A Growing City

Forbes.com ranked Pittsburgh #4 in America’s Fastest Growing Cities.  In the study Pittsburgh ranked 2^nd in home prices, 12^th in Foreclosures, 24^th in unemployment, and 46^th in gross metropolitan product. What does this mean?  Pittsburgh is well-equipped to emerge from the recession in a similar position to where they started

For more information on this topic, check out the article America’s Fastest-Recovering Cities from Forbes.com

Target Moving Forward

The planned Target in East Liberty has been approved by its capital expenditure committee.  The plan is to open the store in June 2011.  With the Whole Foods as the staple in the area, the addition of a Target and the new Bakery Square development, the East Liberty section of Pittsburgh is making a very interesting transition.

To read more on this topic, check out the article Target approves E. Liberty location from the Post-Gazette.

Pittsburgh Is The Place For Small Businesses…To Launch

CNNMoney.com has ranked Pittsburgh number two in its “Best Places to Launch A Small Business.”  Pittsburgh sits in between number one Oklahoma City, OK and number three Raleigh, NC.

To see the rest of the list, check out CNNMoney.com

Reassessing Allegheny County Properties

Allegheny County is trying figure out how to handle their property reassessments.  The county already spent $5.7 million for the 2005 reassessments, which were disallowed.  With 540,000 of properties anxiously awaiting this verdict, Senior Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick has the fate of many in his hands.

To read more on this topic, check out the article Judge mulls timing of Allegheny County reassessment from the Tribune Review.

Show Off

The Urban Redevelopment Authority recently showcased Pittsburgh’s newer developments with a bus tour. With numerous residential and commercial sites being converted, this event must was probably not a short excursion.

To read more on this topic, check out the article URA tour highlights Pittsburgh development from the Pittsburgh Business Times.

Truly The City of Champs

The Sporting News has jumped on the Pittsburgh bandwagon.  They just announced that Pittsburgh has been named their #1 sports city in North America.  I guess having the NFL and NHL champs in town doesn’t hurt.  It’s a pretty impressive award considering Pittsburgh has the worst franchise in MLB history with the Pirates.

To read more on this topic, check out the article It’s official: Sporting News says Pittsburgh best sports city from the Post-Gazette.