News Archive of August 2007

Hill District volunteers envision return to neighborhood's heyday
Released Date: 29 Aug 2007

Press: Pittsburgh Tribune Review

When Clyde Hefflin arrived in the Hill District nearly a half century ago, grocery stores, jazz clubs and thriving families in well-kept homes were at his fingertips.

Hefflin said Wednesday he and 320 other volunteers of the One Hill Coalition are working to recapture those hallmarks of the Hill's heyday through an agreement with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Allegheny County and the city that will create jobs for residents, attract new stores and preserve the neighborhood's history during redevelopment around the planned hockey arena.

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Hill group outlines benefits it expects from new arena
Released Date: 29 Aug 2007

Press: Pittsburgh Post Gazette

The Hill District still hasn't recovered from the last arena project, longtime residents say.

This time, they are going to make sure they have a signed community benefits agreement before the first girder is hoisted into place.

"The agreement must be in place before there's approval of the master plan" for the development of the new arena, Carl Redwood, chairman of the executive committee for the One Hill Community Benefits Agreement Coalition, said.

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Penguins unveil arena design drawings
Released Date: 28 Aug 2007

Press: Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Looking east along Centre Avenue.

The Penguins last night unveiled preliminary design drawings for the new arena to be built between Centre and Fifth avenues, Uptown, to replace Mellon Arena.

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Hill group to join talks on arena benefits
Released Date: 21 Aug 2007

Press: Pittsburgh Post Gazette

The Penguins and Hill District representatives are ready to begin talks to ensure the neighborhood will reap fruit from the construction of a $290 million arena, and not the destruction that accompanied a similar project nearly five decades ago.

The Penguins, along with Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, are expected to sit down with Hill leaders before the end of the month to start negotiations toward a community benefits agreement.

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