Great Lakes Urban Exchange Archives

Writing about the Rust Belt – GLUE and Rustbelt Almanac

April 10, 2013 Lindsay Leave a Comment

I’ve got two great projects to share with you, both are related to sharing stories about rustbelt cities including Pittsburgh. If you have been a regular reader of IheartPGH over the years, you have probably read a few of our posts about GLUE. GLUE stands for Great Lakes Urban Exchange – a project that was started by a Pittsburgher and a Detroiter (is there a Detroit equivalent to the word Pittsburgher?). I’ve been fortunate to attend many of the GLUE conferences, the most recent conference was held in September 2011 here in Pittsburgh. Through GLUE I have had the chance… Read the rest

Post-Gazette Article on the Upcoming Why Pittsburgh Party

September 14, 2009 Lindsay 7 Comments

Image via Wikipedia I wrote about the Why Pittsburgh Party on Friday and I wanted to post a follow up because I was worried that the info would get lost in the weekend emails. The Post-Gazette beat me to it with a great article about the upcoming Why Pittsburgh Party on September 17, 2009 (click here for the party details). Here are some highlights from the article: Carrie Hagan, a graduate student in history and policy at Carnegie Mellon University, met Ms. Wilson through the League of Young Voters and joined the party committee “and the next thing I know… Read the rest

Pittsburgh, Milwaukee and Cities in between – GLUE Conference Day 1

March 13, 2009 Lindsay 6 Comments

Image via Wikipedia I am in Milwaukee for the 2nd annual GLUE conference. GLUE stands for Great Lakes Urban Exchange – which is a project that was started 2 years ago by Pittsburgh’s Abby Wilson and Sarah Szurpicki of Detroit. The website GLUEspace.org has become a portal for anyone to share information about cities in the Great Lakes watershed. IheartPGH has been a fan of GLUE from the beginning (see the post from April 2008) and thanks to GLUE both great lakes city t-shirts from both IheartPGH and STL-Style made the New York Times last summer. You can read more… Read the rest

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