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eventy-fi ve years. Th at’s an entire improving quality of place. lifetime. We will only succeed in reaching S When you get to 75 years – so this goal if we join together and involve we’re told – you’re wiser. Your world- as many people as possible. At the Our view broadens. You understand how Next 75 Summit in June and the Allegh- things succeed and how things fail. eny Conference’s 75th Annual Meeting Over the past 75 years of regional earlier this week, packed rooms, buzz- transformation, two generations of lead- ing with the energy and enthusiasm of Jeff Broadhurst and Toni Murphy are ers have shaped the story of our region, everyone present, proved a point: we co-chairs of the Allegheny Conference and a third is taking the reins. have the ability to propel this place for- on Community Development’s Our Next Much of 2019 was devoted to listening ward to achieve its fullest potential. 75 initiative. to emerging leaders – that third genera- Such a future off ers: tion – as well as to the voices of experi- • A Strong Economy that leverages ence. From Butler to Washington … from our human and natural resources with a will give them pause – and give them Greensburg to Pittsburgh … we invit- focus on tech and innovation, a well-cal- cause – to draw inspiration from us, ed leaders from across our region to the ibrated business ecosystem and eff ective much as we do from the leaders who table to gather directly from them more marketing. came before us. NEWS ON diverse input than ever before. More • A Community of Th riving Peo- An enduring spirit of collaboration than a thousand of our neighbors took ple with a focus on robust career path- over the past 75 years has brought us to us up on the invitation and turned out. ways, improved education and econom- this moment, and that’s something we THE GO. Th is crowd – more of a congregation, ic opportunities and growth of diverse can never take for granted. Our future really, of individuals deeply committed populations. – and the one that we leave to genera- DOWNLOAD to the future of our region – reminded • An enhanced Quality of Place with tions of Pittsburghers (in the broadest us that we’re living in a pivotal moment a focus on greater connectivity, stronger sense) to come – depends on us working NOW. in our region’s history. It’s a moment neighborhoods and eff ective protection together intentionally as a community. in time that off ers potential as vast as and cultivation of natural, cultural and It’s one of the best things that we, as a pittsburghbusinesstimes.com/apps the postwar era. Allegheny Conference built assets. region, have going for us. FREE DOWNLOAD of Community Development CEO Ste- Th is is the dawn of a new decade — fani Pashman said it well when she not- the next chapter in our region’s long his- Sincerely, ed that our collective goal must center tory. When leaders 75 years from now on regional vitality: a strong econo- look back on the eff orts we’ve undertak- my plussed by thriving people and an en this year, we hope that our actions Jeff and Toni

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n 75 years, it will be 2094. in the Pittsburgh region. Pages 20-27). But a more concerted effort It feels like a lifetime away because All of this ushered in the Renaissance needs to happen. I it is, in fact, a lifetime away. When I eras for Pittsburgh as it weathered a Stefani Pashman, CEO of the Alleghe- think about Our Next 75 initiative, I think downturn other cities might have com- ny Conference, said the next stage of Our of it in terms of how our current leaders pletely collapsed from. Next 75 is to seize on the areas of consen- can set up a better future for the children Today, we are on the cusp of a new era. sus and develop a strategy that sets a path that are being born today, kids like my With the days of dramatic declines in pop- but also is flexible enough to evolve as three-year-old son who is just embark- ulation and the collapse of the steel indus- new issues and more participants emerge. Jennifer Beahm is editor-in-chief of the ing on his journey through life. try behind us, it’s time to move forward. “Now that we’ve received all the input Pittsburgh Business Times. A lot is likely to change for Pittsburgh The potential is there: There’s a growing and done all the research, the Confer- in the next 75 years, and while it’s impos- tech industry, an emerging petrochemi- ence is developing the implementation sible to predict the future, it is possible cal industry and continuing strengths in plan to accelerate the performance of to imagine the possibilities and to work omy looked to diversify. eds and meds. the regional economy, improve the stan- toward a brighter future. But it hasn’t all been rosy as unex- But this potential isn’t likely to be dard of living and stabilize our popula- It’s helpful first to look to the past. pected events occurred. The steel indus- tapped to its fullest without a concerted tion,” she noted. “Specific metrics relat- Seventy-five years ago, Pittsburgh had a try collapsed. The Civic Arena created effort to do so like Pittsburgh’s leaders did ed to these goals will be coming early in thriving industry in steel, but it also was a wedge between the city and the Hill in the 1940s. the new year.” a smoky, dirty place that had a reputation District that led to the dislocation of That’s where Our Next 75 comes in. But the Conference can’t do this alone. as “Hell with the lid off.” (See related sto- many African-Americans. And there The Allegheny Conference on Communi- To ensure the region is achieving its full- ry, Page 6). was a mass exodus in population in the ty Development has spent the past year est potential, it needs everyone to be on The Allegheny Conference on Commu- late 20th century that the city has yet to bringing together leaders from across 10 board with a plan, to be sending a cohe- nity Development was formed in 1944, recover from. counties to share ideas for how the region sive message to those both inside and out- and it, along with a powerful group of The leaders of the 1940s probably can achieve its fullest potential. This side the region. foundations, set out to implement some wouldn’t expect Pittsburgh to look the included brainstorming ways in which It’s time for the region’s economic key changes. Among the successes: The way it does today, with redeveloped the region can have a stronger economy, development groups, educators, private smoky, gritty Pittsburgh of that time has brownfields replacing steel mills; robot- a community of thriving people and an and public leaders, and foundations to become a much cleaner town thanks to ics, petrochemical and AI firms dominat- enhanced quality of life. come together like they did in the 1940s the passage of smoke ordinances in the ing the conversation; and UPMC’s name Lots of great ideas came out of these to help make Pittsburgh’s future bright- late 1940s; the Point has been trans- gracing the top of downtown’s largest discussions, and on the next several pag- er than ever. formed into what it is today; and pro- building. But they had the wisdom to es, you can read about some of the ini- How effective we are in accomplish- grams were implemented to improve work together toward a common goal to tiatives going on in Pittsburgh that are ing this task will have an impact on those education and job training as the econ- improve the economy and quality of life already working toward these goals (see here in 2094 and beyond.

