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Gateways & Corridors opportunities from the Social Innovation Exchange / illustration by Leah Silverman


SiX Opportunities for Gateways & Corridors

Event announcement on February 14, 2012

Continuing dialogue from the Social Innovation Exchange, a working group met to discuss civic design solutions related to Pittsburgh’s gateways and corridors. Review the work so far and help Sprout determine which opportunity should be catalyzed by an RFP for up to $10,000!

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Greensboro Farmers Fair and Market Celebration of Agriculture / Photo: Sam Boese


Seeding Change in Fayette & Greene Counties

Written by paulruggiero and posted on January 27, 2012

The Sprout Fund has awarded 9 Seed Awards to support grassroots community projects in Fayette and Greene Counties. The program returns in 2012 with a new funding deadline on Friday, March 2nd.

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Borland Green Ecological Garden / Photo: Ben Filio


Biodiversity Projects Sprout Up in Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

Written by Jenelle Pifer and posted on December 14, 2011

In 2011, The Sprout Fund Spring program funded biodiversity projects in communities all across Southwestern PA. These four neighborhood-based projects exemplify the program’s work.

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Bikes in Doughboy Square near Bike Pittsburgh's offices / photo: Matt Hannigan


Two Wheelin’ Around the Three Rivers

Written by Jenelle Pifer and posted on August 31, 2011

Bikes are everywhere in Pittsburgh today—which wasn’t the case 10 years ago. Sprout’s support for several Bike Pittsburgh initiatives has been part of that transformation.

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Katherine Young at work on her 2007 Shadyside mural, Urban Flora


Museum Without Walls

Written by Elise Hawthorne and posted on August 5, 2011

Sprout’s community mural program has helped artists and neighborhoods create more than 50 works of permanent public art for the region’s largest gallery show.

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The ReefBot team at the public launch in December 2010 / photo: Joey Kennedy


Smart technology introduces children to reef conservation

Written by Katy Rank Lev and posted on August 2, 2011

ReefBot at Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium allows children to navigate, find, record, and identify marine life in a coral reef habitat.

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