Entrepreneurship & Creators Opportunity (ECO) Homewood Info Session

7800 Susquehanna St,Pittsburgh PA 15208

06 September, 2022

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Entrepreneurship & Creators Opportunity (ECO) Homewood Information SessionBridgeway Capital’s Creative Business Accelerator (CBA) in partnership with Neighborhood Allies, the City of Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Homewood’s Legacy Arts Project are partnering to create an exciting opportunity for artists with a connection to Homewood to design site furnishings for the exterior of 7800 Susquehanna Street. The building at 7800 Susquehanna is owned and operated by Bridgeway Capital, who revitalized 150,000 sq. ft. building that houses urban manufacturers, creative businesses, and nonprofit workforce development organizations. The goal of the ECO: Homewood project is to provide the outdoor area around 7800 with a more welcoming neighborhood feel and better connect the broader Homewood community with the activities occurring inside the building. To accomplish this, the CBA will engage artists with a connection to Homewood, and a variety of community stakeholders to design and choose site furnishings—waste receptacles, benches, bike racks and planters- to be installed around 7800. Local artists, with priority consideration given to artists from Homewood, will be commissioned to tap into the visual imagery and design principles arising out of the Homewood Experience (the Homewood Positive Image Campaign) to develop furnishings that communicate the pride and culture of the neighborhood. Local design and fabrication businesses in the CBA network will partner with the artists to fuse their art works with site furniture. Please Join us for this in-person information session at the Sarah B Campbell Enterprise Center, located at 7800 Susquehanna, to learn more about this opportunity and how to apply. Light refreshments will be served.