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RRABOUT THE COVER Plans for the Point The cover of Our Next 75 depicts what the Point looked like in the 1930s and what it looks like today. In between, there were many plans for the point, including, clockwise from top left: Legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright proposed using the point for a civic center that would contain theaters, an opera house, an arena, a planetarium and a winter garden; when members of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development expressed concern over the cost, Wright redesigned the civic center into a tower. The plan was ultimately dismissed over cost concerns; Robert Moses, famous for radically reshaping the New York City region with his highways and bridges, proposed this plan for the Point that would utilize the then-existing Point and Manchester bridges; and the Allegheny Conference received a proposal for a massive steel structure at the Point, which was rejected.

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SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER Clockwise from top left: Th e Boulevard of the Allies in the 1940s, before the smoke ordinance went into eff ect; Pittsburgh provided millions of tons of steel to the war eff ort, but the city’s air quality suff ered tremendously during World War II, as this daytime photograph shows; the corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues, circa 1940. A look back at the Past 75 Th e Allegheny Conference arrived at a crucial point for Pittsburgh

BY LUKE TORRANCE be competitive ... we have to think more [email protected] broadly.” Th ere were other factors, Madarasz hen Nebraska native said: more residents were leaving the city Robert Pease arrived for the suburbs, more people had access in Pittsburgh in 1946, to personal automobiles and they were he wasn’t planning concerned that the region’s poor air and on staying long. water quality would lead to more compa- W“My fi rst impression was that it was nies and residents leaving. very smoky, and I remember that very In order to better map out the region’s well,” he recalled. “I thought Pittsburgh postwar future, several local leaders — was a dirty, smoky place, and as soon as I including Pittsburgh Regional Planning graduated from Carnegie Tech (now Car- Association President Richard King Mel- negie Mellon University), I was going to lon, Carnegie Institute of Technology try and get a job somewhere west of the President Robert Doherty and Pittsburgh Mississippi River.” Mayor David L. Lawrence — came together Th at ended up not being the case. Pease to establish the Allegheny Conference on got a job with the Urban Redevelopment Community Development in 1944. Authority of Pittsburgh and then became “Doherty began to raise the alarm that the Allegheny Conference on Communi- if nothing was done, nobody would want ty Development’s executive director from to live here after the war,” Flanagan said. the late 1960s until 1991. Flanagan noted that other founda- But his views on Pittsburgh were tions — like Th e Heinz Endowments, shared by regional leadership at the time. Th e Pittsburgh Foundation, the Rich- Th ey viewed the city as dirty and worn ard King Mellon Foundation and the down. Flooding was still a problem. And Claude Worthington Benedum Foun- there was concern that the region’s econ- SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER dation — were also launched at the same omy was too reliant on the steel industry. time, each of them necessary for advanc- To address the concerns, the Allegh- ing what became known as the Pitts- eny Conference was formed. Th is year, A NEW PITTSBURGH But local leaders were increasingly burgh Renaissance. the organization celebrates its 75th Business was booming in Pittsburgh worried about the city’s future after the “You (were) getting this gathering of anniversary. during World War II, especially with war. intellectuals and civic leaders who (were) “Th e Conference was one of the tools regard to the steel industry. According to “Th ere was this recognition that were it envisioning a new future for Pittsburgh that all those leaders created to advance Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh, Th e Story of not for the world wars, the steel industry and concerned about its fallibility when their big goals,” said Bill Flanagan, the an American City,” local steel mills con- in the region would have declined soon- competing with New York City and other chief corporate relations offi cer for the tributed 95 million tons of steel to the war er,” said Anne Madarasz, who is chief his- fi nancial centers,” Madarasz said. Allegheny Conference. “Th ey put all the eff ort. Unemployment was so low that torian at the Heinz History Center. “Th ere One of the Conference’s fi rst success- pieces in place that resulted in the Pitts- thousands of African-Americans moved was some concerns about the emphasis es was the passage of smoke ordinances burgh Renaissance.” to Pittsburgh from the South to fi nd work. on heavy industry, that if we’re going to in the late 1940s, helping Pittsburgh shed DEC. 6-12, 2019 7

