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A beautiful fall day- just right for @bella.terra.stables Halloween Festival! Proud sponsor and board member with Superman to the rescue! 🐴🧡🎃☀️

Another successful #RVP conference. The network you need to tackle all you vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties ❤️🏡🌳🏘️

So much joy at one of our favorite events of the year! 🧡🎃🥰🍂 Over 300 kids served! @emmamunsonfoundation @forgoodpgh @braddockyouthproject

Happy to be representing the @wilkinsburgcdc and work with the Pgh Architecture Foundation’s Leadership Institute. Looking forrard to working with these emerging professionals over the next few months.

Love running into @repsummerlee at great events like @hosannahouseinc ‘s annual Summer Nights event. Inspiring work for our community’s youth- music, art, history, innovation and so much more. 🎶🎨🦾✈️

It’s important to have 100% participation during strategic planning 🐾👏

@tablemagazine_westernpa summer launch party 😋❤️ Don’t forget to check it out!

Beautiful (though hot!) day for @sojournerhousepa #CommunityDay event. Proud to be a board member of this inspiring organization with amazing families and happy to see the play yard we implemented is still an asset nearly 16 years later. 💜🌭☀️🥵 Special thanks to @ace_innamorato and @repsummerlee for your support!

Thanks @community.progress for including me again for this year’s #VADacademy. Always happy to talk about vacant land stewardship! ♻️❤️🌱

Progress! But we still have work to do #pittsburgh2030 🌱♻️⚡️

@bella.terra.stables Annual Day of Magic… where super heroes meet real life heroes. Not to mention the best horses, snacks, and other fairy tale characters. Help support them today! ❤️🐴👑

Fabulous fashion and friends at the @pittsburghparks Annual Hat Luncheon 👒🌷🌳❤️

April 20 was a very beautiful day in the neighborhood and just right for a successful Community Resource Fair. ☀️💙🛠️🏡 @wilkinsburgcdc Thanks to all our vendors and volunteers!

“If you ask for help, it is here. And you will succeed.” -Vanessa Fuller, Sojourner House graduate. A beautiful day at the 20th Victorian Tea for @sojournerhousepa 💜💐☕️Proud to be a MOMS board member

Back to school for @vtlar L series lectures in honor of 50 years 🧡🦃. Thanks @lionheart_places for joining me!

Working together for a #justeconomy with @justeconomy. NCRC Conference 2024 ⚖️💸

🎅🏾 is going to be here from 4.30-6 for pictures but his elves ( @cuddlesforkids @ussteelcorp ) delivered 🎁 early! Come down to Braddock to celebrate with @forgoodpgh ❄️ 🎄

Halloween magic at the farm 🧡👻🦇🎃🖤🐴. Support @bella.terra.stables

Nature, wine, fire, friends… another successful @swep3rivers weekend at @campsoles 🍂🧡🍷

So many mums @freestore15104 while supplies last!

When is work not work? During @forgoodpgh ‘s annual Halloween 👻 🎃 costume giveaway with @emmamunsonfoundation!👻🎃🖤🧡🖤

Congrats to @pa_womenwork for raising over $140k supporting women in the workforce ❤️👩‍🦳❤️#circleofhope2023

A lovely evening with @wpsdproud for their Annual Gala and Silent Auction and the @wilkinsburgcdc team ❤️

From the @wilkinsburgcdc to @forgoodpgh … Basil is a working dog 🐾 💛

Fun night out at the @wilkinsburgcdc Dream City gala 🪄💛🧡💜🥂

Congratulations to @gbapgh for 30 years! #emeraldevening 💚🌿

Proud to sponsor, excited to attend! Come and join us for a magical evening 🪄🎩

@swep3rivers fundraiser for @dfspgh . Love these ladies! 💙🩵💙

Dinner time at the stables 🐴 Proud to be a board member and work with some pretty awesome women ❤️

Vacant lot vs. Reclaimed space: Montreal edition

Communities are not defined by boundaries but rather the neighbors who are willing to work together and create their own definition 💛⛅️🤝

