South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association
"Neighbors working together to make the Slopes a more livable, beautiful, and safe community"
Thanks to our community members and trekkers who made Step Trek 2012 a great success! We had almost 1000 trekkers visiting the South Side Slopes for exercise, great views, and community involvement.
Did you miss Step Trek this year? Read all about it and join us next year:
In the meantime, we remind our neighbors and friends to join us at our annual potluck Christmas Party on December 11.
In 2012, more than 140 LED light bars, one attached under each stair tread, were installed at the 18th St. bend. Through a partnership with and funding from Duquesne Light, the stairs are now a beautiful, well-lit “gateway” to the Slopes.
You can now buy Step Trek tickets online at Showclix. Click this link to buy tickets for the October 6 event: http://www.showclix.com/event/steptrek
Hope to see you there!
Throughout the year, members of the StepTrek committee plan routes, look for steps that need repair, participate in regular cleanups and solicit sponsorship.
One of the more fun parts is choosing our artist for StepTrek. This year’s choice is Kathryn Carr. She has created this beautiful paper cut piece for us inspired by the German paper cut art Scherenschnitte. You can find prints of Kathryn’s work at various stores and “I Made It” markets around Pittsburgh. For more information about her, visit her website. We will have prints of this piece for sale at StepTrek.
Hope to see you on October 6, 2012 where you can see the stairs that inspire Kathryn and all of us residents of the Slopes.
5 concerned Slopes citizens tackled 3 sets of steps on Saturday.
The results speak for themselves:
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Good work!
This particular set was out of control. If you’re walking the stairs, please help out by regularly snapping or clipping invasive vines and weeds.
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who participated in the survey. As of 8/29/2012, the survey is now closed. We will be compiling the results and sharing them at meetings throughout the year. Hope to see you there!
This survey will help drive the future goals of the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association to make the South Side Slopes the best neighborhood for all our residents!
If you’re available this Saturday June 16, please join us at South Side Park at 10AM for a park cleanup. We will be doing general cleanup as well as some trail planning and investigation. We will have clippers, saws, trash bags, gloves, etc. Just bring yourself and meet us in the parking lot below Bandi Schaum Community Garden.
We will also be joined by some of the Pittsburgh Public Allies. For more information on the Public Allies program, check out their web page: http://www.publicallies.org/pittsburgh
Congratulations to all of the new South Side gardeners. Saturday June 2 was the official planting day at the Bandi Schaum Community Garden in South Side Park.
Here are the results of our community labor:
Now, we just have to wait for the harvest!
If you don’t have a plot at the garden, there is still at least 1 way to be involved. The Public Allies Pittsburgh group has partnered with Voices Against Violence (a high school youth group) to create “Veggies Against Violence.” This great group of kids is learning to grow vegetables at the community garden and could use all of our help. If you want to get involved, email Tom at tsamilson at gmail.com
Whether you want to stay inside or dig in the dirt, we have an upcoming Slopes volunteer activity for you:
This Saturday May 5, a lot of volunteers put in a lot of work to prepare the South Side Community Garden for planting. Thanks to everyone who came out and helped. Hope to see all of you and more back for our last garden work day on Saturday May 12 from 9am to 2pm.
