Community Corner
Got an Idea for the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Property in Richland? Here's Your Chance to Share
The public is welcome to brainstorm at a community meeting.
Residents of Richland Township and surrounding communities will have another opportunity to offer their ideas on what should happen at the former Pittsburgh Cut Flower property once its acquired by the Allegheny Land Trust.
The next community visioning session takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at the Northern Tier Regional Library, located at 4015 Dickey Road, Gibsonia.
The public is welcome to attend to share more ideas and stories while also getting an opportunity to learn the results from the first visioning session held in February as well as view sketches of potential opportunities at the site.
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The outreach meetings are being led by ALT, Sara Moore, a professional landscape architect and James Snow, a graduate student at Chatham University.
Light refreshments will be served. No registration is required, but a telephone call is helpful. A bouquet of roses also will be raffled off at the event, compliments of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Company.
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The first meeting held Feb. 9 had more than 170 people attend to learn about the history of the cut flower site and to participate in a facilitated planning session to get residents thinking about what they would like to see happen at the site.
Among the brainstormed ideas were walking trails, community gardens, paddle boats and canoes on the ponds, picnic pavilions, tent camping, star parties for amateur astronomers, outdoor concerts, fishing, a scenic overlook and a farmers' market.
All About the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Property
For 90 years, the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Company operated at the Richland Township location, producing millions of roses distributed throughout the east coast.
For the past 20 years, the property, which is no longer owned by the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Company, has sat vacant with dozens of blighted buildings due to years of neglect.
ALT plans to purchase the property within the next several months and permanently protect more than 80 percent of the property, which is made up of ponds, streams, meadows and woodlands.
The remaining 30 acres will be recycled back into the economy through a variety of economic development projects.
The nonprofit has a $1.4 million contract to buy the property. It has already raised more than $1 million towards its goal.
To learn more, or to contribute towards the acquisition of the property, call ALT at 412-741-2750 or visit www.alleghenylandtrust.org.
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