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SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER Clockwise from top left: Gateway Center under construction in the early 1950s, as seen from a partially demolished building in Point State Park; a man walks past the ruins of a building in Point State Park; construction of Four Gateway Center in the 1950s. its reputation as “Hell with the lid off.” “When the steel industry collapsed (in Work began soon after on remaking the 1970s), the focus shifted from improv- the Point. After considering several pro- ing Pittsburgh to diversifying the econo- posals — including one from renowned my,” he said. “A lot of the efforts in the architect Frank Lloyd Wright that would 1980s and 1990s were focused on unlock- have put a massive, circular structure at ing the potential of the universities.” the Point — the decision was made to cre- The Conference also grew in scope as ate a park, build several new office build- the 21st century approached. Original- ings at Gateway Center and construct two ly founded with a focus on Pittsburgh, new bridges to relieve traffic congestion. it expanded to encompass 10 counties in “Even as far back as the 1930s, you southwestern Pennsylvania. had people wondering how we can bet- “If these 10 counties could work ter utilize space, how we can better use together, then they had the clout to get downtown,” Madarasz said. “World War Harrisburg’s attention,” Flanagan said. II put a hold on this idea of urban devel- Since Flanagan joined the Allegheny opment, and this was the first compre- Conference in 2003, the focus has turned hensive, city-driven plan for the Point.” to sharing the region’s success with the Demolition of a railroad yard at the world, getting the word out that Pitts- Point began on May 18, 1950. It would be burgh is the place to live, work and estab- decades before the vision was fulfilled. lish new businesses. “They first wrote about putting a foun- Whatever the Conference decides tain at the Point in 1944 but didn’t turn to focus on, the decisions will likely be on the fountain there until 1974,” Flana- long-lasting. gan said. “It took 30 years to accomplish “We are still living with a lot of the it, and the Allegheny Conference was the decisions, positive and negative, that glue that held that together.” were made in the 1940s and ’50s,” Madarasz said. And it’s clear now that A CHANGING MISSION some of those decisions didn’t work out While the foundation was being set for exactly as planned — such as the con- these changes to occur, Pease was study- struction of the Civic Arena in the Low- ing to become an engineer at Carnegie er Hill, which displaced several Hill Dis- Institute of Technology. He decided not trict residents and which Pease noted he to move west after he received a job offer lived to see torn down. from the school, and eventually left to But there were a lot of successes, too. join the URA in 1953. He was the first Pease said Pittsburgh looked to other cit- SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER engineer brought on board and worked ies for urban redevelopment examples on several projects that radically reshaped the minority populations of Pittsburgh, a preneur Loan Program launched in 1971 during the 1950s and 1960s, cities who the city, such as the Civic Arena and the segment of the city’s population that was to help expand small businesses. Pease ended up struggling while Pittsburgh East Liberty redevelopment. often displaced during the construction said the Conference provided security flourished. After much demolition and rebuilding of earlier projects. and helped banks make loans that they What made the Steel City different in the first few decades of the Alleghe- “The feeling was growing that there might not otherwise. He said loans were — and what made Pease stick around ny Conference, the organization began to needed to be programs that involved more provided to more than 300 small busi- despite a bad first impression? turn its focus more toward programs to than just rebuilding neighborhoods — pro- nesses, some of which survive to this day. “The people in Pittsburgh love Pitts- help city residents. Even though he was grams that involved education and job Flanagan said that the Conference’s burgh and want to see it succeed ... and an engineer, Pease said one of his proud- training,” Pease said. “One thing that I was mission — to improve the economy and the general enthusiasm by those peo- est accomplishments at the helm of the proud of was we worked in neighborhoods quality of life in the Pittsburgh region ple put it ahead of other cities,” he said. Conference was preparing a report that and helped them organize themselves to — has remained unchanged since it was “You wouldn’t find the head of U.S. Steel helped to integrate the city schools. He respond to and advocate for their needs.” founded in 1944. But the methods have or Alcoa looking to just help U.S. Steel or said he spent a lot of time working with One example was the Minority Entre- changed, as well as the scope. Alcoa. They worked to help Pittsburgh.” 8 PITTSBURGH BUSINESS TIMES

THE PITTSBURGH REGION AND OUR NEXT 75 What will Pittsburgh be like in 2094? We asked leaders in the business community to share their predictions for Pittsburgh’s future. Some are tongue- in-cheek, some are serious and many are hopeful. Th eir responses are below and throughout this section:

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KAREN ALEXANDER DMITRI SHIRY director, XRconnectED Pittsburgh managing partner, Deloitte LLP “Augmented and virtual reality will be the platforms we primar- “On any given day, Pittsburgh will be either a net importer or net ily use for work and interaction with colleagues in other loca- exporter of talent/workforce where ‘commuters’ will be trans- tions, as well as for entertainment and socializing. Buildings will ported by high-speed hyperloops between Pittsburgh and Cleve- incorporate hydroponic gardens for cleaner air, beauty and pro- land, Columbus, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and Washing- duce for in-house food production. Th ere will also be: ton, D.C. Th is will further expand the defi nition of mobility and provide access to • Hyperloop stations at Hazelwood Green and in the Strip District and passenger diverse labor pools. Th e attraction, of course, will be Pittsburgh’s rebranding as the car-free zones to allow for safer and faster access for public transport, pedestrians, Silicon Valley of health care, where devices, procedures and treatments will be inno- bikes and scooters. vated, developed and commercialized, creating an ecosystem of medical profession- • Most jobs in tech or tech-adjacent fi elds, especially AI, XR and robotics. als and entrepreneurs who will exponentially change health care and our region’s • Increased community living with shared spaces. economy.” • Free 5G or beyond connectivity throughout the city. • Heightened value placed on trees, green spaces and rivers as precious resources.” MORGAN O’BRIEN CHRIS HOWARD president and CEO, Peoples Natural Gas Co. LLC president, Robert Morris University “At this century’s end, Pittsburgh should be enjoying the benefi ts of at least two mature industries that are just now beginning. We “Pittsburgh will become the 3D printing and additive manufac- will be the North American headquarters for plastics manufac- turing capital of the world, thanks to the leadership of Robert turing due to multiple cracker plants. We will also be known for Morris University, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mel- being the city that created the innovation of the future, the largest Controlled Envi- lon University. By the time that happens, the RMU Colonials will ronment Agriculture facilities in the world, making us the largest exporter of organic have defeated the Pitt Panthers in the third round of March Madness in front of a food. And we will lead the country in having the most vibrant and growing diverse standing-room only crowd at the UPMC Events Center. One of those is a sure thing — middle-class community that began with the African-American community but I’ll let the readers decide which one!” expanded to include even more diversity.”

