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  • Animated Food Distribution Flyer

    September Free Food Distribution

    Don’t miss the next Free Food Distribution taking place Friday, September 11th, 2026 at 11:00 AM at Nafasi on Centre!

  • August Small Business Hours

    Small Business Hours

    Learn how to start or grow your small business with experts during Small Business Hours!

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  • September Operation Home

    Operation HOME Homeownership Workshop

    The Hill Community Development Corporation is proud to partner with the Urban League of Pittsburgh’s Operation Home initiative to support our community on the path to homeownership. Join us on Saturday, September 19th!

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    New Granada Theater: What’s Taking Shape

    Learn about what’s next for the New Granada as work moves forward.

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    New Granada Phase I Grand Opening

    Join us as we celebrate the completion of New Granada Phase I!

    New Granada Grand Opening

People

The Hill CDC is committed to the social and economic development of Hill District residents, many of whom have been historically disadvantaged. A variety of programs are offered for business owners, entrepreneurs, aspiring homeowners, creatives and culture workers.

  • Nafasi
  • Small Business Hours
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Place

The Hill CDC leads the planning and redevelopment efforts for the neighborhood on behalf of residents and stakeholders of the Hill District. With over $2 Billion of development slated for the area, the Hill CDC is focused on commercial revitalization and affordable homeownership. Equitable outcomes that foster place-keeping and transformative economic investment is the cornerstone of the Hill CDC’s work.

  • New Granada Square
  • HD Rising
  • Affordable Home Ownership Hill District 100

Policy

The Hill CDC is guided by the Greater Hill District Master Plan. This community-endorsed vision establishes fundamental values and development principles that are central to positive activities and healthy neighborhood development. The Hill CDC focuses on land-use policy, social and economic equity, and centering community voice.

  • Commercial Redevelopment Task Force
  • DRP Approved Projects
  • Development Review Panel: All Projects Under Review
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📣 Hill District residents, join us for Dinner, Development & Dialogue!

The Hill Community Development Corporation invites you to our next Hill District Community Meeting on Tuesday, September 15 at the Blakey Center. Come hear the latest updates on development projects and initiatives happening throughout the neighborhood, ask questions, share your voice, and connect with fellow residents.

📍 Blakey Center | 1908 Wylie Avenue
🍽️ Doors Open & Dinner | 5:30 PM
🗣️ Meeting Begins | 6:00 PM
📱 Can’t make it in person? Join us LIVE on Facebook!

💜 Your Community. Your Voice. Get Connected.

Register today at hilldistrict.org/register.

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📣 Hill District residents, join us for Dinner, Development & Dialogue!

The Hill Community Development Corporation invites you to our next Hill District Community Meeting on Tuesday, September 15 at the Blakey Center. Come hear the latest updates on development projects and initiatives happening throughout the neighborhood, ask questions, share your voice, and connect with fellow residents.

📍 Blakey Center | 1908 Wylie Avenue
🍽️ Doors Open & Dinner | 5:30 PM
🗣️ Meeting Begins | 6:00 PM
📱 Can’t make it in person? Join us LIVE on Facebook!

💜 Your Community. Your Voice. Get Connected.

Register today at hilldistrict.org/register.

📣 Hill District residents, join us for Dinner, Development & Dialogue!

The Hill Community Development Corporation invites you to our next Hill District Community Meeting on Tuesday, September 15 at the Blakey Center. Come hear the latest updates on development projects and initiatives happening throughout the neighborhood, ask questions, share your voice, and connect with fellow residents.

📍 Blakey Center | 1908 Wylie Avenue
🍽️ Doors Open & Dinner | 5:30 PM
🗣️ Meeting Begins | 6:00 PM
📱 Can’t make it in person? Join us LIVE on Facebook!

💜 Your Community. Your Voice. Get Connected.

Register today at hilldistrict.org/register.
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✨ Investing in Hill District storefronts!

We’re excited to share that several Hill District businesses and organizations have been selected as recipients of the 2026 Commercial Façade Grant Program!

Congratulations to:
🏬 Hill House
🏬 Freedom Unlimited Inc.
🏬 Hill CDC Office Building
🏬 New Granada Theatre
🏬 CommonXConnection
🏬 Sylvia’s Market and Deli
🏬 Big Tom’s Barbershop
🏬 Morgan Lee Arts Centre

Grant funding will support improvements such as lighting, signage, windows, doors, brickwork, painting, and sidewalk activation, helping strengthen storefronts and commercial corridors throughout the Hill District.

