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Moose Mosaic Fundraiser

Community art and public symbols matter… they can help set the tone for revival and inspire residents and visitors alike. As New Sun Rising transforms the Millvale Moose into a welcoming space for growth and innovation we’ve collected visitors’ thoughts and images about what vibrancy means to them. This vision inspired glass mosaic artist Daviea Davis to create a stunning piece of artwork for this fundraiser.

BECOME A PART OF THE ART

Sponsor blocks of the Millvale Moose Mosaic and have your support recognized in various ways. Sponsorship packages (click to see options) are varied to include:

  • Your name on the mosaic and/or donor plaque
  • VIP invitation to the Moose Grand Opening + Mosaic Unveiling Party (Summer 2018)
  • Sponsor recognition at the NSR Vibrancy Awards (Fall 2018)

AMPLIFY OUR IMPACT, DONATE TODAY!

67% of the center mosaic panel is already sponsored (see image on left for updates)

Moose Mosaic Campaign

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SUPPORT CULTURE, SUSTAINABILITY, + OPPORTUNITY

When you donate to New Sun Rising, you are supporting hundreds of social businesses and nonprofits who make our region more vibrant. Consider it your investment in the mutual fund of community goodness.

  • Exploring and celebrating culture
  • Building resiliency and sustainable practices
  • Creating economies with equitable opportunity

Launch Sto-Rox

Catalyzing community change through social businesses, nonprofits, and collaborative initiatives

Launch Sto-Rox is a cohort of startup organizations whose values align with the Sto-Rox community’s priorities for development. Beginning in March 2018, participants will strengthen their business plan, build their leadership, connect with peer and professional networks, access funding, and engage the Sto-Rox community.

 

MEET THE TEAMS

The Joinery supports the development of small businesses and projects through co-working, office, and production space.

Strong Ambitious Women motivates young women to develop self-esteem and a positive identity.

Zellous Hope Project inspires hope for low-income men with barriers to seeking and obtaining employment.

PittMovers provides moving assistance with a personal touch for clients within Allegheny County.

Right Vibez fuses power yoga and dub (instrumental reggae) for a unique energizing and restorative experience in a transformative setting.

Digital Bridges closes the digital divide by using technology and digital literacy skills to decrease poverty and nurture strong social connections.

1st Layer is a branding, design, and printing shop incorporating workforce development training for teens.

Peddler’s Paradise creates a unique space for artisans and craft makers to connect and sell their products.

Gazette 2.0 provides crucial communication resources for the community.

 

ABOUT

Launch Sto-Rox is a Vibrant Communities program of New Sun Rising, held in partnership with the McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation and Focus on Renewal, and supported through the generous support of the Henry L. Hillman Foundation.

Protohaven

Protohaven’s purpose is to serve the public good by providing space, tools, knowledge, and community for creation and innovation.

In a culture dominated by consumption, we believe that engaging people in the process of making things – from learning simple skills, to crafting things for a living, to inventing a new piece of technology – serves to both develop the individual and create a more productive, responsible society.

Our primary facility will be a professional-level design and fabrication co-working space and school. The space will be multidisciplinary (graphics, plastics, electronics, textiles, woodworking, and metalworking) and focus on combining digital technology (CAD, CAM, and CNC) with traditional design and fabrication techniques.

Millvale Food + Energy Hub

New Sun Rising and Moose MODE, Inc. have transformed the 10,000 square foot former Moose Lodge into the Millvale Food + Energy Hub.  This solar powered facility serves as a cafe, food rescue, co-working, public and private event, job training, and gathering space for enhanced community resilience.  As a project which prioritizes reuse throughout renovation and operations, the Millvale Food + Energy Hub helps to advance goals of the community-led Millvale Ecodistrict and Triboro Ecodistrict.

The vision of our partners is to create an inspiring, informative, and inviting place for people to explore ways to create a more sustainable, vibrant, and prosperous future for all people and the planet.

Rent the Millvale Food + Energy Hub

Learn about the Solar Workforce Development + Education Program

Learn about our Solar DC Microgrid

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Funding

  • First National Bank, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Neighborhood Allies, Borough of Millvale, The Heinz Endowments, The Hillman Foundation, Allegheny County Economic Development

Launch Wilkinsburg

Launch Wilkinsburg is a civic innovation lab, supporting the development of a vibrant community through social businesses, nonprofit projects, and community engagement.

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Vibrant Communities Focus

Launch Wilkinsburg is committed to equitable community development and implemented in partnership with the Wilkinsburg Chamber of Commerce.   In order to determine which areas of impact are top priority, we reviewed community planning documents, surveyed stakeholders through our Vibrancy Index, and held an interactive public forum. This local stakeholder insight and discussions identified community values and priorities for development including:

  1. Community Awareness + Engagement
  2. Arts + Culture
  3. Vacant Properties + Lots
  4. Main Street Business Development
  5. Education
  6. Safety + Crime Reduction
  7. Environmental Sustainability
  8. Public Spaces

Additionally, the Ignite Wilkinsburg workshop connected over 30 startup leaders and mentors to further their plans, strategic connections, and identify resources.

Media coverage

Read the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article

KDKA Sunday Business Page

Pittsburgh City Paper

Launch Hilltop

Launch Hilltop is an inspiration dojo, where a collective of passionate, driven entrepreneurs challenge perceptions to drive personal and community change.