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Past leaders of the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance have Cleveland or even tech hubs Silicon Valley and looking to locate or expand in any of the 10 largely been local, sometimes internal appointees, Boston. He’ll mention Montreal and London. But he southwestern Pennsylvania counties that make up the but Mark Anthony Th omas, who became president in has discovered that Pittsburghers tend to look to the Pittsburgh region. July, has a very diff erent background. past to measure progress. But the environment the PRA operates in has Th omas, an Atlanta native, had been senior vice To grow and compete means zeroing in on “what shifted, Th omas said, noting the need for internal as president of partnerships for the New York City the next 1,000 companies will look like and why well as external outreach. Economic Development Corp. and, before that, was we’re well-positioned to be in those conversations,” “Are we marketing the region in ways that more director of the Mayor’s Operations Innovation Team he said. But with opportunity comes challenges, investors and a larger set of individuals can see in Los Angeles. During his time in New York, Th omas starting with the fact that “people don’t know what themselves in Pittsburgh? We haven’t done that,” played an important role in helping the city be the PRA is,” Th omas said. Th omas said. “If we don’t, others will take advantage selected by Amazon as one of two HQ2 sites. Th e PRA, which launched in 1997, is described as of our intellectual assets and erode the talent that When he compares southwestern Pennsylvania the economic development marketing affi liate of the could stay here.” to other regions, he doesn’t cite the usual suspects — Allegheny Conference on Community Development. Th omas talked with the Business Times about what he cross-commonwealth rival Philadelphia, neighboring It off ers a complete package of services to companies wants to change and achieve, both inward and outward.

What attracted you to What are you learning about the talk about. & this job? region? Q Any time you walk into I’m in the middle of touring the How are you being received? an organization where counties — I’ve been to fi ve — and I credit my team — they care a lot about A insiders who have been they’re much more diverse than the the outcome, and they’ve built a lot of the dominant leaders broader public understands. Th ey have trust and equity. It has been fairly easy (are open) to outsiders, they’re really sites that can accommodate so many for them to introduce me to people who looking to diversify the thinking of diff erent types of manufacturing; they would have been skeptical of a big-city the organization. I’ve always loved have pockets or urban cores around guy. Th e level of outreach I’ve received Pittsburgh; I saw a lot of promise in universities and natural resources they has been remarkable. Th e business what I could do to advance the PRA; want to harness. Th ere are a lot of layers community reached out, but I’ve had and I thought it would be great to live to what we off er that requires, as the others, like teachers, reaching out, and here. Having worked in cities that principal marketing fi rm, to understand it’s amazing. I haven’t had time to sit Mark Anthony Th omas are signifi cant in size and have a lot and be versed on these diff erent down with everyone, but they want of resources on both the public and regions are doing to understand options when speaking to a 3D printing to know where we’re heading and to private sides, here was something what our competition is. Th e region’s company or a major manufacturer so understand my perspective. People are exciting — helping to build that type of competition has always been in the past, you can create an opportunity in the passionate about their communities and infrastructure here in Pittsburgh. and now it’s about how we can move broader region. In each county, I asked the ecosystems they’re part of. forward. them to identify the strategic sites It’s early, but where are you and your they really care about, and I wanted to What would you change immediately, if team focusing? You previously worked in massive see some element of their workforce you could? We’re aligning our work around cities, so how do you translate development strategies. What I’ve seen When people see the annual Inc. 5000 where the economy is growing, where that experience to southwestern is a lot of opportunity. It varies. Th ere list, they’d see Pittsburgh higher up. businesses are investing and what are Pennsylvania? are some areas where they’re willing We’re close to the bottom tier. the new verticals so we don’t miss the If there’s anything I’ve learned in my to build the industrial site, and some next wave of new companies and job time in New York, I was trained to think are pure redevelopment sites. Seeing How does your mission with PRA tie creation. about the future. If you get caught all of that, and the types of deals from into Our Next 75? up in the status quo, or you’re always American companies and abroad, we It’s good timing. I was happy my arrival What surprised you most? celebrating, you miss the fact that there have a lot today that we could build off coincides with it. Th e talent side is How insular the culture has been. For are communities that are left out and of, and it would change the economic the greatest intersection. We have to people to understand what it takes to populations in our region that want vision of those areas. I’ve been on a bike understand what they want to be and create a world-class life sciences cluster to be part of the growth and want to tour of all the riverfront properties — an what kind of community they want to or a deep technology or diversifi ed feel like the future includes them. We entire city can be built on a waterfront. live in and what kind of economy they energy culture where people are haven’t done the best job in integrating We have to fi gure out the new versions want to shape. You’d be surprised how fl ocking to come and build businesses, an economic message so people can see of those old industries. Our competition many people want to be part of attracting it appears we haven’t paid close themselves as part of what we’re trying is not the past. I don’t think people new business. Th ey want to stay here. attention to what thriving metropolitan to build. think of it that way, but it’s what they - Patty Tascarella

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SHARON PILLAR CASSIE GUERIN founder and director, Pennsylvania Solar Center director of partnerships, Pittsburgh Innovation District “As clean energy growth swells across the country, the Pitts- “In 75 years, Pittsburgh will be a place where people from around burgh region will fi nally decide to lead once again as it has done the world come to have life-saving surgery performed by robots, for every other energy innovation in the past. Solar — already computer scientists are rewriting DNA and people zip around on the most economical electricity source in many markets – will autonomous, battery-powered bicycles. I see Pittsburgh learning become the dominant energy form nationwide within 15 years, according to a from the mistakes of larger cities so that 75 years from now we have an equitable and recent Rocky Mountain Institute study. Pennsylvania will seize the jobs and eco- sustainable economy. I forsee a wider range of jobs — and more of them — enabling nomic development potential to attract billions of dollars of private investment and people to stay and prosper alongside the city’s growth. I anticipate accessible trans- more than 70,000 jobs associated with not just solar installation, but in manufactur- portation, mixed-income housing and shared green space. Th rough all this change, ing and across supply chains — and will fi nally take its place among the top 10 solar I see Pittsburgh staying a friendly place where people’s kindness is refl ective of the states, including New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.” city’s nature. I envision more women in leadership positions, lots more.” 10 PITTSBURGH BUSINESS TIMES

THE PITTSBURGH REGION AND OUR NEXT 75 SETTING A COURSE FOR THE FUTURE Our Next 75 brings leaders together from around the 10-county region

