen America, which began disbursing loans in January. This is the first time Grameen has run its program in a developed country. Grameen America, which offers loans from $500 to $3,000, hopes to reach people like her, part of the large segment of poor Americans without access to credit, said Ritu Chattree, the vice president for finance and development.

Biofuels: Fields of dreams

We can run our cars on corn, sugar cane or wheat: limitless cheap energy grown on our doorstep. But are biofuels the answer to exhausted oil wells or just another nightmare scenario?

Big Foot: In measuring carbon emissions, it’s easy to confuse morality and science.

“Customers want us to develop ways to take complicated carbon calculations and present them simply,” he said. “We will therefore begin the search for a universally accepted and commonly understood measure of the carbon footprint of every product we sell—looking at its complete life cycle, from production through distribution to consumption. It will enable us to label all our products so that customers can compare their carbon footprint as easily as they can currently compare their price or their nutritional profile.”

Pollution Is Called a Byproduct of a ‘Clean’ Fuel

After residents of the Riverbend Farms subdivision noticed that an oily, fetid substance had begun fouling the Black Warrior River, which runs through their backyards, Mark Storey, a retired petroleum plant worker, hopped into his boat to follow it upstream to its source. It turned out to be an old chemical factory that had been converted into Alabama’s first biodiesel plant, a refinery that intended to turn soybean oil into earth-friendly fuel. “I’m all for the plant,” Mr. Storey said. “But I was really amazed that a plant like that would produce anything that could get into the river without taking the necessary precautions.”

US tightens air quality standards

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US is tightening air quality standards in an effort to help improve public health. It is lowering the amount of smog-forming ground-level ozone permitted in the atmosphere for the first time in more than 10 years.

A level playing field for cities

Does the special role that cities play in the economy and society mean that cities need special treatment from state and national governments? No. Cities are strong. Give them a level playing field and they can compete robustly. However, cities shouldn't have to face a policy deck stacked against urban living. Urban firms and residents shouldn't have to pay a disproportionate share of the taxes needed to care for disadvantaged Americans. Suburbanites shouldn't get a free pass on the environmental damage created by a car-based lifestyle.

Building a better future

But whilst a growing number of environmental power evangelists deliver the same sermon promising a better future, full of green and pleasant lands, few companies can deliver a message that encompasses not only the environmental, but the social and economic impact on the planet too. . .It's important to make a big contribution to improve their community, but it's also difficult to express where you put the commercial benefits versus real human issues. So whilst it's important to limit your environmental impact, it's equally important to ensure we provide a benefit to the overall community too.”

Transportation Planning Warms Up to Climate Change

A furious, though still fledgling, effort has commenced to help America’s drivers curtail their trips, burn less fuel and, ultimately, emit less CO2. It involves a marriage of transportation planning, land use planning, engineering and public policy to implement everything from smart growth to congestion pricing to increased use of mass transit. And if that wasn’t complicated enough, it will involve every level of government, from town hall to the United Nations. . .Transportation planners have described climate change as the force that may once and for all bring about the merger of land use planning and transportation planning; the places and the routes to them can no longer be separated now that sprawl and segregated land uses are considered one the greatest enemies of the polar bear. . .Nonetheless, the urgency of climate change has caused many planners to conclude that restrictions on mobility may be called for. Some individual state DOTs, MPOs and municipalities are considering a range of options like shifting funds to public transit, new zoning laws and limits on highway funding.

Pirates swing for fences environmentally

Fans will find 180 recycling containers, including 90 bottle-shaped receptacles, scattered throughout PNC Park to collect some 760,000 plastic bottles and aluminum cans used throughout the season.

One-Year Sustainable MBA Program at Duquesne University Ranked 8th in Aspen Institute's Global 100

"In the Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey, success is measured not by how much new MBA graduates earn or how many offers they get, but by how well-prepared they are to guide a company through the complex relationship of business and society, where issues relating to the environment or the well-being of a community can impact a company's performance and reputation," said Judith Samuelson, executive director of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program. Duquesne implemented the full-time, 1 year MBA program for Sustainability to incorporate the bedrock elements of ethics and fiscal responsibility into a global-minded program with environmental and human capital considered part of a multi-dimensional bottom line.

Just published — State of Green Business 2008

In this landmark report, Joel Makower and the editors of GreenBiz.com answer the question: How are U.S. businesses doing in their quest to be greener and more environmentally responsible? It introduces the GreenBiz Index, a set of 20 indicators of progress, tracking the resource use, emissions, and business practices of U.S. companies: carbon, materials, energy, and toxics intensity, clean-tech investments, e-waste recovery, paper use, employee commuting, and more.

Jobs play role in ‘sustainable’ future for city

The PDC has proved that city support can attract new sustainable businesses. Using a mix of tax breaks and infrastructure improvements, the agency helped persuade Solaicx, a California-based startup company, to build a solar power-related manufacturing plant in North Portland last year. Eventually, it will employ about 180 workers. “Solaicx is a good example of the kinds of sustainable businesses we can attract here,” Flynn said.

A boost for mass transit - Carroll backs projects in swap on road work

In the $8.7 billion long-range plan for transportation expansion, each of the six Baltimore metropolitan-area jurisdictions agreed to give up one highway project to put another $250 million into mass transit. The move came after criticism from environmentalists that an early draft of the plan contained too little support for mass transit.

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Sustainable Pittsburgh benefits from support in 2008 from:

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Dollar Bank
The Heinz Endowments
Elsie H. Hillman Foundation
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Richard King Mellon Foundation



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