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 […]
Calling all Sto-Rox Area Snappers/Artists/Designers, MRCDC is sponsoring a Snapchat Geofilter Contest and you are encouraged to create and submit a simple drawing that defines the McKees Rocks area. For those of you who don’t know what a Snapchat Geofilter […]
If something works and pays you back more than you’re putting into it, wouldn’t you want more of it? Pennsylvania’s Neighborhood Assistance Program – NAP – is one such program. It improves the outlook of communities, families, businesses and the […]
Survey results! Pilot project to help residents improve their neighborhood
By Annemarie Malbon | MRCDC As part of an experimental pilot program, the McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation last Fall conducted a door-to-door resident and property survey in the area between Chartiers Avenue, Singer Avenue, and Rosamond Street in McKees […]
Pete Spynda, self-styled madman, reaches out to youth with new teen programming at Ryan Arts
Sonja Reis | MRCDC In just two short months, self-styled madman Pete Spynda has managed to raise the trajectory of the youth arts programming offered at Ryan Arts and Culture Center by several degrees. From outside observation, this upward course […]
Introducing: Annemarie Malbon, Neighborhood Stabilization Intern
Though originally from southwestern Virginia, Annemarie now considers the Pittsburgh region her home. After receiving her Bachelors of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University, Annemarie served two years as an AmeriCorps member with Habitat for Humanity, Charlotte, N.C. and Rebuilding Together […]
