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File #: 2025-2665    Version: 1
Type: Proclamation Status: Adopted
File created: 12/16/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/16/2025 Final action: 12/16/2025
Enactment date: 12/16/2025 Enactment #: 801
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Title: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend these individuals and the entire Greater West End Community Alliance for their vision, perseverance, and ceaseless work to strengthen and enhance their community; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, December 16, 2025, to be "Greater West End Community Alliance Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.
Sponsors: Theresa Kail-Smith, All Members
Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MRS. KAIL-SMITH
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WHEREAS, over two decades past, a small group of dedicated citizens formed the Greater West End Community Alliance, through steadfast outreach and a shared vision for safe, clean, and vibrant neighborhoods, the group flourished to include Crafton Heights, Ridgemont, West End, and Westwood; and

WHEREAS, the members of the Alliance have fostered enduring traditions, such as annual neighborhood clean-ups and Easter Egg Hunts in partnership with Council District Two, while showing steadfast dedication to the maintenance and preservation of military memorials and United States flags within West End and Crafton Heights; and

WHEREAS, in collaboration with the Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority and the City of Pittsburgh, the Alliance has supported and celebrated the advancement of the long-anticipated West End Trolley Trail, a project destined to connect Crafton Heights, Elliott, and Westwood via scenic pathways leading to the Historic Old Stone Tavern; and

WHEREAS, the Alliance remains at the heart of community engagement-advancing economic growth, fostering business opportunity, and nurturing housing development-by uniting like-minded residents who share the common purpose of a safe, thriving, and cohesive West Pittsburgh; and

WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Pittsburgh seeks to recognize the enduring service and profound dedication of Costas Connors, Maribeth Cringle, David Fromm, Edwin Keslak, Adam Kubizna, Bill and Jessica Lamar, Alex Laroco, Brian and Michelle Ralston, and Lori Rippole for their remarkable contributions to the vitality and well-being of the West End neighborhoods; and

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend these individuals and the entire Greater West End Community Alliance for their vision, perseverance, and ceaseless work to strengthen and enhance their community; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declar...

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