News & Stories
Progress is happening in downtown Pittsburgh — and we’re pleased to share it here! Our News & Stories section highlights media coverage, original content, and exciting updates about revitalization efforts across the city.
- Economic Development
Peer and benchmark cities that recently welcomed the NFL Draft offer a playbook for visitor traffic and media exposure as Pittsburgh warms up to host the 2026 event.
- Economic Development
From its locus in downtown Pittsburgh, the AI Hub at BNY draws talent from Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious computer science programs while capturing the expertise of the investment company’s technical geniuses around the world.
- Economic Development
The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) released data showing a 100 percent recovery of pre-pandemic visitor traffic in Downtown in July 2024.
- Economic Development
Ahead of its 15th anniversary, an upcoming music festival and a new comic book exhibition, the August Wilson African American Cultural Center is thriving under the leadership of president and CEO Janis Burley.
- Economic Development
President and CEO of Riverlife Matt Galluzzo discusses Pittsburgh’s riverfront development and how downtown Pittsburgh, known for its confluence of three rivers, can make the most of its geography with expanded access along the water.
- Placemaking Project
The Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Allegheny County, and the City of Pittsburgh propose a vision plan to guide the next phase of civic space and public realm transformation for a downtown of the future.
- Economic Development
500 in 500 is a countywide mobilization to speed the path to stability for those who arrive at emergency shelters, to restore our emergency shelters to their intended purpose, and to ensure that no one needs to live in an emergency shelter or on the street.
- Placemaking Project
Progressing beyond short-term stabilization, a proposed plan – released by the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Allegheny County, and the City of Pittsburgh– focuses on a long-term strategic redevelopment and investment strategy