Plus, as local universities prepare to redevelop parts of Hazelwood, residents want to be heard.
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In this newsletter: More than 4,000 regional job openings are expected in the remediation field by 2027, a number driven by Allegheny County’s high density of brownfield sites ([link removed]) .
Also, the Wilkinsburg Government Study Commission voted unanimously to draft a home rule charter for the borough ([link removed]) , kicking off a year-long process that will culminate with voters having the final say at the polls.
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** Working the brownfields: Postindustrial sites turn into opportunities for local employment and environmental restoration ([link removed])
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In 2021, Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which allocated an unprecedented $1.5 billion to brownfield-related programs nationwide.
Two local recipients — social services agency Auberle and Landforce, which focuses on land stewardship and workforce development — each received $500,000 in 2022 to train a new generation of professionals who will work to cleanse the region’s industrial messes.
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Film Pittsburgh’s ReelAbilities Pittsburgh film festival will run Sept. 7–13 at the Pittsburgh Playhouse with some films streaming online. ReelAbilities’ films and events celebrate the lives and experiences of people living with disabilities and show how we are all more alike than we are different. For more information, visit FilmPittsburgh.org ([link removed]) .
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** Wilkinsburg moves a step closer to home rule. What’s next? ([link removed])
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* Melanie Linn Gutowski writes in a first-person essay that she is one of 14 granddaughters in her family. Typically for Christmas, her grandmother would buy one type of present for the younger girls and another for the older ones. But Christmas 1993 was different: Each instead unwrapped Italian Barbie ([link removed]) .
* As the region’s major universities look to transform an aging mill site into a pioneering biotech and robotics center, some Hazelwood residents are unaware of what’s happening on the site ([link removed]) , or feel they’ve been left out of the conversation and may not be served by the development.
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