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Serving Bloomfield Vision: A Bloomfield where everyone can build a home, a business, and a future Mission: To build a thriving, diverse community through equitable engagement Values: Inclusion, Livability, Stewardship, Transparency, Equity, and


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Serving Bloomfield

Vision: A Bloomfield where everyone can build a home, a business, and a future Mission: To build a thriving, diverse community through equitable engagement Values: Inclusion, Livability, Stewardship, Transparency, Equity, and Sustainability

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Board Commitment

  • 19 board members and 5 committees
  • Reevaluated values
  • Clarified mission and vision statement
  • 3-year strategic plan
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New Development

  • Trace Brewing
  • Hampton Inn
  • Pearl/Friendship Townhouses
  • Carnegie Library for the Blind
  • West Penn Hospital IMP
  • 3903-3913 Liberty Ave

Rowhouses

  • Shur Save site
  • Bloomfield Bridge Gateway

Planning

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Small Business Support

2 networking meetings $6,000 in grants provided to Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants Bloomfield Yoga, Chantal’s Cheese, Gryphon’s Tea, Kraynick’s Bike Shop, Peace of Time Wellness expanded customer base Small Business Saturday promotion

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40 summer vendors: 8 brick-and-mortar businesses, 4 Bloomfield businesses 29 winter vendors 1,800 average summer daily attendance, one-day high of 2,200 three times 6 litter clean ups, 4 Harvest for the Hungry, free flu shots $10,406 in SNAP/EBT and Food Bucks transactions

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Investment

$500,000 supporting:

  • Housing program planning
  • Small businesses
  • Community-responsive new development
  • Infrastructure advocacy
  • Crosswalks & speed humps
  • Bloomfield Saturday Market
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Major Supporters

ACTION-Housing City of Pittsburgh First National Bank Heinz Endowments Highmark Hillman Foundation Lamar Leveller Foundation PNC Charitable Trusts PNC Foundation Urban Redevelopment Authority West Penn Hospital

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2019 Neighborhood Supporters

Allure Angelo’s Pizzeria Azorean Cafe Baby Loves Tacos Bitter Ends Garden & Luncheonette Bloomfield Drug Store Bloomfield Groceria Bloomfield Livable Streets Bloomfield Yoga Chantal’s Cheese Shop Commonwealth Press Councilwoman Deb Gross Crazy Mocha Donna O Music First Commonwealth Bank Flower City Printmakers Friendship Perk & Brew Froggy’s Goodrich & Associates Gryphon’s Teas Honeycomb Lending Leone’s Florist Linea Verde Green Market Lombardozzi’s Lot 17 Luconti Design Merante’s Gifts MyWay Storage

P-Town Bar

Paddy Cake Peace of Time Wellness Pleasure Bar

  • Rep. Sara Innamorato

Sausalido Scoops

  • Sen. Jay Costa

SPiLL The Wine Bar Starbucks Sugar & Smoke Tessaro’s Thai Cuisine Tina’s Wai Wai Chinese Cuisine Watermark Financial Wesbanco White Whale Bookstore

And many, many Individual Donors, including our generous board members

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2020 Goals

Preserve and create affordable, accessible housing Support small businesses Improvements to street and pedestrian infrastructure Support safer, accessible, and welcoming public spaces Increase community engagement and information sharing Grow the Bloomfield Saturday Market

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Housing Support

Housing Survey

  • Responses from ⅓ of total households in 3 low- to moderate-income census tracts
  • Two education events
  • Community priorities for affordability tools

Preserving Affordable Housing and Build Equity

  • Weatherizing
  • Repairs

Support Aging in Place

  • Home accessibility improvements
  • Public seating

Rental Resources

  • Landlord support to improve rentals and maintain affordability
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Business District Support

Improve Accessibility

  • Attract funding for ramps

Enhance Appearance

  • Advocate for capital budget funding to replace street lights
  • 7 litter removal events

Reduce Commercial Turnover

  • Sustainable Pittsburgh Grants
  • Increase small events and promotions
  • Resource assistance

Supportive and Cohesive Community

  • 3 business networking events
  • Bi-monthly business newsletter

Expand Customer Base

  • Increase Bloomfield Business participation in the Saturday Market by 100%
  • Customer survey
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Community Engagement

  • Bi-Monthly community meetings
  • Feedback on strategic plan
  • Monthly newsletters
  • Upgrade website
  • Monthly Coffee Shop Office Hours
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Infrastructure and mobility

Develop Bloomfield Mobility Priorities

  • Traffic Study

Advocate for Traffic Calming/Confusion

  • Liberty/Main
  • Friendship Park
  • Liberty/Mathilda

Advocate for Retaining Bus Stops Pedestrian Safety

  • New/more visible crosswalks
  • Sidewalk repairs
  • Public seating

Bloomfield Park Safety

  • Install 3 new cameras
  • Activate and draw users with 3 events
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Bloomfield Saturday Market

  • Increase number of vendors by 10%
  • Increase number of Bloomfield business

participation by 100%

  • Increase SNAP/EBT usage by 10%
  • Increase average attendance by 10%
  • Capture impact on business district
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We want to hear from you!

Program Staff Abi Gildea, Program Coordinator, Saturday Market market@bloomfieldpgh.org Christina Howell, Executive Director christina@bloomfieldpgh.org Sam Spearing, Housing & Mobility Coordinator sam@bloomfieldpgh.org Support Staff Averyl Hall, Saturday Market Assistant Michele Goldammer, Finance Manager

info@bloomfieldpgh.org 412.681.8800 4900 Friendship Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15224