Community Update: October 2009

Carrick

• The John Phillips Historical Marker was dedicated on October 31^st. Members of the Phillips family came from across the country for the dedication.
• The Carrick Community Council has a new website: carrickpa.com
• An artist will be painting flowers on the windows of two currently vacant properties in Carrick
• Carrick will be receiving trees from the City’s TreeVitalize program

Overbrook:

• Overbrook Community Council is selling reprints of Overbrook Looking Back and the program for the Dedication of the New Municipal Building in 1929. The books are $20 a piece or both for $35
• Overbrook Community Council is in the process to moving into their new space at the Overbrook Firehouse. The new meeting room and office space is on the first floor of the firehouse.
• Overbook residents are concerned about the proposed merger of the Carrick and Knoxville library branches because it will make it more difficult for Overbrook residents to access the library

Beechview:

• Beechview Bundle Up: Beechview Area Concerned Citizens are collecting winter items for those in need in our neighborhood. Hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, jackets, coats, boots, blankets, etc. that are clean and gently worn can be dropped off at the Beechview library for the next two weeks. Please leave a comment if you would like more information.

Upcoming Events:

• Thursday November 5^th, 7 p.m.: The monthly meeting of the Beechview Area Concerned Citizens at Beechview United Presbyterian Church (1621 Broadway Avenue) will be about the Beechview Library. Two members of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s executive staff will be in attendance.
• Saturday November 7^th, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Friends of the Beechview Library Customer Appreciation Day at the library. (1910 Broadway Avenue). Brian O’Neill, award winning columnist for the Post-Gazette will sign copies of this new book: “The Paris of Appalachia: Pittsburgh in the 21^st Century.” Cost of books will be $17.00 including tax. Brian will donate $5.00 for each book sold to help save the Beechview Library.
• Sunday November 8^th, 11:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.: St. Catherine’s Nationality Day at St. Catherine’s Church.
• Sunday November 29^th, 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Tree lighting and visit with Santa at Beechview United Presbyterian Church (1621 Broadway Avenue). Pre-register by calling 412-341-8768.

• Saturday December 12^th, 10 a.m.-4p.m.: Christmas Cookie Sale and Flea Market at Beechview United Presbyterian Church (1621 Broadway Avenue)

Beechview Library Happenings

Friends of the Beechview Library Customer Appreciation Day Book Sale/Author Event with special guest Brian O’Neill!

The Friends annual Customer Appreciation Day and Book Sale will take place on Saturday, November 7th, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Beechview Library, 1910 Broadway Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15216. All are invited to stop in for refreshments and to browse the book sale. At 1:00 pm, Brian O’Neill, award-winning columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, will sign copies of his new book, being released November 15th, “The Paris of Appalachia: Pittsburgh in the 21st Century”. The books will cost $17.00 including tax. Brian will donate $5.00 for each book sold to help save the Beechview Library. Please stop by to purchase a book, say hello and thank him for supporting our cause.

New this year is the Members Only Preview Sale at 9:30am before the doors open for the regular book sale hours.

Donations of “gently used” books will be accepted at the library until November 5th.

For more information, please call the library at 412-563-2900.

SAVE OUR LIBRARY PETITION

If you haven’t yet signed, there is a petition to the Mayor and the Library Board online at http://www.petitiononline.com/CLP123/petition.html to stop the closure of the neighborhood libraries in Beechview, Hazelwood, Lawrenceville and West End. You can read the signatures and messages already posted, and preview any message you write before approving your signature. If you care about our communities, sign it. We need lots more signatures, so please pass this link on.

City Walkabout: Brookline Boulevard

Brookline was featured in the Post-Gazette blog, City Walkabout

The post features Pitaland, Mazza Shoes, and the great stores in Brookline’s business district, and says that “As business districts go, Brookline’s is one for lots of us in more depleted neighborhoods to envy.”

And don’t forget, Carrick was featured in the City Walkabout blog in March!

Carrick Community Council Meeting

There will be a Carrick Community Council Meeting on Wednesday June 10, 2009 at 7pm at Pittsburgh Concord K-5 auditorium located at 2350 Brownsville Road, Pittsburgh PA 15210. This will be a public safety meeting with Officer Christine Luffey as speaker. Come to learn some important information about the safety of the Carrick community

Safe Neighborhoods Network Meeting

The next Safe Neighborhoods Network meeting is around the corner!

Safe Neighborhoods Network Quarterly Meeting

DATE: Wednesday, June 17, 2009

TIME: 6 pm – 8 pm

LOCATION: PCRG conference room

1901 Centre Ave, Suite 200

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Join the Safe Neighborhoods Network on June 17th as individuals from neighborhoods across the city gather to discuss how we can work together to address safety issues!

Safe Neighborhoods is a collaborative network of block watches across Pittsburgh.

Sponsored by PCRG, our goal is to bring neighborhood public safety activists together to share strategies, discuss root causes of crime across communities, receive training from public safety experts, and build safe communities from the grass roots up.

Join us at 5:30 pm for light snacks. The discussion will last from 6pm to 8pm in the PCRG Conference Room. The discussion will include available resources for community groups; any problems that you might be having in your own neighborhood and how we can work together to address them; and National Night Out 2009. If there is something specific that you would like the group to address, please let me know so I can make sure it is on the agenda for the evening.

RSVP by June 15th by contacting Sarah at sstutts@pcrg.org or (412) 391-6732 x210