Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG)

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• Community Development Working Group

  PCRG’s Community Development Working Group, works to enable community organizations to facilitate impactful development projects in their neighborhoods. Through education and capacity building, relationship-building with developers and funders, and advocacy initiatives, CDWG seeks to improve opportunities for and break down barriers to development. Direct relationships between community groups and developers are integral to effective neighborhood… Continue reading »

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• GoBurgh

  Building on the momentum of a January, 2009 symposium of over 170 community leaders, transit officials, and private developers, PCRG’s GoBurgh Initiative convenes those directly  interested in transit to bring the public voice to the planning process. We are also advancing transit-0riented development (TOD) throughout Pittsburgh as a way to revitalize transit-rich neighborhoods and attract… Continue reading »

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• Banks working to prevent foreclosures: Lenders intervened to help stop 239,000 foreclosures in December – 4th straight month above 200,000

  In a sign that banks are stepping up their efforts to combat foreclosures, lenders intervened to help prevent 239,000 foreclosures last month, according to a report released Thursday.  Hope Now, a coalition of lenders, investors in mortgage-backed securities and community advocacy groups, said that December marked the fourth consecutive month that its members had arranged… Continue reading »

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• Home

  Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG) is a coalition of nonprofit community based organizations and their core partners dedicated to the revitalization of urban neighborhoods. Through advocacy, policy creation, tool development and community empowerment through capacity building, we strive to create a more supportive environment for community revitalization in the Pittsburgh region. Organized in 1988 to… Continue reading »

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• External publications

  Publications citing PCRG as a case study are denoted with *. Community organizing Squires, G.D. (Ed.). (1992). From redlining to reinvestment: Community responses to urban disinvestment. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.* Squires, G.D. (Ed.). (2003). Organizing access to capital: Advocacy and the democratization of financial institutions. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.* Watkins, P.M. & Cunningham,… Continue reading »

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• CD Collaborative

  The Community Development (CD) Collaborative is an emerging coalition of these community development advocacy, funding and technical assistance organizations: Community Design Center of Pittsburgh (CDCP) Community Technical Assistance Center (CTAC) Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG) City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning (DCP) Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development (PPND) City of Pittsburgh Office of Mayor… Continue reading »

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• Staff

  Emily Anderson, Project Manager – Neighborhood Policy David Benitez, Research and  Banking Manager Bethany Davidson, Deputy Director Ernie Hogan, Executive Director Chris Sandvig, Regional Policy Manger Ed Nusser, Program Coordinator Emily Anderson Project Manager – Neighborhood Policy Programs Membership and Stakeholder Outreach, Program Development, Advocacy and Policy, Education and Training, Member Recruitment. Work background Community… Continue reading »

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