Urban Stitches
Urban Stitches is a collaborative pilot project integrating a math-based sewing project into the YWCA’s TechGYRLS program. The project will engage 30 girls in grades 6-12 from Homewood, Lincoln, and Larimer.
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The Sprout Fund has invested more than $4.5 million in 533 community projects since 2001. Browse the project list to discover more about supported projects, organizations, and inititatives.
The Art Lending Collection
The Art Lending Collection at the Braddock Carnegie Library will make artworks by regional and international artists available for checkout to all patrons in Allegheny County with a library card. The collection will be available in coordination with the 2013 Carnegie International.
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WordPlay
WordPlay features actors, comedy writers and everyday people reading their own funny and often poignant true stories with a live DJ score.
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Africamericas
A collaborative performance event and series of outreach activities incorporating music and dance from, and education about, Afro-Latin American music, culture, and history.
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Dias de los Muertos Pittsburgh
A month-long celebration in Pittsburgh for all ages that maintains the cultural integrity of the Day of the Dead tradition, but also expands it toward a modern aesthetic.
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Transit Tales
A multimedia program of community engagement, experience documentation, and creative storytelling in partnership with Bricolage Production Company.
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Louisa Street Bicycle Steps Runnel
OPDC will collaborate with Springboard Design and City of Pittsburgh to design a bike runnel on the city steps found on Louisa Street in Central Oakland.
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Bike Steps/Light Rail
A project to initiate the design process for a prospective bicycle stair channel, sometimes called a “runnel.”
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Fineview Fitness Trail
A project that is working to organize the stairs in the Fineview neighborhood of Pittsburgh into a formalized network of trails that will provide runners, hikers, and walkers with a clearly marked course and introduce them to the challenges, vistas, and history of Fineview.
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Connect Your City Funded Projects
Connect Your City awards $1,000 to support small projects that increase connections in Pittsburgh–between communities, cultures, and generations.
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Invent-a-Bling
An electronics design kit that provides children with an assortment of smart materials and components that can be embedded in a variety of dynamic projects.
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Learning Pathways for Activation in Pittsburgh
The Learning Research & Development Center will work with four groups of organizations on pilot projects that demonstrate the concept of designing intentional pathways for activation in science, art, and technology in the Pittsburgh region.
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Activating Pittsburgh Youth
The University of Pittsburgh Activation Lab will research activation as an impact of early learning experiences to develop pilot projects, which integrate activation into the design of networked experiences for Pittsburgh’s children.
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Dream Flight Adventures Playtesting
A playtesting program for The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh’s non-profit and for-profit partners to prototype their educational products and activities with children and families in the Museum’s MAKESHOP.
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Liquid Light
Liquid Light is a collection of interactive exhibits that investigate water’s ability to transport light, bend light and impel experiments exploring the nature of light, color, motion and the nature of perception.
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