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In this newsletter: Mayor Ed Gainey's office finalized a policy for clearing tent encampments earlier this month, outlining when the city may deem it necessary to remove people and their belongings from an area.

Also, as part of Congress's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, two local recipients each received $500,000 in 2022 to train a new generation of professionals who will work to cleanse the region’s brownfields.

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Pittsburgh creates new policy addressing tent encampments

The mayor’s office finalized a policy for clearing tent encampments earlier this month, formalizing Pittsburgh’s stance on homeless camps after the rules of engagement were muddied when city workers cleared out a North Side tent cluster in December.

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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.

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All boroughs in Pennsylvania have the same basic government structure and limited taxing power — unless they opt to assert more control by adopting a home rule charter. Last week, an elected commission voted unanimously to draft a charter for Wilkinsburg.
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