Thank you to the City of Pittsburgh and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for investing in Hill District businesses, organizations, and properties! 💛

For a full list of recipients, click here: https://ow.ly/JM0y50ZEP4C

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✨ Investing in Hill District storefronts!

We’re excited to share that several Hill District businesses and organizations have been selected as recipients of the 2026 Commercial Façade Grant Program!

Congratulations to:
🏬 Hill House
🏬 Freedom Unlimited Inc.
🏬 Hill CDC Office Building
🏬 New Granada Theatre
🏬 CommonXConnection
🏬 Sylvia’s Market and Deli
🏬 Big Tom’s Barbershop
🏬 Morgan Lee Arts Centre

Grant funding will support improvements such as lighting, signage, windows, doors, brickwork, painting, and sidewalk activation, helping strengthen storefronts and commercial corridors throughout the Hill District.

Thank you to the City of Pittsburgh and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for investing in Hill District businesses, organizations, and properties! 💛

For a full list of recipients, click here: https://ow.ly/JM0y50ZEP4C

✨ Investing in Hill District storefronts!

We’re excited to share that several Hill District businesses and organizations have been selected as recipients of the 2026 Commercial Façade Grant Program!

Congratulations to:
🏬 Hill House
🏬 Freedom Unlimited Inc.
🏬 Hill CDC Office Building
🏬 New Granada Theatre
🏬 CommonXConnection
🏬 Sylvia’s Market and Deli
🏬 Big Tom’s Barbershop
🏬 Morgan Lee Arts Centre

Grant funding will support improvements such as lighting, signage, windows, doors, brickwork, painting, and sidewalk activation, helping strengthen storefronts and commercial corridors throughout the Hill District.

Thank you to the City of Pittsburgh and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for investing in Hill District businesses, organizations, and properties! 💛

For a full list of recipients, click here: https://ow.ly/JM0y50ZEP4C
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🗞️ Your Hill District Weekend Round Up is here! Here’s what’s making headlines:

🌟 New Granada restoration earns Pitt spotlight
🏬 Hill District storefronts receive new investments
📺 Sharon Epperson marks 30 years at CNBC
🧹 Operation Clean hits Centre Avenue
🎭 Hill District family history takes the stage
🚌 PRT seeks public feedback on proposed bus line changes

📬 Read the latest edition and stay connected to what`s happening in the Hill. Click here: https://mailchi.mp/12f4cad78183/weekendroundup-8-22-2026
👩🏾‍💻 Sign up for the Hill District Weekend Roundup here: https://www.hilldistrict.org/signup/

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🗞️ Your Hill District Weekend Round Up is here! Here’s what’s making headlines:

🌟 New Granada restoration earns Pitt spotlight
🏬 Hill District storefronts receive new investments
📺 Sharon Epperson marks 30 years at CNBC
🧹 Operation Clean hits Centre Avenue
🎭 Hill District family history takes the stage
🚌 PRT seeks public feedback on proposed bus line changes

📬 Read the latest edition and stay connected to what's happening in the Hill. Click here: https://mailchi.mp/12f4cad78183/weekendroundup-8-22-2026
👩🏾‍💻 Sign up for the Hill District Weekend Roundup here: https://www.hilldistrict.org/signup/

🗞️ Your Hill District Weekend Round Up is here! Here’s what’s making headlines:

🌟 New Granada restoration earns Pitt spotlight
🏬 Hill District storefronts receive new investments
📺 Sharon Epperson marks 30 years at CNBC
🧹 Operation Clean hits Centre Avenue
🎭 Hill District family history takes the stage
🚌 PRT seeks public feedback on proposed bus line changes

📬 Read the latest edition and stay connected to what`s happening in the Hill. Click here: https://mailchi.mp/12f4cad78183/weekendroundup-8-22-2026
👩🏾‍💻 Sign up for the Hill District Weekend Roundup here: https://www.hilldistrict.org/signup/
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🎉 TODAY! FIRST EMMANUEL COMMUNITY DAY! 🎉

Bring the family, bring your friends, and come enjoy an afternoon of fun, fellowship, music, food, and community connection! ❤️💜💙💚

📅 Today — Saturday, August 22
⏰ 12:00–4:00 PM
📍 First Emmanuel Church Parking Lot
671 Bryn Mawr Road

There’s something for everyone—including:
🍿 Food & refreshments
🎶 Music & entertainment
🎯 Games & activities
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family fun
💈 FREE haircuts for kids & teens
🤝🏾 Community resources
🎁 Giveaways
…and MORE!

