AHOP

The Neighborhood Investment Fund is a micro-grant program that Hazelwood Initiative Inc. offers at least once a year. Since launching in 2020, funding for this program has come out of the rent paid by Propel School. In 2024, the organization got a two-year, $50,000 grant that will make a second round possible for later this year.

The U. S. Steel Community Field at Hazelwood Green was officially completed, named and celebrated with a ribbon-cutting on April 22. Hazelwood Cobras players participated in a clinic with top NFL draft prospects and Special Olympics athletes after the ceremony. Charley Kiss of McKeesport is the facility’s new general manager on behalf of The Sports Facilities Companies. The Sports Facilities Companies is a Florida-based athletic facility operations contractor.

Pittsburgh Regional Transit has proposed a lite version of the complete overhaul it proposed in 2024. The “Bus Line Refresh” proposes boosting service to popular routes and adding connections between Allegheny County communities. This update would cut 13 routes but add nine new ones. The transit authority was previously known as Port Authority Transit and is now often called PRT.