South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association
"Neighbors working together to make the Slopes a more livable, beautiful, and safe community"
Join us for our next general meeting on Tuesday February 10th at 7:00 PM in the Main Lounge of St Paul’s retreat center.
We will be discussing the SSSNA’s role in the newly adopted South Side Neighborhood Plan.   The plan can be viewed on the South Side LDC’s website.  Click Here to go to the Neighborhood Plan website.
Email Brad at Brad.Palmisiano[at]southsideslopes[dot]org with any questions.
Please Join us for the SSSNA Christmas Party on Tuesday December 16, 2008 at 7:00 PM at St Paul’s Retreat Center main dining room. Dinner will be provided. If you would like, you are welcome to bring a side dish or dessert to share. Also, this year, we are asking everyone to bring a non-perishable food donation for the Brashear Association Food Pantry.
Fr. Don Ware, C.P. invites our Slopes neighbors to a Christmas Carol Service
on Sunday evening, December 14th, from 7:00 – 8:00 PM.
“Carols from Many Lands” is the theme of the evening and will include brief introductions
and Christmas Carols from other cultures.
Refreshments will follow at 8:00 PM.
Join us on November 18th for our November general meeting. Our guest speaker with be Zone 3 Police Commander Catherine McNeilly. We will have the opportunity to meet Commander McNeilly, share concerns, and learn how we can make the slopes a safer community. The meeting starts at 7:00 PM and will be held at the Main Lounge of St Paul’s retreat center, 148 Monastery Avenue.
Join us on Tuesday, October 7, at 7:00 PM at St Paul’s retreat center for our October General Meeting. We will be holding board elections, speaking with Skelly and Loy regarding the South Side Park study, and planning for 2009.Â
For more information, email brad.palmisiano [at] southsideslopes [dot] org
2008 Event Celebrates City Anniversary as a Pittsburgh 250 + Fit Partner
PITTSBURGH — Two parks – one a memorial to war veterans and the other featuring a signature representation of the South Side Slopes neighborhood in the fabricated canvas of a COR-TEN steel plate – are featured in the 8th Annual Pittsburgh StepTrek, which takes walkers over the largest concentration of public steps in the city from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5.
Click on the Logo Below to go to the Steptrek 2008 Page
Hope you see you on October 5
Please come to the dedication celebration of the completed garden funded by Elm Street funds of the Garden at Brosville & Monastery Streets on September 25 at 7:00pm. There will be a reception area at the parking lot for the St.Paul of the Cross Monastery – church Lot. Many State and Local officials will be there to celebrate this Slopes accomplishment. Please join us. Refreshments will be served. Â
Join us for our September general meeting on September 9, 2008 at 7:00 PM in the Main Lounge of St. Paul’s Retreat Center.  Our Speakers will be a representative from the Urban Redevelopment Authority to talk about URA housing programs and Lisa Ceoffe to talk about Pittsburgh’s urban forest and efforts to keep our trees healthy in the city.  In addition, Tiffani Emig, the Curator of Collections from the Rivers of Steel Heritage Area, will be in attendance to share with us the results of the Seeing Pittsburgh Project.Â
Hope to see you there.Â
For additional information, please contact Brad Palmisiano at brad.palmisiano [at] southsideslopes [dot] org
Come Join us Saturday 7/26 at 9:00 AM at the parking lot at 18th and Carson for a Slopes Cleanup.  Teams will disperse into the slopes from there. Trash bags and gloves will be provided.
Contact Paul Lorincy  –  paul.lorincy [at] southsideslopes [dot] org for more information.