Posted by Walnut Capital on 10:48 AM
Has the 'burgh morphed into the city that never sleeps? Holy Batman! Still, there's one more party to add to your list. Pop City is celebrating its fifth anniversary mid-May with a birthday bash at Bakery Square. Food, cocktails, acoustic set by blues-rocker Melinda and grooves courtesy of DJ J. Malls. Best of all, you'll rub shoulders with those we've partnered with and written about over these many years. Pittsburgh is filled with great people doing extraordinary things and we'll raise a glass to that as well as you, our readers. Join us for a night that does Pittsburgh right.
Let's Get This Party Started
Posted by Walnut Capital on 1:50 PM
Before you rush to file your taxes today, remember that you actually have three more days to get your forms turned in to the tax man.
Instead of being due on April 15, which is typically the filing deadline, your taxes are due Mon., April 18 this year.
The three bonus days come thanks to Emancipation Day, a little-known Washington, D.C., holiday that celebrates the freeing of slaves in the district.
Emancipation Day falls on Sat., April 16, but it is observed in D.C. on Fri., April 15. That prompted the IRS to extend the tax filing deadline to April 18 this year. Under the tax code, filing deadlines can't fall on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays.
Tax Day extended to April 18 - Apr. 15, 2011
Posted by Walnut Capital on 10:00 AM
Bakery Square is proud to be a LEED certified development and it was great to help the EDISON.21 Team by discussing this innovation and setting an example for future developers!
The EDISON.21 Project, a program dedicated to cultivating innovative thinking that leads to new business development, heads to the Pittsburgh area Thursday for its first full immersion in sustainable community design.
The EDISON.21 team, a group of 12 young adults, plus design and construction professionals, mentors and program sponsors, are slated to visit several sites that are the world’s first examples of high performance building in several categories.
The three-day tour will include stops at Bakery Square, where the group will meet and talk with developer Todd Reidbord of Walnut Capital; Consol Energy Center, the world’s first LEED Gold Certified hockey arena; and the David L. Lawrence Center, the world’s first “green” convention facility.
WV’s EDISON.21 Team to Connect with Pittsburgh Innovators – American Banking News
Posted by Walnut Capital on 2:55 PM
Target may be the next big thing in East Liberty, but there’s a project waiting in the wings that would bring the Highland Building back to life, along with the nearby Wallace Building.
Giving an historic building its purpose back seems more meritorious and more interesting than slapping up a giant box store... sorry Tar-zhay.
The state holds the key — a $4.5 million grant from its Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. That money would be spent to build a parking garage between the Highland and Wallace buildings. Lack of parking has been the main reason why four developers over a decade have walked away from repurposing plans for the Highland.
Waiting on the Governator
Posted by Walnut Capital on 2:56 PM
Check out the great fact sheet about Bakery Square produced by the state:
Posted by Walnut Capital on 10:00 AM
Just in case anyone didn't believe it before, more proof that Pittsburgh is the best place to live!
Each year Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business attracts some of the brightest master's degree candidates in the country. But the admissions staff occasionally has to sway prospective students with their choice of top schools who wonder why they should relocate to Pittsburgh, Pa.
"Pittsburgh has a really great cultural scene. We have a great ballet and a great symphony that travels the world and performs to packed houses, and there's a restaurant scene that's much more diverse than it ever was when I was growing up," says Wendy Hermann, director of student services for master's programs and a Pittsburgh native. "And it's an easier sell, now that the Steelers and Penguins won their respective titles."
America's Most Livable Cities - Forbes.com