✨ Everyone is welcome! Come out, connect with your neighbors, and help build a stronger community together.

❤️ See you there!

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🎉 TODAY! FIRST EMMANUEL COMMUNITY DAY! 🎉

Bring the family, bring your friends, and come enjoy an afternoon of fun, fellowship, music, food, and community connection! ❤️💜💙💚

📅 Today — Saturday, August 22
⏰ 12:00–4:00 PM
📍 First Emmanuel Church Parking Lot
671 Bryn Mawr Road

There’s something for everyone—including:
🍿 Food & refreshments
🎶 Music & entertainment
🎯 Games & activities
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family fun
💈 FREE haircuts for kids & teens
🤝🏾 Community resources
🎁 Giveaways
…and MORE!

✨ Everyone is welcome! Come out, connect with your neighbors, and help build a stronger community together.

❤️ See you there!

🎉 TODAY! FIRST EMMANUEL COMMUNITY DAY! 🎉

Bring the family, bring your friends, and come enjoy an afternoon of fun, fellowship, music, food, and community connection! ❤️💜💙💚

📅 Today — Saturday, August 22
⏰ 12:00–4:00 PM
📍 First Emmanuel Church Parking Lot
671 Bryn Mawr Road

There’s something for everyone—including:
🍿 Food & refreshments
🎶 Music & entertainment
🎯 Games & activities
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family fun
💈 FREE haircuts for kids & teens
🤝🏾 Community resources
🎁 Giveaways
…and MORE!

✨ Everyone is welcome! Come out, connect with your neighbors, and help build a stronger community together.

❤️ See you there!
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🧹🌿 Operation Clean in action!

Earlier this month, Hill CDC brought together Centre Avenue businesses, residents, and neighbors for Operation Clean, working together to clean and beautify the Centre Avenue/Main Street corridor.

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped us keep the Hill District clean, green, and safe! 💚

More Operation Clean events are coming throughout the year. Stay tuned for the next opportunity to get involved!

#OperationClean #HillDistrict #HillCDC #CentreAvenue #CleanGreenAndSafe

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🧹🌿 Operation Clean in action!

Earlier this month, Hill CDC brought together Centre Avenue businesses, residents, and neighbors for Operation Clean, working together to clean and beautify the Centre Avenue/Main Street corridor.

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped us keep the Hill District clean, green, and safe! 💚

More Operation Clean events are coming throughout the year. Stay tuned for the next opportunity to get involved!

#OperationClean #HillDistrict #HillCDC #CentreAvenue #CleanGreenAndSafe

🧹🌿 Operation Clean in action!

Earlier this month, Hill CDC brought together Centre Avenue businesses, residents, and neighbors for Operation Clean, working together to clean and beautify the Centre Avenue/Main Street corridor.

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped us keep the Hill District clean, green, and safe! 💚

More Operation Clean events are coming throughout the year. Stay tuned for the next opportunity to get involved!

#OperationClean #HillDistrict #HillCDC #CentreAvenue #CleanGreenAndSafe
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We wanted to take some time to express our sincere gratitude to all of our volunteers that made the historic New Granada Theater Ribbon Cutting Celebration & Marquee Lighting such an unforgettable success.

We appreciate the dedication, hands, and hearts of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 100 Black Men, Shields of Joy, and dedicated community members. Thank you to each one of you for showing up, supporting the Hill District, and celebrating this important milestone for our community!

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We wanted to take some time to express our sincere gratitude to all of our volunteers that made the historic New Granada Theater Ribbon Cutting Celebration & Marquee Lighting such an unforgettable success.

We appreciate the dedication, hands, and hearts of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 100 Black Men, Shields of Joy, and dedicated community members. Thank you to each one of you for showing up, supporting the Hill District, and celebrating this important milestone for our community!

We wanted to take some time to express our sincere gratitude to all of our volunteers that made the historic New Granada Theater Ribbon Cutting Celebration & Marquee Lighting such an unforgettable success.

