Construction underway on the Albion at McCandless development at the corner of Butler Street and McCandless Avenue in Lawerenceville on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. The development includes 27 inclusionary units. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh's Public Source)
If you’re already a subscriber to the Develop PGH email newsletter by Pittsburgh’s Public Source, you’re used to receiving a Wednesday summary of our deep reporting on housing, construction, finance, workforce and more.
Maybe you’ve sometimes read an item and thought: “I wish I’d been at that meeting!”
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Starting this week, we’re shifting the focus and timing of Develop PGH to give you an advance look at big development events to come, while also summarizing the top stories of the past week.
To help you prepare, the newsletter will reach your inbox every Monday morning, instead of Wednesday.
It will lead with intel on a few of the coming week’s development meetings, whether they involve the Pittsburgh Planning Commission, Housing Authority, Urban Redevelopment Authority or city or Allegheny County councils.
You’ll still get our hottest recent development story, plus the week’s most revealing quote and the “editor’s pick” — a must-read that could be about anything.
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Rich Lord is the managing editor at Pittsburgh’s Public Source and can be reached at rich@publicsource.org.
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Rich is the managing editor of Pittsburgh's Public Source. He joined the team in 2020, serving as a reporter focused on housing and economic development and an assistant editor. He reported for the Pittsburgh...
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