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For the Love of Local Pizza: Plan to Have Spak Brothers Pizza This Weekend

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Spak Brothers is an awesome pizza shop in Penn Avenue in Garfield, awesome because they make delicious food and they are awesome neighbors who have supported lots of community initiatives. I know they kept many of the toy drive volunteers fed last Christmas.

Due to a break-in and refrigerator break down, they have had a rough week. Spak isn’t asking for money, but you can support them by stopping by for some food.

Spak will reopen at 5pm on Thursday and be open until Tuesday when the new fridge arrives.

These small businesses are the heart and soul of this city, I don’t personally know the Spak guys, but I know they have contributed to this city, especially their neighborhood in many ways. Send a little love to this local shop by stopping by for a slice and sharing this with your friends on Twitter, Facebook etc.

You can follow Spak Brothers Pizza on Twitter @SpakBrothers

Spak Brothers is located at 5107 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15224

via NeverTellMeTheOdds

July 30, 2015
#PGHSummerin5Words

Three weeks ago, IheartPGH was featured in the Tribune Review’s article about the #MySummerin5words – Tweets connect Pittsburghers with the world, each other in 5 words (Tribune Review, May 27, 2015). It took me a few tries but here is how I summarized my summer in 5 words:

Mon, Ohio, Allegheny, & Jail Trail #MySummerin5words #pghsummerin5words

— I heart PGH (@iheartpgh) May 27, 2015

I also posted a tweet that sums up a Pittsburgh summer with 5 Twitter accounts:

Here is how I’d sum up the next 3 months @Firstwavesorg @kayakpittsburgh @gtbikerentals @LeonasLLC @IndependentPGH #MySummerin5words — I heart PGH (@iheartpgh) May 27, 2015

What 5 words and/or Twitter accounts would you use to summarize your Pittsburgh summer? Share your answers with the #PGHsummerin5words.

What 5 words would you use to sum up summer in Pittsburgh? #PghSummerin5words

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June 16, 2015

Tweet the Vote – Twitter Guide to the Primary Election

Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 is primary election day in Pittsburgh. Most of the registered voters in Pittsburgh are democrats (I have been trying to find the exact percentage of Pittsburgh voters who are registered as democrats, but I have yet to find that statistic). As a result, most of the elections in the City of Pittsburgh are determined in the Primary election. If you want to be able to vote for these candidates in the the primary election, you will need to be registered as a democrat. Voters who are registered as Republican, Independent or any other party can still vote in the Primary election, but there are very few candidates in the City of Pittsburgh who don’t run as democrats.

Please remind your friends, family and neighbors to vote. Voter turnout for the 2014 Primary Election in Allegheny County was 20.46% for the Democrats and 10.65% for the Republicans.

Twitter Accounts for Candidates on the Ballot

Here is a list of all of the candidates who are on the ballot and have twitter accounts. If you know of a candidate who is missing, please leave a comment below and we will update the list.

Running For	Name	Twitter Account	# of Followers as of 5/18/2015
Pittsburgh City Council District 1	Darlene Harris	@Darlene4PGH	531
Pittsburgh City Council District 1	Randy Zotter	@RZotter	107
Pittsburgh City Council District 3	Bruce Kraus	@BruceKraus	2320
Pittsburgh City Council District 5	Kimberly Kaplan	@TeamKaplan2015	25
Pittsburgh City Council District 5	Corey O’Connor	@CoreyOConnorPGH	2424
Pittsburgh City Council District 7	Deb Gross	@DebGrossPGH	1674
Pittsburgh City Council District 7	Latasha Mayes	@duxfemfac	858
Pittsburgh City Council District 9	Rev. Ricky Burgess	@revrickyburgess (has not posted since 2010)	151
Pittsburgh City Council District 9	Judith Ginyard	@Ginyard4Council	45
Pittsburgh City Controller	Michael Lamb	@ControllerLamb	1330
Pittsburgh City Controller	Natalia Rudiak	@NataliaRudiak	5083
		@Natalia4PGH	413
Allegheny County Controller	Mark Patrick Flaherty	@Flaherty2015	148
Allegheny County Controller	Chelsa Wagner	@ChelsaWagner	1169
Pittsburgh School Board District 4	Kirk Burkley	@KirkBurkley (Private Account)	63
		@CandidateKirk	73
Pittsburgh School Board District 4	Lynda Wrenn	@LyndaWrenn	115

A Twitter list of all of the candidates is available here.