BY PATTY TASCARELLA This resulted in some over-reaching [email protected] themes that will be important for the Pittsburgh region to focus on in the years y traditional definition, 75 and decades to come: years is three-quarters of RRBuilding a strong, inclusive economy a century or a diamond through technology and innovation while anniversary, but from the also contributing to solutions of import- Pittsburgh region’s perch, ant social, health or environmental issues. it’s a punctuation point. RRMaking sure people in the region have B“There’s something about that num- multiple and affordable pathways to ber that’s iconic,” said Stefani Pashman, in-demand careers. president and CEO of the Allegheny Con- RREnsuring that the region has a robust ference on Community Development. transportation system, effectively con- “There’s a deep history, and it anchors necting people and communities. people into imagining what we can be The summit followed a series of regional and taking a long-term view.” meetings in May. There were three forums The Allegheny Conference, founded of leaders from, respectively, Butler, Beaver 75 years ago in 1944 to convene business, and Lawrence counties; Westmoreland, nonprofit and other community lead- Indiana and Armstrong counties; and ers, is celebrating the benchmark and Washington, Fayette and Greene counties. embarking on what it has titled the Our Participants in all of the regions prior- Next 75 initiative. itized workforce, economic development “I’d like to define a regional vision, and transportation over business cli- include the 10-county region to feel part mate and quality of life. Representatives of something bigger than themselves and from academia and the nonprofit sector the work they do, contributing to a bigger emphasized workforce, while govern- vision of regional vitality,” Pashman said. ment and corporate representatives pri- “It’s important that we achieve a view of oritized transportation and infrastruc- collective action, envisioning ourselves ture. Yet all are important, Pashman said. contributing to great aspirations for the region. The other piece, what real- DEVELOPING A STRATEGY ly is important, is a vision for Pittsburgh Now that the region has come together to re-establishing itself as a world-class city share its thoughts on what Pittsburgh’s and being seen that way by the world. We future should look like, the next stage is all believe we’re poised to get there.” to seize on the alignment and consensus, By all, Pashman includes more than and translate that into a strategy that sets a 1,000 leaders, spanning Allegheny, Arm- path but also is flexible enough to evolve as strong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, new issues and more participants emerge. Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and “Now that we’ve received all the input Westmoreland counties, who attend- and done all the research, the Conference ed the Our Next 75 Summit in June and is developing the implementation plan to made their views known about the future. accelerate the performance of the region- Attendees were divided into 91 groups al economy, improve the standard of liv- focusing on vitality areas of strong econ- ing and stabilize our population,” Pash-

JOE WOJCIK omy, thriving people and quality of life. man said. “Specific metrics related to these

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RICH FITZGERALD FARNAM JAHANIAN Allegheny County executive president, Carnegie Mellon University “I think over the next 10-15 years, we’re going to see more diver- “Seventy-five years from now, Pittsburgh will be known as THE sity in our region. By diversity, I mean ethnicity-wise, place of global destination for entrepreneurs and innovators who are origin, people of color, but I also think of diversity of work and inventing the future. Leaders across industry, government, aca- economic opportunities. We’re seeing that already with finance, demia and our foundation community will have driven this cul- robotics, energy, eds and meds, AI and information technology, which I think is very ture, catalyzed by even more robust collaboration. I also envision a hyperconnected positive, a lot different from what we saw in the last 75. city with autonomous public transportation and resilient, inclusive and responsive I think in the next five, 10, 15 years there will be a whole different way of con- smart systems all around us. Hazelwood Green will be seen as a leading example necting and transporting people, whether it’s hyperloop or autonomous vehicles for how technological progress and community-driven economic development can that take people places. I think the sustainability aspect of our environment, how we come together to truly enhance the lives of all citizens. Finally, I see a future where light things, heat things and move is going to be much different. Carnegie Mellon and other academic institutions in the region will have played a Will we see championships for our sports teams? We’re hopeful. We don’t know leading role in higher education’s transformation. I predict that Pittsburgh will be a what kind of players we’ll have — or what kind of sports.” renowned center of innovative education, where disciplinary barriers are irrelevant or nonexistent and where lifelong learners prepare for the jobs of the future.” DEC. 6-12, 2019 11

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MATTHEW MEHALIK There’s a deep history, and it anchors executive director, Breathe Project “The campaign looking forward to the next 75 years in many people into imagining what we can be.” ways feels like an effort to turn the page on the region’s heal- STEFANI PASHMAN, ing from the scars of industrial development and abandonment Allegheny Conference on Community Development over the past 50 years. I believe that our region will not be able to move forward unless this healing work is permitted to continue into the future for at least the next 75 years. Our region still suffers from unequal measures of health and access to transportation, employment opportunities, housing, healthy food and basic societal goods along racial lines. We are behind the rest of the country in these mea- sures. Our region’s school districts are among the most unequal in terms of resources and attainment. Our region’s air quality overall is only in the 8.5th percentile nation- ally, with some communities in the Mon Valley having air quality in the 3rd per- centile. We need to invest in our communities so that 75 years from now we can be proud that our region stands as a great place to live for everyone. The healing needs to continue. We need to invest in a vision that does not go down the path of reindus- trialization by choosing petrochemicals that will cause us to repeat the mistakes of the past. We need to remain focused on economic development that brings all of us together, builds up communities and sets a path for healthy prosperity for all of our residents. This includes rebuilding our economy so that it avoids contributing to cli- mate change by focusing on low carbon and low methane energy sources and pro- ducing materials compatible with a circular economy, not single-use plastics. This achievement is something we can truly be proud of looking back 75 years from now.”

