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Essential Pittsburgh Archives

Building Neighborhood Bridges to Innovation

Published December 8, 2014 at 5:26 PM EST

Pittsburgh native, entrepreneur and Urban Innovation 21CEO William Generett is an advocate looking to connect the city’s disadvantaged neighborhoods to the tech sector.

He joins us in Studio A for a conversation on how he plans to accomplish this goal.

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