We appreciate the dedication, hands, and hearts of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 100 Black Men, Shields of Joy, and dedicated community members. Thank you to each one of you for showing up, supporting the Hill District, and celebrating this important milestone for our community!
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We’re still smiling from ribbon cutting day, and we couldn’t wait to share it with you. Here are a few of our favorite moments in photos, plus a first look at the video we’ve been putting together, with much more to come. Seeing these images, seeing the marquee lit, seeing the doors open, and seeing your joyful faces, it’s a reminder of just how far this building, and our neighborhood, have come.

Preservation is powerful. What many still see as vacant buildings often hold tremendous promise.

Thank you to Hill District residents who have championed this building’s revitalization from the very start, to the University of Pittsburgh as an anchor tenant and strategic partner, and to our funders.

Respect and honor to Louis A.S. Bellinger, the Colored Knights of Pythias; and to the many legends of the past, and those yet to come. We aspire to honor each of you brick by brick as we rebuild the Hill District.
📸 @_coreylankford
#NewGranada #Lit

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We’re still smiling from ribbon cutting day, and we couldn’t wait to share it with you. Here are a few of our favorite moments in photos, plus a first look at the video we’ve been putting together, with much more to come. Seeing these images, seeing the marquee lit, seeing the doors open, and seeing your joyful faces, it’s a reminder of just how far this building, and our neighborhood, have come.

Preservation is powerful. What many still see as vacant buildings often hold tremendous promise.

Thank you to Hill District residents who have championed this building’s revitalization from the very start, to the University of Pittsburgh as an anchor tenant and strategic partner, and to our funders.

Respect and honor to Louis A.S. Bellinger, the Colored Knights of Pythias; and to the many legends of the past, and those yet to come. We aspire to honor each of you brick by brick as we rebuild the Hill District.
📸 @_coreylankford 
#NewGranada #Lit

We’re still smiling from ribbon cutting day, and we couldn’t wait to share it with you. Here are a few of our favorite moments in photos, plus a first look at the video we’ve been putting together, with much more to come. Seeing these images, seeing the marquee lit, seeing the doors open, and seeing your joyful faces, it’s a reminder of just how far this building, and our neighborhood, have come.

Preservation is powerful. What many still see as vacant buildings often hold tremendous promise.

Thank you to Hill District residents who have championed this building’s revitalization from the very start, to the University of Pittsburgh as an anchor tenant and strategic partner, and to our funders.

Respect and honor to Louis A.S. Bellinger, the Colored Knights of Pythias; and to the many legends of the past, and those yet to come. We aspire to honor each of you brick by brick as we rebuild the Hill District.
📸 @_coreylankford
#NewGranada #Lit
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🌿 Spend the morning in the garden and help create something meaningful!

Join artists Naomi Chambers and Alecia Dawn Young for a public art workshop featuring community gardening and ceramic tile making. Participants will help create tiles for Home: an idea of softness, a public sculpture honoring Black life, culture, belonging, and the meaning of home in the Hill District.

📅 Saturday, August 22 | 9–11 AM
📍 Community Flower Garden, Centre & Herron Ave.

Bring a small item from home to press into your tile!

Presented through the City of Pittsburgh Percent for Art Program in collaboration with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.

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🌿 Spend the morning in the garden and help create something meaningful!

Join artists Naomi Chambers and Alecia Dawn Young for a public art workshop featuring community gardening and ceramic tile making. Participants will help create tiles for Home: an idea of softness, a public sculpture honoring Black life, culture, belonging, and the meaning of home in the Hill District.

📅 Saturday, August 22 | 9–11 AM
📍 Community Flower Garden, Centre & Herron Ave.

Bring a small item from home to press into your tile!

Presented through the City of Pittsburgh Percent for Art Program in collaboration with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.

🌿 Spend the morning in the garden and help create something meaningful!

Join artists Naomi Chambers and Alecia Dawn Young for a public art workshop featuring community gardening and ceramic tile making. Participants will help create tiles for Home: an idea of softness, a public sculpture honoring Black life, culture, belonging, and the meaning of home in the Hill District.

📅 Saturday, August 22 | 9–11 AM
📍 Community Flower Garden, Centre & Herron Ave.

Bring a small item from home to press into your tile!

Presented through the City of Pittsburgh Percent for Art Program in collaboration with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
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