JAY DOUGLASS COO, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing “I think in 75 years we are not going to be driving cars so much as they are going to be shuttling us around, and they are not going to be running on fossil fuels. I think people are going to live a lot longer. … That is a whole new type of health care prob- lem. Sixty or 70 years ago the concept of retirement did not even exist, and now that GETTY IMAGES is a big part of American life. As things like that change and evolve, are we equipped goals will be coming early in the new year.” the entire 10-county region. We all know technically to keep up with it? Maybe the Pirates will win the World Series again.” She said it will take billions of dollars, our economy and the way we live and many years and multiple partnerships to do business has changed over the last 75 accomplish the goals, with the Allegheny years, and it’s going to continue to change AUDREY RUSSO Conference serving as convener and using with automation, skill sets, connecting president and CEO, Pittsburgh Technology Council its ability to “super-charge” business invest- people. We see a lot of growth and eco- “Electric vehicles are not far off. Autonomous vehicles are not ment into the region, growing jobs at com- nomic activity that’s happening in and far off. I predict in 75 years it’s just going to be a part of what we panies already here and attracting new ones. around our universities — particularly Pitt do. I think we will have hologram engagement, so that instead of “We need to be the marketing, branding and CMU — and things that are happening having a conversation on the phone, you would just appear right and selling point for the regional assets,” at the airport corridor. We’ve got to make in front of me and have this ubiquitous exchange no matter where you live, and it Pashman said. “The ultimate role of the sure that other areas that might not have will be expected. I don’t think people will own stuff like they do now. We will be in a Conference is about the power of voice and proximity to those job centers and clus- time of reusing and repurposing things, which includes more communal living. The bringing people together to use the tools ters are included and helped.” use of energy and wastefulness we have now won’t be a part of the culture. I think we have to bring to bear while balancing He believes that priorities are address- we will have embedded chips in humans. I think we will roll over and succumb to needs throughout the greater region.” ing transportation/infrastructure and that. … Today we have all these siloed apps on your phone and instead there will be To support the visionary work “and skill sets/education to prepare people for an enterprise system for the human, and it will be sort of one application that will to hold us accountable,” she said, will the future workforce. be available through virtual reality and augmented reality, and you will be able to encompass multiple groups working “Transportation and workforce are the access information about ourselves, to ourselves and personalize that.” together, including the public and pri- two biggest challenges we as a 10-coun- vate sectors from across the region, pub- ty region have,” Fitzgerald said. “Auto- lic officials, educators and educational mation is going to change and proba- institutions, foundations, the nonprofit bly eliminate a number of jobs. That’s a DAN ADAMSKI community and citizen leaders. national trend, so providing skills and senior managing director, JLL “The only way we’ve come as far as access to transportation and infrastruc- “To me, I think more readily connecting downtown and Oak- we have is by collaboration and working ture, including broadband and the infor- land, the brains with the business community, would be ben- together,” Pashman said. “We can’t take this mation highway, is important to connect eficial to the region as a whole. You have the second- and region into our next 75 without the partners folks that aren’t in the urban core, partic- third-largest economic centers in the state, separated by only a who can help create the future that more ularly the young people still in school.” few miles. But perception-wise it’s much further apart. You have so much going on than 1,000 people told us they want to see.” The majority of participants in the Our in Oakland and very little of it spills over to downtown and vice versa. The (Pen- She said that in the new year, the Next 75 initiative also said they’d focus guins) site could be the linchpin helping to expedite that connection. If we find a Conference will have plans for sharing on infrastructure and transportation as a way to bridge that geographical gap, very positive things would come from that.” resources and tools that people can use to way to improve the region. be ambassadors for the region’s next 75. “We know we have work to do improv- Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitz- ing transportation, and stormwater chal- gerald believes it’s crucial that the Con- lenges are becoming much more at the MICHAEL BRUNNER ference puts its plan in motion. forefront of conversations in the region as chairman and CEO, Brunner Inc. “It’s really important that they do this; we see shifting weather patterns and cli- “UPMC and Highmark merge and become part of Amazon after 75 years, it’s a landmark time, look- mate change,” Pashman said. “It’s a nat- Healthcare. Bob Nutting sells the Pirates to Google, and they ing forward to where the agency is going,” become the best team in baseball.” he said. “It’s really important to include CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 12 PITTSBURGH BUSINESS TIMES THE PITTSBURGH REGION AND OUR NEXT 75

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 ies in the country. She believes southwest- LONG-TERM PRIORITIES ern Pennsylvania is diff erent and distinct. ural for our organization to bring to bear The Conference asked regional meeting participants of the Our Next 75 initiative how they “In other places, you can get lost in the would prioritize these issues? (1 = lowest priority; 6 = highest priority) how to bring the resources and invest- shuffl e, but in Pittsburgh, if you want to 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ments to fi nd solutions.” do good things, the city will embrace Jeff Broadhurst, president and CEO WORKFORCE/EDUCATION 4.7 you,” she said. “You can fi nd your tribe of Eat’n Park Hospitality Group and in Pittsburgh. Whether you’re a trans- co-chair of the Our Next 75 initiative, said ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4.6 plant, a boomerang or a lifer, you have he hadn’t anticipated the emphasis on access to the top of the ticket, the most transportation and infrastructure “to be TRANSPORTATION/INFRASTRUCTURE 4.6 infl uential people. I fi nd it to be one of so universal” across the region. “Th e good the most accessible cities on earth, which thing is those are things we can work on,” QUALITY OF LIFE/SUSTAINABILITY 4.3 means that if you come to Pittsburgh with he said. “It takes money, for sure.” a dream, you can fi nd yourself among BUSINESS CLIMATE 4.1 people who can make it happen.” IT COMES DOWN TO PEOPLE Th at’s the message she hopes is con- Broadhurst said he’s confi dent that Pitts- DIVERSITY/INCLUSION 4 veyed through the branding campaign. burgh is in a much better place than it “Nashville attaches itself to country was 75 years ago, and what is distinctive ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT music and Austin says, ‘Keep Austin weird,’ about the Our Next 75 initiative is that it and we’ve got to fi gure out our identity and really comes down to people. one’s passionate. Th is is great. And it’s Each part of the region plays a signifi - fi nd out a way to capture the hearts and “Th e fi rst thing and why I got excited just the beginning.” cant role in creating a whole that’s larger minds of young people,” Murphy said. was to try to pull together as much infor- Laura Shapira Karet, president and than the sum of its parts, she added. “Th ere’s something about the fact that you mation from as many people in the 10 CEO of Giant Eagle Inc. and the Alleghe- “We all want to improve this place we can come here and get connected.” counties as possible,” Broadhurst said. ny Conference’s vice chair, said via email call home by collaborating and working Murphy emphasized that the Our Next “Th at’s public, private, young, old to get that the input received from the sum- hard together,” Karet said. “Regardless 75 initiative is not just about the region’s a vision of how we can all work together mits reinforced the region’s need to seek of the issue, the strength of southwest- largest employers. better in the next 75 years.” transformational solutions on its biggest ern Pennsylvania is our ability to identify “By design, we have tried to make this Broadhurst worked with new people challenges and opportunities. the issues and to work together to propel as far-reaching as possible so we have in diff erent ways. In many ways, his expe- “My hope is that the Our Next 75 initia- our region into its next evolution.” as many voices at the table as we can to rience serves as a microcosm of the ini- tive becomes an excellent opportunity for decide the future of our region,” she said. tiative’s larger process of bringing thou- all of us, the citizen and business leaders FINDING OUR IDENTITY Th e door is open for others to become sands of people together to forge a vision. from across the 10 counties of southwest- A new branding campaign around Pitts- involved. Murphy suggested those who Of the roughly 30-person committee, he ern Pennsylvania, to come together and burgh is also likely to be part of the plan. are interested go to the website, www. knew fi ve going in. better understand what we are all already Our Next 75 Co-chair Toni Murphy, ournext75.org. “Since then, I’ve had lunch with eight, doing and can do, to support one anoth- who is regional vice president of Comcast “Th at’s where they can see all the work and I’ve learned from them,” Broadhurst er, our economy and our communities,” Business, moved to Pittsburgh four years that we are doing around this charter and said. “It’s such a diverse group and every- Karet said. ago after living in several of the largest cit- share their initiatives as well,” she said. DEC. 6-12, 2019 13 THE PITTSBURGH REGION AND OUR NEXT 75 Predicting Pittsburgh’s future: Rewriting the code of life

