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Hey yinz guys! What the heck is a Redd Up Zone?

January 15, 2014 Catherine

Maybe you’ve seen the signs around town declaring a certain area as a “Redd Up Zone.” If you’re not from Western Pennsylvania, you might even be asking yourself what on Earth “redd up” means. Basically it’s Pittsburghese for cleaning or tidying up something, a notion former mayor Luke Ravenstahl wanted to apply to Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods.  Click here for the Post-Gazette article on how Redd-Up Zones were started. Instead of the city doing most of the work itself fixing up communities, organizations and businesses can adopt a street and recruit volunteers to help them with year-round cleanups. All groups, from companies… Read the rest

Filed Under: Civic Engagement, Volunteer Tagged With: Clean Pittsburgh, community organizations, Luke Ravenstahl, Redd Up Zone, Volunteer

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