A big THANKS to everyone for making the tenth anniversary of Little Italy Days successful!
- The volunteers who organized and set up the bocce tournament. The festival wouldn’t be successful without you!
- The Bloomfield Development Corporation staff and volunteers who spent many hours promoting and organizing the event and manning the information booth
- The volunteers from Academy System, Garfield & Hill District CISP and Most Wanted Fine Arts who cleaned the streets on Saturday and Sunday morning
- The volunteers who helped direct traffic and emergency vehicles and ran for supplies when needed
- The volunteers who turned beer barrels into Italian trash cans
- All of our corporate sponsors
- All of our Italian-American partners
- The City of Pittsburgh, Mayor Ravenstahl, Councilmen Bill Peduto and Patrick Dowd, Representative Dom Costa, City Controller Michael Lamb, The Urban Redevelopment Authority, public works, fire department and Commander O’Connor and the police department
- The crew who set up the dumpsters, Porta-Johns, storage facilities and bleachers
- The many bands and volunteers who donated their time for “Live on Liberty”
- Laundromat, Cricket Store and Polanzo’s Beer Distributer for donating electricity for the bands
- The local businesses who donated electricity and water
- Fifth Third Bank for the use of their parking lot
- Fr. John Dinello, pastor, Immaculate Conception/St. Joseph Parish for his spiritual leadership
- The local residents who endure traffic inconveniences so this event can take place
- All of the many volunteers who gave of their time, talents and energy to make a difference
This event shows how many people working together can generate such a positive outcome. I couldn’t be more proud of Bloomfield and its people.
BIG THANKS TO MOTHER NATURE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER!
A group of Bloomfield residents are scheduling another impromptu neighborhood cleanup for this Sunday, October 2. We will be meeting in front of Humble Beginnings Art Gallery, 4121 Main Street at 11 a.m., and going to brunch at Brillobox afterward.
If you know of anyone who is interested, feel free to pass along this information. We had a pretty good turnout at the last cleanup, and are hoping for even more volunteers this time around!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
11:00 AM
Humble Beginnings Art Gallery
4121 Main Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Bloomfield Events Calendar
Everyone is invited to Pittsburgh’s Little Italy next weekend, September 23, 24 and 25 for the 10th anniversary celebration of Little Italy Days! For three days, Liberty Avenue is alive with music, food and games.
Come and experience a taste of Italy. Shop at our unique shops and visiting vendors, and dine in one of Little Italy’s award-winning restaurants. Bring the entire family; admission and parking are FREE!
View the entertainment schedule or download a printable PDF flyer.
The BDC is asking for volunteers to help “redd up” Liberty Avenue on Sunday, September 18. We are getting ready for Little Italy Days on September 23, 24 and 25!
Join us for coffee, bagels and cream cheese at 9 a.m. Sunday morning in front of Fifth/Third Bank at Liberty & Cedarville.
For questions and more information, contact Terry Aiello at 412-687-9346 or fordaiello@verizon.net.
For this week’s Live on Liberty, Dream Job & The Armadillos will be donating their time and talents to rock Liberty Avenue.
You will find Live On Liberty this week in the Abmayr Costume parking lot from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
6:00 PM–9:00 PM
Abmayr Costume Parking Lot
4610 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Bloomfield Events Calendar
“Bloomfield: Liveable and L♥veable Neighborhood” Kids and Adult T-Shirts
Help support the BDC and at the same time show everyone you love our neighborhood by purchasing a Bloomfield t-shirt for only $12! On sale at Live On Liberty!
Also, on sale now “Little Italy Days” 50/50 raffle tickets $2 each!
John Innocenti, President, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, invites you to attend two community meetings to support development of the Hospital Campus Master Plan for UPMC Shadyside.
Thursday, September 15, 2011, 6:00 PM
West Wing Auditorium
UPMC Shadyside
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 6:00 PM
West Wing Auditorium
UPMC Shadyside
As part of developing an Institutional Master Plan for the UPMC Shadyside campus, two additional community meetings will be facilitated to engage interested parties in the process. At the next community meeting being held on September 15, the presentation and discussion will focus on options that have been developed for the Shadyside Hospital campus. UPMC hopes to receive further input from the community to move toward the eventual master plan direction.
The October 4 community meeting will focus on the Shadyside Hospital campus direction, created from input from a variety of sources, in order to obtain further refinement, build community understanding, and general consensus for the Shadyside Hospital campus.
No RSVP is necessary.
