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To fulfill
its mission of historic preservation and economic revitalization,
South Side Local Development Company operates the following programs:
Neighborhood
Assistance Program (NAP)
Elm
Street Program
Real Estate Development
Design
Housing
Main Street on East Carson
(business assistance & promotions)
Community Planning
Neighborhood
Assistance Program (NAP)
In 1998, the SSLDC and PNC Bank earned a highly competitive ten-year,
$2.5 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community
and Economic Development for Comprehensive Services Program/Neighborhood
Assistance Program.
The program enables SSLDC to:
- Partner with PNC Bank, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation,
and The Brashear Association to provide services in South Side
and adjacent public housing communities.
- Fund programs in education, human services, job development,
drug and crime prevention, housing, and leadership development.
Elm
Street Program
Elm
Street is a new Commonwealth initiative intended as a residential
complement to the successful Main Street Program. It encourages
activities such as streetscape & façade improvements,
infrastructure repair, marketing, connecting residents and promoting
the neighborhood. Grant funds are provided for planning, technical
assistance and physical improvements.
Elm
Street follows a five-point approach to address comprehensive neighborhood
needs:
- Clean,
Safe & Green
- Design
-
Neighbors & Economy
- Image
& Identity
Real
Estate Development
- Develops new
residential real estate projects, mostly urban infill. The
SSLDC is a “but for” developer, tackling projects
that wouldn’t happen without public support.
- Initiates and facilitates private-public projects to redevelop
key
commercial properties.
Design
- Provides technical assistance to businesses, property owners,
and developers to maintain the South Side’s historic and
architectural integrity.
- Reviews façade and sidewalk renovation projects and
oversees South Side’s Sign Grant program.
Housing
- Provides technical assistance to buyers and homeowners.
- Markets mortgage and home repair financing programs.
- Offers a home repair service for seniors.
Main
Street on East Carson (business assistance & promotions)
- Recruits and assists new businesses.
- Facilitates storefront façade renovations.
- Markets commercial loan programs.
- Provides matching Sign Grant funds.
- Promotes the South Side through marketing, public relations,
and special events.
Community
Planning
- Develops long-range economic development
strategies for the South Side.
- Assists with community-wide planning activities.
SSLDC coordinates the Neighborhood
Plan Update, staffs the South Side Works Steering Committee,
is leading a public space improvement effort, has commissioned
a parking study, and has convened a task force to study impacts
of proposed developments in Hays.
- Advocates issues, such as long-term job retention
and growth, community transportation and zoning issues, and regional
development with neighboring communities.
- Participates in the South
Side Planning Forum, a community-based group of organizations,
residents, and businesses.
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