One of the first, still one of my favorites…🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @sojournerhousepgh

“Most people will forgive you for lying to them but will hate you for telling the truth.” -Byron Stripling #pcrgsummit23

The rain can’t stop the smiles! Proud to be a Bella Terra Stables board member and a part of the 🪄 👑🐴 #DayofMagic2023

Fresh and ready for the season! Thanks to all our volunteers for helping us keep Braddock beautiful 💙☀️🪴💪

@aslapadewest 2023 Conference where LAs get to learn… inside and out 🌳☀️✏️

Hope to see everyone out at the Wilkinsburg Train Station this Saturday to get inspired and prepared to improve their homes and communities!! 🏡 🌳 🏦

Another successful event, this year with a Deputy Bunny to help with our largest crowd yet! 🐰 🥕

It still takes a village… this one happens to be filled with community reinvestment orgs, CDCs, local and state gov’t agencies, minority-owned businesses and advocates. Give more. Do more. @NCRC2023 #justeconomy

Robots 🤖 car parts 🚗 space exploration 🚀… oh my! @conturoprototyping is a really cool place with really cool people. Looking forward to another Wilkinsburg business! #pickupatrade

Congrats to @osbornengineering for opening their new office in Pittsburgh! 🦫(Almost a groundhog)

Happy 💚 Day

Blight doesn’t discriminate- from Pgh to Lāna’i City, vacant properties are everywhere. ☀️🌴🏠

Mistick Construction throws one heck of a holiday celebration 💚🎄✨

🎄🎅🏾🎁Holiday happenings in Braddock today❤️💚❤️

A beautiful evening with @alleghenycountyparks celebrating the achievements of an amazing woman and welcoming another into the fold. Congratulations to Caren and Joey-Lynn💚💚💚

@wilkinsburgcdc + @workshoppgh = a lot of holiday cheer! #ChristmasinWilkinsburg includes holiday wreath and candle making this year 🌲❤️💚🕯️

Congrats to all the winners of the 2022 AIA awards last night! And thanks to @desmonearchitects for hosting the watch party in their beautiful offices ❤️

Did you know…? Thanks @mascaroconst for a great event supporting @cf_foundation 💜🫁💜

A lovely morning at the 58th Annual Wilkinsburg Gives Thanks breakfast. Congrats #wilkinsburgchamberofcommerce for another successful event. 🍂❄️☕️

“A common field one day. A field of honor forever.”

@swep3rivers has landed @campsoles

When work is fun, is it really work 🧐? Annual Halloween Costume giveaway with @forgoodpgh and @emmamunsonfoundation 🎃👻🧡

Coinciding with a global conference on clean energy, a great time to celebrate the work of @gbapgh during #emeraldevening2022 💚💚💚

Climate change is real!And vacant land can help!! #rvp2022

Beautiful night out at the return of Arbor Aid on the river… enjoying the remnants of summer 🌳

Steel City Storytellers “Yinz are Good” theme supporting @forgoodpgh tonight

RVP Chicago kicks off with a real talk plenary with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi … ready for the next 3 days.

Fin! Brand new look for @dilworthpittsburgh just in time for the 22-23 school year! 💛🖤💛

Cleveland. A+ on parks, C- on drainage. 🌦

PROGRESS! 😎🎨🥵

A lovely @wilkinsburgcdc resident appreciation night! Good people enjoying good food 😋

Work in progress! 🎨 🛝 🚧 Refreshed playground coming to Dilworth for the 22-23 school year … stay tuned 😎

First @swep3rivers event in way too long! Glad I chose a good one to jump back in… supporting @dfspgh tonight 👗🥾🥿👠😊

It’s a beautiful day at the historic Wilkinsburg Train Station for the 3rd Summer at the Station event. Food, music, drinks and friends- come on down! ☀️🎶🥘

It’s official!

Land 🌱 + Water 💧 + Community 🗣 = Stormwater Management Opportunity 💡. Had a blast supporting @community.progress on their recent learning exchange with St. Louis, Gary, Detroit & Milwaukee. 3 days of great dialogue and shared ideas!