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Mission

Connect Greenfield is an all-volunteer community organization dedicated to making the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Greenfield a great place to live and do business.

Our goal is to provide residents opportunities to get involved in the neighborhood through Connect Greenfield-sponsored initiatives like annual block parties, neighborhood clean-ups, meet your neighbors nights, and public space improvement projects. We also provide the opportunity for individual residents to publicize and find support for projects that improve Greenfield.

For more information, check out our history, any of the project pages on this site, or contact us at info@connectgreenfield.com if you don’t find what you’re looking for.

Current Activities

Connect Greenfield’s ongoing projects include:

  • Greenfield Alger Street Portal Design Project
    • Started in 2010, this community-driven project has been working towards replacement of the “Welcome to Greenfield” sign and plantings at Beechwood Blvd. and Alger St.
  • Game Afternoons or Nights (monthly)
  • Meet Your Neighbors Nights (quarterly at rotating local establishments)
  • Summer Block Parties (annually)
  • Neighborhood Clean-Ups (Spring and Autumn annually)
  • Adopt-a-Block (ongoing)
  • Connect Greenfield Blog (ongoing)
    • Regular updates about neighborhood events and happenings

In addition, CG provides residents the opportunity to publicize and find support for individual projects that improve the neighborhood. For more information, check out any of the project pages on this site. If you’d like to submit a project, please send an email to info@connectgreenfield.org.

History & Past Activities

Connect Greenfield formed in 2006 with a small number of Greenfield residents who saw a need for more neighborhood interaction and improvement activities.

Since that time, Connect Greenfield has actively worked to improve the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Greenfield, attract new residents and businesses, and advocate for the community.  Read more about Connect Greenfield’s formation in this 2006 Post-Gazette article.

Past projects that Connect Greenfield has facilitated or partnered on since 2006 include:

  • Ongoing
    • Adopt-a-Block (started in 2007)
  • Monthly
    • Game Afternoons or Nights (beginning in 2010)
  • Quarterly
    • Meet Your Neighbor Nights (at various neighborhood establishments since 2006)
  • Annually
    • Summer block parties (started in 2009)
    • Spring and Autumn Neighborhood Clean-Ups (began in Fall 2006)
  • 2011
    • Greenfield Authors Night featuring Three Greenfield Poets
      • Nancy Krygowski
        • Author of Velocity (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007; winner of the 2006 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize)
      • Jonathan Loucks
        • Author of Distant Stations (Six Gallery Press, 2008; faculty member University of Pittsburgh)
      • Richard St. John
        • Author of The Pure Inconstancy of Grace (Truman State University Press, 2005; first runner-up for the 2004 T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry)
  • 2009
  • 2007