Sonja Reis | MRCDC McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation is gauging interest from residents as to the creation of a community gardening or urban farming project similar to those featured by Grow Pittsburgh and found in areas throughout the county […]
Peter Kaufmann | SRNHC In addition to free diabetes and blood pressure checks, making sure the kid’s vaccination charts are ready for school and summer sports and opportunities for diapers, there will be more than 28 different area service providers […]
Sonja Reis | MRCDC It’s been several months since an Urban Land Institute advisory services panel traveled to McKees Rocks bringing with it national experts in the real estate field who studied land use planning and development projects, programs, and […]
James Hogan | MRCDC Since its 2013 inception, Feastival has become quite the big deal and a great way to showcase good things that are happening here in McKees Rocks. We’ve seen it grow from 500 attendees to well over […]
In his role as community advocate, Rev. James Hogan uses skills from his corporate background to assess and maximize McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation programming and partnerships. Hogan joined MRCDC in 2016 where he provides input as to the creation […]
The first in a series of art exhibitions featuring local McKees Rocks residents is set to launch this weekend at the Ryan Arts and Culture Center, 420 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks. Featured is the works of Fabrizio Gerbino an Italian […]
Sonja Reis | MRCDC The McKees Rocks Borough is the recipient of a $377,000 Green Revitalization of Our Waterways (GROW) grant through the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority. This grant is one of 32 matching municipal grants totaling $9 million that was […]
‘It Starts With the Field’ funding campaign aims to bring synthetic turf field for Sto-Rox activities
Sonja Reis | MRCDC It’s been 40 years since the grass field at Sto-Rox Memorial Stadium has been resurfaced and for many of those years, fear of further damaging the already fragile playing area forced the school district to severely […]
Currently serving as MRCDC’s Coro Fellow in Public Affairs is Reena Naik, who leads the Sto-Rox Youth Partnership, a collaborative of more than 25+ youth-serving organizations in the Sto-Rox area that pull together resources in order to improve the quality […]
Focus On Renewal honors its late founder with t-shirt message urging community involvement
Lydia Morin | FOR A t-shirt honoring Father Don Fisher and all of his work in the Sto-Rox Area recently has been unveiled by Focus on Renewal. The co-founder of the social services organization, Fisher was still very much active […]
