Blog – New Sun Rising

Next One Northside Mini-Grant deadline October 31, 2019

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Pittsburgh, PA — The upcoming One Northside (ONS) Mini-Grant application deadline on October 31, 2019 is the last for this calendar year. The following deadline is January 30, 2020. Project …

Grow Pittsburgh celebrates a decade of community garden support

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Grow Pittsburgh celebrated 10 years of their Community Garden Program with Garden Get Down on August 29 at Grist House Craft Brewery in Millvale. Since 2010, they’ve supported 100 gardens, …

Sustainability director raises bar for environmental quality of life

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Above: Zaheen Hussain (left) speaks on a panel discussion during the Climate Change Town Hall event hosted by Congressman Mike Doyle at Soldiers & Sailors Hall in August. It …

Three boroughs, one green new plan

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Above: The Triboro Air Quality Monitoring Cohort gathered on July 24 in Sharpsburg to receive equipment and training from ROCIS (Reducing Outdoor Contaminants in Indoor Spaces) on recording air quality readings inside their …

NSR receives $60,000 from Google to implement Growing Impact Through Data + Collaboration program

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Above: Beltzhoover and Knoxville leaders participate in the EcoDistricts Incubator at the Millvale Food + Energy Hub. New Sun Rising received $60,000 in support from Google to implement Growing Impact …

ONS Mini-Grant applications being accepted now through 2020

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Above: Melanie Sandoval reads with Aaron, a student from Spring Hill Elementary School involved in the after school reading program the Comic Book Shop, which received a 2018 ONS Mini-Grant. …

New Sun Rising seeks residents for One Northside Mini-Grant Street Team

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Pittsburgh, PA — New Sun Rising is set to lead the 2019 One Northside (ONS) Mini-Grant program and are in search of four Northside residents to serve on the Street …

Diverse experience of director leads people to take action

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Above: Daniel Stiker (center) tabling for New Sun Rising at Pittonkatonk in 2018. (Photo courtesy of Leigh Solomon Pugliano) The combination of passion and profession could be defined as soul …

Work Hard Pittsburgh and New Sun Rising announce nearly $1 million in new funding for Hilltop workforce development

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Pittsburgh, PA – Work Hard Pittsburgh, in conjunction with New Sun Rising (NSR), will expand its workforce development and regional tech equity initiatives in Pittsburgh’s Hilltop neighborhoods, thanks to $950,000 …

Nonprofits prepare for accelerator program’s final pitch event

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Above: The SVP Full Circle Spring 2019 Cohort and SVP Partners during a happy hour and networking event in May at the Millvale Food + Energy Hub. While they embody …

Launch Sto-Rox participants share personal + professional outcomes

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Above: Launch Sto-Rox participants at the Showcase + Celebration held in May 2019. Lawshawn Reed started her company Strong Ambitious Women in 2015 to offer strength based services surrounding self-esteem …

My Place partnership provides added support for at-risk youth

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Alyse Horn-Pyatt

Teenage years are a turbulent time for most, and as young adults begin to enter their early 20s it can become a complicated journey to find ones place in the …