Ryan O’Shea is the founder of Future Grind, a multimedia production com- “ e remnants of the region’s past are becoming the pany that publishes free podcasts and scaff olding on which Pittsburgh grows and improves. videos and hosts events that focus on the ethics and impact of technol- … Coming success will be built on what came before, ogies including robotics, AI, human and the path forward will be forged with an eye to the enhancement, synthetic biology and space travel. He is also the co-found- future.” er of the artificial intelligence startup RYAN O’SHEA, founder of Future Grind and a self-proclaimed futurist Behaivior, which uses AI to combat the opioid epidemic by predicting and pre- venting opioid relapse. Below, he offers Th e outlook wasn’t always so opti- Works. Th e remnants of the region’s even select for certain skills and abilities his predictions for Pittsburgh’s next 75 mistic in Pittsburgh, though. Th e steel past are becoming the scaff olding on (or, in the case of mosquitoes, perhaps years: crisis of the late 1970s led to high which Pittsburgh grows and improves. to eliminate the entire species). Th e Pittsburgh region’s pioneering unemployment, signifi cant popula- Pittsburgh’s success during the Advances in genomics, neuroscience innovations have built the future more tion decline and the failure or departure industrial era came to an end, and while and synthetic biology are set to give rise than once. of many businesses. Th is resulted in a there are likely at least a few decades to a future of previously unimaginable In the 19th century, it was indus- region scattered with the blight of emp- left for this region’s robotics and com- possibilities and unimaginable chal- try, as Andrew Carnegie’s mills made ty buildings and vacant industrial sites. puter science off erings, we’ll need to lenges. But Pittsburgh has always been the steel that built America and George Now, however, some of those previ- come to terms with the fact that the up for a challenge. Westinghouse’s company developed the ously empty factories house technolo- demand for those contributions (at least Th is coming revolution combines technology that could power it. In the gy companies and fi lm production stu- when performed by humans) could life sciences with digital technologies, 20th century, it was medical science, as dios, and brownfi elds across the region eventually fade as well. two industries that the region is already Jonas Salk’s team cured polio and Uni- are seeing new life with multi-use Luckily, as the Digital Revolution is a global leader in. In this way, com- versity of Pittsburgh experts revolution- developments. overshadowed, Pittsburgh also is well ing success will be built on what came ized transplant technology. To see examples of this, we need situated to lead the charge in the next before, and the path forward will be Today, many are well aware that only look to the National Robotics Engi- big thing — the Biotechnological Rev- forged with an eye to the past. computer scientists and technologists at neering Center in Lawrenceville, which olution. Instead of writing computer Pittsburgh is well-situated to once Carnegie Mellon University and beyond operates out of a century-old industri- code, expect “programmers” in the near again build the future, but this isn’t a are creating the artifi cial intelligence, al building, and the Advanced Robotics future to rewrite the code of life, edit- guarantee. If it is going to fi nd success autonomous vehicles and robots that for Manufacturing Institute in Hazel- ing the DNA of humans and other living moving forward, it’s going to be because will have an extraordinary impact on wood, which is located within the steel organisms to eliminate disease, extend of what has been proven time and again to our way of life. superstructure that was once LTV Coke lifespan, customize appearance and be this region’s greatest asset — its people.