Looking for a list of all of the candidates? Check out our google doc of candidates, websites, Facebook pages etc. here – feel free to add more information to this spreadsheet.

Candidate List – Pittsburgh Primary Election – May 2015 – Google Sheets

Invite Your Friends to Vote on Facebook

Remind your friends that Tuesday is election day by inviting them to the VotePGH Primary Election Day Facebook event here.

May 18, 2015

Please vote for Srvd as Pittsburgh’s Hottest Startup by 6pm today!

You can skip the mumbo jumbo if you want and just vote for Srvd, an app that makes it easier to order and pay for drinks at the bar, by 6pm today.

One of the things we love about Pittsburgh (and one of the things that actually brought some of the I heart PGH team together) is the growing, vibrant startup community. Lindsay and I actually met and worked out at Thrill Mill, one the the local incubators, and you can usually find one or both of us at a startup or entrepreneur-related networking event each week.

Tonight, Pittsburgh is hosting its regional Tech Cocktail Mixer and Startup Showcase (tickets are still available), where startups from around the city will be demoing and pitching their ideas for the chance to go to the national showcase in Las Vegas.

The startup I’m a part of, Srvd, formed over a Startup Weekend in March 2014 hoping to ease the frustration of trying to get a drink from a crowded bar, while giving real value back to bars and alcohol brands. It seems we hit a chord, because we won second place and are kicking things back into high gear again to make this a reality. You can help by voting for Srvd at Tech Cocktail’s showcase now.

I truly feel fortunate to be part of such an enthusiastic and wickedly smart team that’s always believing in and striving to achieve our vision. Plus, it’s a super fun project and it allows us to connect with incredible local businesses to help them be even more successful.

I say this often, but it’s hard for me to put into words just how life-changing the startup community has been for me, both professionally and personally. In just a short time, I’ve gained not only valuable experience, an incredibly supportive network, and multiple job opportunities, but genuine friends and even family.

If you’re looking to get more involved in entrepreneurship and startups, there’s a few places to start: attend events hosted by AlphaLab and Thrill Mill, join Meetup groups, or, if you really want to dive in (and I suggest you do) attend a Startup Weekend. Or you can always shoot me an email or tweet at me.

Please vote for Srvd!

April 30, 2015
Celebrate space with Yuri’s Night Pittsburgh tomorrow!

Space is pretty awesome. Blockbuster hits like Gravity and Interstellar, privatized space exploration such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, and incentives like Google’s Lunar XPRIZE, which awards $30 million to the first private company to send a robot to the moon, have renewed our interest beyond our atmosphere.

And Pittsburgh has great representation with local NewSpace company Astrobotic leading the race to the moon, having won initial milestones of the Lunar XPRIZE and currently accepting payloads to be sent to space on their first launch.

And lucky you– you can get in on some space-related fun tomorrow evening with Yuri’s Night! From 4-7pm (don’t worry, plenty of time before the Game of Thrones season premiere) the Livermore will be hosting Pittsburgh’s celebration of mankind’s achievements in space, named after Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who was the first human to journey into outer space.

The event is totally free to attend, and there will be space-related drinks, stellar beats, complimentary snacks, and tons of space talk, videos, and fun. The event will also serve as the afterparty for the NASA International Space Apps Challenge, brought to Pittsburgh by SpaceChallenges.org, a local non-profit aiming to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education through charitable competitions using space exploration as inspiration.

What: Yuri’s Night Pittsburgh
When: Sunday, April 12, 2015 from 4-7pm
Where: The Livermore, 124 S Highland Ave
Cost: Free, including light appetizers

April 11, 2015