Engage Pittsburgh created opportunities for civic engagement by convening members of Pittsburgh’s grassroots communities at a day-long civic forum called The Idea Round Up. A the 2006 Idea Round Up, Hundreds of community members met in collaborative discussion groups and brainstormed new ideas for making Pittsburgh a better place to live, work, play, and raise a family.
Out of this discussion, The Sprout Fund issued a call for proposals and offered catalytic funding to projects that could turn some of Pittsburgh’s best new ideas into reality.