A 10-month, part-time training program and networking opportunity for people who seek to learn and collaborate with others to make positive change in their neighborhood is returning to Sto-Rox. The current Next Neighborhood Leaders program is open to those who […]
Have A Business Idea? Launch Sto-Rox business development mentoring helps with first steps, planning stages to set up shop
Over the past year, McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation and Focus on Renewal have partnered with social innovator New Sun Rising to bring its multi-step program to potential business owners interested in setting up shop in the Sto-Rox area. New […]
Plan to repeal and replace Affordable Care Act means bad news for low income suffering addiction, mental health issues
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald talks with U.S. Senator Bob Casey and Ross resident Michelle Schwartzmier after the conference. By Sonja Reis | MRCDC U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) was in McKees Rocks this week to discuss the Graham-Cassidy bill, the […]
What’s thrive? Sto-Rox Community Resource Center Spends Its First 100 Days Helping Members Learn to Thrive
By Sonja Reis | MRCDC Traveling through downtown McKees Rocks, you can’t help but notice subtle changes to the landscape along the Chartiers Avenue business district. There are building facade updates, additions to the outdoor space at Rocks Landing, signs […]
Jeb Feldman grew up in Santa Fe, N.M. After earning his Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Wisconsin – Madison he moved to San Francisco where he tried out working in the tech sector. Graduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University […]
The return of ALCOSAN’s annual award-winning open house event is set for Saturday, Sept. 16. The region’s largest watershed and environmental festival, featuring hands-on environmental exhibits, treatment plant and laboratory tours, microbiology and watershed life demonstrations, and educational activities for […]
Why not support a group that gives back to our communities in so many ways? They help those around them overcome economic hardships, achieve higher education and restore community pride. In 2017 alone, The Greater McKees Rocks Area Rotary Club […]
By Sonja Reis | MRCDC Colorado jam band Leftover Salmon will be headlining Feastival, the annual end of summer party set for August 26 in McKees Rocks. The music, food and art festival also will feature Pittsburgh Jamband theCAUSE with […]
Help create opportunity and impact by sharing ideas during Launch Sto-Rox, a community conversation
Launch Sto-Rox is a program to help local business and community project leaders create opportunity and impact. Your views will guide the direction of this program and future programming in McKees Rocks and Stowe Township. Focus On Renewal, the McKees […]
