1. Avenues of Steel Valley Preliminary recommendations of visiting experts Public Meeting June 4th, 2008 Facilitated by the Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center at Carnegie Mellon

2. Outline Overview of Workshop Process The Recommendations Concrete Tasks

3. The workshop at a glance Homestead and West Homestead, Pennsylvania May 27-30, 2008 Enlisted panel of six experts to form recommendations and concrete tasks Brought together over 150 + participants including property owners, the community at large, state county and local elected officials

4. The Workshop Planning Committee Drew Borcik, Homestead Council President Patrick Earley, Allegheny County Economic Development Deborah Lange, Brownfields Center at CMU Meredith Meyer Grelli, Brownfields Center at CMU William Roth, West Homestead Engineer Jeffrey Schaffer, Office of Congressman Mike Doyle Charles Starrett, Steel Valley Enterprise Zone David Weir, West Homestead Council President Doug Van Haitsma, Mon Valley Initiative

5. The workshop at a glance cont’d Experts and fields Deeohn Ferris, JD, Equitable Development Susan Hannegan, Historic Designation Sheila Jackson, Community Safety Robert Richardson, Redevelopment Strategies Terri Smith, Marketing and Changing Perceptions Marshall Williams, Railroad and Strategic Connections

6. The workshop at a glance cont’d Events Open reception at Mitchell’s Meetings with property owners, Down Street Coalition and 6th and 7th Avenues Reception at Pump House Public meeting at library Meetings with government and community based organizations Dinner at Bulgarian Macedonian National Education and Cultural Center Press conference

7. Strengths and assets Steel history Labor History Ethnicity National/Local Register District River Proximity/Pittsburgh/Airport, Universities Carnegie Library Historical architecture Character/Hills/Views People Tightly knit/walkable Churches

8. The Recommendations Create a unified three community vision for The Avenues Expand on existing collaborations Capitalize on community assets Foster workforce development Continue to connect the Waterfront and The Avenues Empower leadership group to evaluate and execute these recommendations

9. Concrete tasks Create a unified three community vision for The Avenues Evaluate and update existing Comprehensive 2000 Urban Design Plan Request representative from Federal Government to further focus on Brownfield development issues Celebrate successes with ribbon cuttings Create image by leveraging heritage and on-going historic programs Develop design standards for consistent Historic District

10. Concrete tasks Expand on existing collaborations Expand the Workshop Planning Committee to represent more stakeholders in the community Evaluate shared services Engage lending institutions/banks and Churches Convene regular gatherings of stakeholder groups

11. Concrete tasks Capitalize on Community Assets Create a network of public activity places Establish a celebration of heritage and diversity of the boroughs A yearly regional celebration that draws people from outside communities For consistency hold it same time every year

12. Concrete tasks Foster workforce development Expand and promote a “training center” in the downtown area Consider program centered around redevelopment

13. Concrete tasks Continue to connect the Waterfront and The Avenues Provide access to the Waterfront/waterfront Trolley system Water Taxi’s Bike path Adaptive reuse of former rail station

14. Media coverage to date Tribune-Review, May 31, 2008 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 31, 2008 The Daily News, May 29, 2008 Pop City, May 28, 2008 The Valley Mirror, May 22, 2008

15. Contact Information Deborah Lange dlange@cmu.edu Meredith Myer Grelli mmgrelli@andrew.cmu.edu Matthew Morehead mmorehea@andrew.cmu.edu http://www.cmu.edu/steinbrenner/brownfields (go to ‘Current Projects’ then ‘Site-Focused Workshops’)

16. Thank you