Neighborhood Allies awards $478,000 in grants

Tim Schooley

Reporter- Pittsburgh Business Times

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Neighborhood Allies, the local neighborhood support nonprofit, announced $478,000 in new community investments.

They are:

• $65,000 to Community WorkZ, Inc., a community organization working in Beltzhoover, Allentown and Knoxville.
• $60,000 to CARE Ownership, a program to build wealth and revitalize property in Larimer.
• $600,000 to Center that CARES, to invest in technology education at the Jeron X. Grayson Community Center.
• $75,000 for Farm Truck Foods, a pilot to launch a mobile market program to bring nutritious foods to residents who live in neighborhoods without accessible grocery stores.
• $80,000 to the Larmier Consensus Group, to hire the first staff person at what has been a volunteer community group to work on revitalizing the neighborhood.
• $75,000 to the Millvale Community Library, to hire staff and help to support its future development.
• $75,000 for the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh, to expand its facility and its work to address chronic unemployment in Wilkinsburg and Homewood.

Tim Schooley covers retail, real estate, construction, hospitality, arts and entertainment, and government. Contact him at tschooley@bizjournals.com or 412-208-3826.