Meet the Candidates – Primary 2023

The South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association invites you to meet the candidates  running for City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County public offices. Learn about the issues that are important to them and our community.

EVENT DETAILS
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Meeting starts at 7 p.m.
Kollar Club (3226 Jane Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203)

Candidates attending:

  • Rachael Heisler – City Controller
  • Nina Ricciardi – District Magistrate
  • Bob Charland – City Council, District 3
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Slopes March Meeting & Board Elections

Agenda includes:
Board Elections and Committee Updates

The meeting will be on Tuesday March 14th at 6:30pm IN PERSON at St Paul of the Cross Monastery in the Slopes.

We have openings on the board! If you are interested in joining the your neighbors to help improve the South Side Slopes, please contact info@southsideslopes.org.

Voting Members of SSSNA are eligible to vote at the March Annual Meeting. Voting Members must be eighteen years old or older and have attended at least two meetings, events, or activities convened by the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association in the past year. (See By Laws, Article IV, Section 1.)

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Arlington Rec Center Mural Survey

The South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association (SSSNA) is soliciting ideas for a new mural on the side of the Arlington Recreation Center (2201 Salisbury St, Pittsburgh, PA 15210). 

Click here to fill out the Survey!

This Community Input Survey can be filled out until March 15, 2023. Results will be shared with the artist team painting the mural. 

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Climate Change Movie at St Paul’s Monastery

Climate Change
How aware are we of this problem?
Is there anything we can do about it?
Have we even talked about it?

On Wednesday, March 8th, St. Paul’s Monastery will present a movie on the subject of climate change – The Letter. The film will be shown in the Retreat Center Conference Room – where we have held our Neighborhood monthly meetings in the past. The movie presents how climate change is altering the Amazon, India, Africa, and the Barrier Reefs of Mother Earth. Individuals experiencing these changes were invited by Pope Francis to come to Rome to tell their story, and share their experiences. The film helps us to better understand what is happening to our common home, the earth. Discussion will follow.

Everyone is invited to attend, no cost. Refreshments will be available.

If you plan to attend, please call St. Paul’s Monastery and let them know at
412-381-1188.

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Save the Dates for 2023

Every year, the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association holds five public meetings open to the community (two of which are parties!)

  • Tuesday, March 14 – Board Elections & General Meeting
  • Tuesday, May 9 – General Meeting
    Meet the Candidates @ the Kollar Club (3226 Jane St., 15203)
    Doors open: 6:30 p.m. | Candidate forum starts: 7 p.m.
  • Tuesday, July 11 – Summer Picnic
    LaPalapa Food Truck @ Bandi Schaum Community Garden
  • Tuesday October 17– General Meeting
    Location: The Kollar Club (3226 Jane St., 15203)
  • Thursday December 7 – Holiday Party
    Location: The Zenith (86 S 26th St, 15203)

Meetings start @ 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. We will be updating meeting locations as we get closer.

All South Side Slopes residents are invited to attend. Join us to meet new people or reconnect with long-time neighbors, learn what is happening and planned for the community, and share your ideas, concerns and love for the Slopes.

In order to be a voting member of the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association, you must attend at least 2 meetings and/or events per year.

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Holiday Party is Dec. 9

South Side Slopes Holiday Party postcard is red with

When: Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Zenith, 86 S. 26th Street (corner of 26th and Sarah Streets)

The South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association (SSSNA) invites all Slopes residents to its annual holiday party. Zenith has been our gracious host for the past few holiday celebrations and never disappoints! Come and enjoy the delicious food and reconnect with your neighbors.

The SSSNA will provide the food (both vegetarian and meat-based dishes), but if you like, BYO your own adult beverages.

Bring a toy! We will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for the Brashear Association’s annual toy drive.

LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING

Please register by Dec. 2.

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2022 Dirty Dozen

Join the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association to cheer on the 39th Dirty Dozen. Bicyclists will ride up Eleanor Street on Saturday October 22, 2022. We will be cheering at 2410 Cobden Street with hot coffee and hot cocoa to drink and serve to the riders. If you’re not familiar, the Dirty Dozen is a bicycle race up Pittsburgh’s 13 toughest hills. Welsh Way is hill #11, and Eleanor Street is hill #12.

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Love Your Block Volunteer Day

On Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. we need a bit of your elbow grease to help beautify the hillside at the corner of Barry & Mission Streets. Through the City of Pittsburgh, the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association was awarded a Love Your Block grant to beautify the site. Join neighbors by helping to prepare the ground, plant flowering shrubs and perennials and spread mulch. We also hope to level a spot near the top of the hillside and build/place a sitting bench. Join us and bring a friend or three. Lunch is provided!

Sign up to let us know you’re coming!

Questions? Call 412-606-9372.

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October General Meeting

Join us via Zoom (details below) to listen and discuss news and information relating to the South Side Slopes!

Virtual meeting details
Topic: SSSNA General Meeting
Time: Oct 11, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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October General Meeting is Oct. 11

Join us on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom for the October public meeting of the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association. Meeting agenda is listed below the Zoom information.

HOW TO JOIN

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 812 5232 0973
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MEETING AGENDA

1. Zone 3 Police Commander – Christopher Ragland  (5-10 min.)

  • Introduction and Zone 3 updates
  • Q/A

2. Rep. Jessica Benham; PA House of Representatives 36th District  (5-10 min.)

  • State updates
  • Q/A 

3. Councilman Bruce Kraus; City of Pittsburgh, 3rd District  (5-10 min.)

  • District updates
  • Q/A 

4. Chrisarah Johnson; Office of the Mayor, Community Outreach  (5-10 min.)

  • City updates
  • Q/A 

5. Jamie Piotrowski; Pittsburgh Public School Board Member, District 7 (5-10 min.)

  • Updates given by SSSNA board member

6. Committee Updates (10-15 min.)

  • South Side Park
  • StepTREK – 2022 review
  • Beautification – Love Your Block Grant
  • Outreach – Holiday Party
  • Zoning
  • Governance – Looking for new board members

7. Open Floor / Questions / Additional Announcements
8. Adjourn

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