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Vibrant Communities Focus

Following neighborhood discussions and assessment with local stakeholders, the Hilltop neighborhoods anchored by the Allentown business district were selected as New Sun Rising’s second Launch community.

New Sun Rising’s Launch Hilltop provides services and programming to a number of organizations and initiatives committed to promoting inclusive neighborhood redevelopment, in partnership with local stakeholders such as Work Hard Pittsburgh, the Hilltop Alliance, Pgh Works, RE360, and others. New Sun Rising works closely with these partners, businesses and community projects to create positive opportunity and change with the community.

Learn more about the Allentown’s priorities for development through the Equity Cafe series: Discovery, Dream + Design, and Destiny

Listen to audio stories from community members

 

Launch Millvale

Launch Millvale is an civic innovation lab, where socially focused entrepreneurs create new opportunities around the food, energy, water, air, mobility, and equity goals of the community.

Meet the Projects

 

Vibrant Communities Focus

Initially building the local food system, Launch Millvale broadened to support sustainability leaders activating the Millvale EcoDistrict Pivot 2.0 Plan. The EcoDistricts community planning process, led by partner and

renowned Pittsburgh firm evolveEA, brings together citizens, neighborhood organizations, businesses, and local government to develop a unified vision for their community.

Social enterprises and initiatives supported by Launch Millvale receive services such as fiscal sponsorship, growth strategy, and funding. Activities are coordinated by Zaheen Hussain, the Millvale Sustainability Coordinator and NSR Director of Sustainability, in collaboration with the partners of the Millvale EcoDistrict Collaborative (Millvale Community Library, the Borough of Millvale, Millvale Community Development Corporation, and New Sun Rising).

Ignite Sto-Rox

Following a year of engagement and conversations, Sto-Rox community members have shared their values and priorities for development. In the coming year, the Launch Sto-Rox program will begin activating social businesses and projects which align with these priorities.

Our first opportunity for business and community project owners was the free Ignite mentoring workshop on November 11, 2017. Participants learned skills like how to improve their pitch, overcome barriers, connect with resources, and develop a plan for action.

Special focus on supporting Sto-Rox resident priorities: communication + community engagement, public safety initiatives, restaurant + food business development, job skills + creative professionals, health + addiction resources.

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Immigrant + Refugee Welcome Mat

A program for immigrants + refugees with business ideas to identify resources, create plans, + build relationships.

The Welcome Mat, piloted in partnership with the Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation, consists of learning events and support to help underserved entrepreneurs find assistance and start their business in Pittsburgh. Find out where to get help with marketing, operations, finance, and government regulations. Meet other like-minded business people who speak your language, increase your network of support, and get your business launched and growing with other immigrant and refugee leaders in your community.

Participants learn which local university programs, government offices and nonprofits can assist you to start your business. Find local trade groups or national associations in your industry and identify local online resources to get the information you need.

At each learning event, you’ll meet other business people and together form a Welcome Mat Peer Group. These groups work together and help one another think through and write a business plan. This business plan can help you attract investors, apply for financing and guide you to make your dream a reality.

Welcome Mat Peer Groups also serve as references and support when your are ready to apply for funding and implement their plan.

Ignite Northside

One Northside is a community-driven initiative to improve the quality of life in all 18 Northside neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. Since 2016, through the support of The Buhl Foundation, New Sun Rising has helped 250 Northside residents and community members put their ideas into action through the One Northside Consensus Plan’s focus on Quality of Education, Employment, Place, Safety, and Health.

MINI-GRANT PROGRAM

New Sun Rising is the proud steward of the One Northside Mini-Grant program. The program ignites resident-led community projects with up to $1,000 and the support of local neighborhood leaders and New Sun Rising. How would you improve the quality of education, employment, place, safety, or health in your Northside community?

 

DEADLINES AND HOW TO APPLY

One Northside Minigrant applications can be submitted electronically. Only 15 grants will be awarded for 2022.

MINI-GRANT deadline JUNE 30,2022 by 11:59pm. Please sign up for our newsletter for future rounds. Awards will be provided at the end of JULY 2022.

Submit an application

Submit a One Northside Mini-grant Report Form

***Community Support: Due of Covid 19 public safety restrictions, please have 3 different Northside residents or business owners email vibrancyfunds@newsunrising.org with their name, the project they are supporting, their Northside address and their phone number; or have them call 412-407-9007 with the same information.

Hear from Mini-grant Project Leaders

 

2018-19 MINI-GRANT PROJECT INTERACTIVE MAP

 

 

 

Learn more about the projects and get involved

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ignite Northside Media

 

 

Mini-grant expands after school reading program in Northside

 

 

 

 

Placemakers find funding through One Northside Mini-grant program

 

 

 

 

One Northside mini-grants fund community-driven projects

 

 

 

 

 

2018 One Northside Mini-grant Program

 

 

 

 

One Northside….The Story

 

 

 

 

Ignite Northside: 2017 Social Business + Project Incubator

 

 

 

 

Ignite Northside 2017: Showcase + Celebration Recap

 

 

 

 

iXMessage: An Ignite Northside Story

 

 

 

 

Ignite Northside: 2016 Recap

 

 

 

New Business New Beginnings w/ Riverside Center for Innovation 2016

 

 

 

 

Family Legacy Dinner: An Ignite Northside Story

 

 

 

 

Ignite Northside at Heathside Cottage

 

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