An outline of the two neighborhoods that will be toured on June 4. Photo courtesy of Allegheny City Society On Saturday, June 4, the Heartland Neighborhoods Tour will lead two bus tours of Marshall/Shadeland and California-Kirkbride. Both tours are free and open to the public, but seating in limited...

Photo by Alyse Horn Keith Olash, Michelle Maust and Ann George organize the cleaning supplies and fill take home bags for patrons of the Northside Common Ministries Food Pantry. By Alyse Horn On May 9, members and volunteers with the Allegheny Elks Lodge and Northside Common Ministries packed cleani...

Courtesy of www.sproutfund.org One Northside, a Buhl Foundation initiative, in partnership with The Sprout Fund, is offering support to those who live or work on the Northside through Neighbor-to-Neighbor Grants and One Northside Grants. Neighbor-to-Neighbor Grants of up to $1,000 can be awarded to ...

Green Grocer is a mobile farmers market that is designed to travel into food desert communities to provide the fresh food options that are currently missing from the landscape. By selling fresh, healthy foods at an affordable price Green Grocer will help to alleviate food inequity by creating access...

Northside Common Ministries in California-Kirkbride will participate in the Pittsburgh Foundation's online "Day of Giving" Dec. 8 to combat homelessness. A dollar-for-dollar match will be awarded to the organization for individual donations ranging from $25-10,000. Donations will only be taken onlin...

Photo by Justin Criado From L to R: Dena Wilson of Walmart, NCM director Jay Poliziani, food pantry advisor Darlene Rushing and Mike Smith of Goodwill Southwestern Pennsylvania cut the ribbon at an event Oct. 19 to showcase the food pantry renovations. By Justin Criado With the holiday season approa...

Photo by Erika Fleegle  A free library box in the garden next to Northside Common Ministries in California-Kirkbride is on of several such boxes in the Northside. By Erika Fleegle In a “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” sort of way, the small box situated in the garden next to Northside Common Ministries in...

By Erika Fleegle As the weather warms up and farmer’s markets pop up throughout the Pittsburgh Area, Northside residents are looking forward to all the fresh produce the season has to offer. On Saturday, May 16, Leadership Development Initiative (LDI) XXII, a program of Leadership Pittsburgh Inc., w...

Photo by Justin Criado Toll Gate Revival, an antique and oddities business owned by Seth Hunter, features monthly open houses in its California-Kirkbride storage space. By Justin Criado Seth Hunter is a self-described vagabond. To many, that may be an insult, let alone a proud self-claim, but as own...

By Sabrina Romano The Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northside Common Ministries (NCM) recently opened the Financial Opportunity Center (FOC) in NCM’s space at 1601 Brighton Road in California-Kirkbride. The FOC provides a variety of employment and financial services to low-income communi...