12 Giveaways of Pittsburgh: #1-4

December 18, 2013 Lindsay 11 Comments

First of all, I want to thank everyone who donated to the CHS (Community Human Services) Christmas Fundraiser this year and who attended the event at Hough’s earlier this month. Your generosity this holiday season is greatly appreciated. I’ve just heard back from the folks at CHS and we have only raised HALF of what is needed to make sure that each of the people they serve have a gift for the holiday. For the past several years, I have joined with other Pittsburgh bloggers to support CHS holiday gift drive. While all of the efforts to support worthy causes… Read the rest

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