Next meeting: Wednesday, March 19th, 12pm, UPMC’s Scaife Hall, Room 1105 BC. 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Directly across from Petersen Events Center. Take elevator to 11th floor. Please RSVP by contacting 412.621.7863 ext. 21 or oakwatch@opdc.org.
If on foot, enter at 3500 Terrace Street (across from the Petersen Events Center) and take the elevators to the 11th floor. Presby’s cafeteria is on the 11th floor if you would like to arrive early and grab a sandwich.
If driving, you may park in Presby’s main garage (enter on either Terrace or Lothrop).
Parking vouchers will be provided, but be sure to take a ticket upon arriving at the garage. Upon leaving, you will present your ticket with the voucher and be home free! Or, back to the office, free!
Read up on last month’s meeting here:
http://www.opdc.org/oakwatch/
If you’re considering applying for a facade grant through OPDC, or other home improvements, Design Consults if offering FREE 15 minute consultations Tuesday 3/18/14 6-7:30pm at Oakland Career Center – Community Room 294 Semple St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Bring photos of your property so the designers can provide personalized advice.
Click on the flyer for more info and how to sign up for a consultation:
Two different programs are available for home improvements. You can check out the previous posts for further details and links.
Oakland Residential Facade Grant Program – Applications due April 1, 2014
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh — Hill District invites you to showcase your talents at the Teen Underground Café: Open Mic Night.
We provide a PA system, microphones, guitars, amplifiers, drum kits, projector, and a place to plug in beats. You provide your voice, musical chops, video or audio productions, and a generous ear.
Snacks will be provided, and participants will be scouted to be paid participants in the Teen Underground Café Presents… events at CLP — Main.
If you’re interested in a free tree for the sidewalk, please fill out the application and bring it to the next OHC meeting Wednesday March 12, or give or mail it to David Zwier at 235 Atwood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. The deadline to have them as part of this neighborhood grouping is Saturday March 15. There will be a site inspection for each application, because not all locations are suitable for trees.
You can also volunteer to help plant and maintain the trees. More info on TreeVitalize Pittsburgh’s website
There is a PDF version you can print and fill out by hand, or the DOC version, you can fill out electronically, print and sign.
Tree-Planting-Request-Form_2014.pdf
Tree-Planting-Request-Form_USE-ME-14_02.doc