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On today’s episode of The Confluence: a recent analysis found 456 books banned in Pennsylvania between July 2021 and March 2022, a majority of them in the Central York School District; Diamonte Walker will be the first CEO of Scholar House Pittsburgh, which looks to provide single mothers with affordable housing and support near higher education; and Pittsburgh native Cole Arthur Riley discusses her new book, “This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories That Make Us.”
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After years of facilitating community-focused economic development with the Urban Redevelopment Authority, Diamonte Walker is shifting her focus to helping single mothers get a college degree. She’s the first CEO of Pittsburgh Scholar House, whose goal is to build an affordable multi-family housing development near a university campus to help retain students.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: PublicSource economic development reporter Rich Lord tells us about his latest investigation into why annual taxes paid for homes in the same neighborhood can vary wildly; and we speak to Diamonte Walker about her time at the Urban Redevelopment Authority, where she rose to deputy director and is now leaving for an opportunity to support residents’ economic mobility through higher education.
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Walker will become the founding CEO of a program aimed at ending the cycle of poverty.
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On today's program: The Pittsburgh Land Bank’s new executive director explains how, with consistent leadership, she hopes to more effectively serve communities and reduce blight in the city; the Pirates season opens today, only filling PNC Park to 25 percent capacity; and a local residency program is trying to make the music industry more equitable for Black musicians.
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Urban Redevelopment Authority Set To Launch Program To Support Homeownership in PittsburghPittsburgh officials are looking toward affordable home ownership as a vehicle to combat blight and displacement in the city. Mayor Bill Peduto joined the…
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After nearly four years of work, the Pittsburgh Land Bank remains a divisive issue.Pittsburgh has a lot of vacant land. One way of revitalizing distressed…