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Remembering Fred Rogers: One Market Research Guru’s Memories of a Childhood Favorite

By Phil Cynar On March 21, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Arts & Culture, ImaginePittsburgh, Jim Futrell, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance

This week, Fred Rogers – Pittsburgher extraordinaire, educator, minister, songwriter, author and creator and host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood – would have celebrated 84 years.  His birthday was yesterday, March 20.

From Pittsburgh, for more than 30 years, the nationally-aired show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, allowed children everywhere to accept [...]

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Building Trades; Hiring Our Heroes; Enhancing Opportunity for Minority Owned Businesses on “Our Region’s Business”

By Ben Kamber On March 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Ben Kamber, Bill Flanagan, Our Region's Business, Uncategorized

Looking for a new career? How about a career in the building trades? The Builder’s Guild of Western Pennsylvania, an organization which represents 17 building trade programs, is recruiting for its next class of apprentices. This year they plan to take on about 700 apprentices, tuition-free, in fields such as carpentry, electrical work [...]

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Just in Time for Spring: Phipps Conservatory is Among World’s Best Indoor Gardens

By Phil Cynar On March 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Allegheny Conference, Energy, Phil Cynar, Quality of Life

There’s something to be said for serendipity. On the heels of the recent launch of the “Pittsburgh:  Best of the World” campaign – and on the threshold of spring’s arrival – FoxNews.com has named Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens as one of the world’s 10 best indoor gardens.

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Energy Activity Helps Drive Economic “Wins”

By Jim Futrell On March 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Allegheny Conference, Dennis Yablonsky, Jim Futrell, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance

For the past five years, the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance have celebrated “Wins” day, a Wednesday in March when we tote up all the announced investment and development projects, or “wins,” of the previous year.

In 2011, the 10-county Pittsburgh region landed 286 [...]

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Shell Announces Beaver County as Site of Proposed Petrochemical Complex

By ImaginePittsburgh Online On March 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Allegheny Conference, Dennis Yablonsky, Energy, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance

Shell announced today that it has signed a site option agreement to build a petrochemical plant in Beaver County to process natural gas from the Marcellus Shale. The facility will include a “world-scale” ethane cracker, a facility that breaks down large molecules from natural gas into smaller ones. The location is in Potter and Center [...]

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“Wins” Day: Pittsburgh Region Landed 286 Deals in 2011; $1.5 Billion Investment; 17k+ Total Jobs

By Phil Cynar On March 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Allegheny Conference, Phil Cynar, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, Uncategorized

Thanks to continued strength across a diverse economy, the Pittsburgh region landed 286 economic development deals in 2011, pushing ahead of its performance in the previous year and maintaining its momentum toward pre-recession levels of business activity.

The Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, a partnership of 50-plus private and public sector leaders and economic [...]

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