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#1 Cochran Inc. Cohen & Co H.J. Heinz Company Foundation MSA, The Safety Company Sargent Electric Company AAA East Central Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. HarbisonWalker International Mt. Lebanon Office Equipment Co., Inc. Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP Accenture Colcom Foundation Hatch USA NACD Three Rivers Chapter Schmidt Market Research, Inc. Accion Labs Colliers International HDR, Inc. National Aviary Schneider Downs & Company, Inc. Adagio Health, Inc. Columbia Gas Healthcare Council of Western Pennsylvania Newmark Knight Frank Seegrid Corporation AE7 Pittsburgh Comcast Hefren-Tillotson, Inc. NEXTpittsburgh Seneca Resources Company, LLC AHRCO Commonwealth Charter Academy Henderson Brothers, Inc. Norfolk Southern Corporation Seton Hill University Alcoa Corporation Community College of Allegheny County Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. North River Pittsburgh I, LLC Shell Chemicals Appalachia Align Leadership Community College of Beaver County Heritage Valley Health System Northwest Bank Slippery Rock University Allegheny College Compunetix, Inc. Highmark Health NOVA Chemicals Corporation Snavely Warwick Allegheny County Airport Authority Concurrent Technologies Corporation Hillman Family Foundations NRG Energy, Inc. Solenture, LLC Allegheny Health Network Constructors Association of Housetrends Magazine of Pittsburgh Oriden Stantec Thank you to the sponsors of the Alschuler Communications Western Pennsylvania Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Oxford Development Company StarKist Co. AMCOM Office Systems Covestro LLC HRV Conformance Verification Associates, Inc. Partner4Work System One Holdings, LLC American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Cowden Associates, Inc. HUB International PEAK Technical Staffing USA The Benter Foundation Allegheny Conference’s 2019 annual meeting AmeriHealth Caritas Cozen O’Connor Hunter Associates Penn State Beaver The Buhl Foundation Aquatech International Corporation Crown Castle Huth Technologies, LLC Penn State Center The Buncher Company Arlanxeo DDI Independence Excavating, Inc. Penn State Greater Allegheny The Coury Firm on the eve of Our Next 75 Arch Street Management, LLC Deloitte LLP Indiana Regional Medical Center Penn State New Kensington The Efficiency Network, Inc. (TEN) Arconic Foundation Denny Civic Solutions Indiana University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania American Water The Elmhurst Group Arconic Inc. Desmone Architects Iron Mountain Peoples Natural Gas The Forbes Funds Sponsored by: ARM Institute Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. JENDOCO Construction and Real Estate Pepper Hamilton LLP The Gateway Engineers, Inc. ATI Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Jennmar Corporation Pieper O’Brien Herr Architects The Grable Foundation Aurora Innovation Dollar Bank, FSB Jewish Healthcare Foundation Pipitone Group The Hawthorne Group Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C. Dominion Foundation JLL PITT OHIO The Heinz Endowments Bank of America Merrill Lynch Duane Morris LLP Jones Day Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre The Hospital + Healthsystem Association Bayer Duquesne Club JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Pittsburgh Business Group on Health of Pennsylvania BDO USA, LLP Duquesne Light Company Junior Achievement of Western PA Pittsburgh Business Times The Huntington National Bank Beaver County Chamber of Commerce Duquesne University K&L Gates LLP Pittsburgh Community The Kraft Heinz Company Beaver Valley Slag, Inc. Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council Kennametal Inc. Broadcasting Corporation The Pittsburgh Foundation BKD, LLP Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, Inc. KeyBank Pittsburgh Cultural Trust The Pittsburgh Promise BNY Mellon Eaton Koppers Inc. Pittsburgh Magazine The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. BNY Mellon Foundation Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC KPMG LLP Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy The Reschini Group Boyden Elliott Group L. B. Foster Company Pittsburgh Penguins Thermo Fisher Scientific Braskem America Ellwood Group, Inc. La Roche University Pittsburgh Pirates TiER1 Performance Solutions Bravo Group Enterprise Bank Lamar Advertising Company - Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Post-Gazette TriState Capital Bank Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC EQT Corporation LANXESS Corporation Pittsburgh Quarterly Turner Construction Company Burns & Scalo Real Estate Services, Inc. EQT Foundation Larson Design Group Pittsburgh Steelers Uber Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Ernst & Young LLP Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra United States Steel Corporation Calgon Carbon Corporation Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC Lindy Paving Pittsburgh Technical College UnitedHealthcare California University of Pennsylvania Expedient Lockton Companies, Inc. Pittsburgh Technology Council University of Pittsburgh Callay Capital LLC Fairmont Pittsburgh Lyft Pittsburgh Transportation Group UPMC CAMPOS Familylinks Mackin Engineering Co. Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority UPMC Health Plan Carey Group Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh Magee-Womens Research Institute PJ Dick, Incorporated Value Properties Carlow University Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, & Foundation Plus Consulting, LLC Verizon - Pennsylvania Carmeuse Lime & Stone Pittsburgh Branch Maher Duessel Point Park University Vibrant Pittsburgh Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Federated Investors, Inc. Malady & Wooten, Inc. Port of Pittsburgh Commission VisitPittsburgh Carnegie Mellon University FedEx Ground Manchester Bidwell Corporation Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP Wade Trim Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh First Commonwealth Bank MARC USA PPG Wadhwani Impact Trust Catalyst Connection First National Bank of Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale Coalition Premier Medical Associates Washington & Jefferson College CBRE FirstEnergy Corporation Mascaro Construction Company, L.P. Pressley Ridge Waynesburg University CDI Printing Services, Inc. FirstEnergy Foundation Massaro Construction Group, Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP WesBanco, Inc. CGI Ford Business Machines Inc. Master Builders’ Association of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated WESCO International, Inc. Chatham University Fragasso Financial Advisors Western Pennsylvania, Inc. Range Resources Corporation Westinghouse Electric Company Chevron GAI Consultants, Inc. Matthews International Reed Smith LLP Westminster College Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Gateway Financial Group, Inc. McK Construction Regency Global Transportation Group, Ltd. Westmoreland County Community College Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Gateway Health Plan McKamish Inc. Regional Learning Alliance WGL Energy American Textile Co. Duquesne Light Company M&J Wilkow, LTD Richard King Mellon Foundation Citizens Bank of PA / NY / NJ / DE Giant Eagle, Inc. Mercer Richard King Mellon Foundation Whirl Magazine Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Federated Investors MSA, The Safety Company Schneider Downs & Co., Inc. City of Hermitage Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP Robert Bosch LLC WordWrite Communications LLC Google Pittsburgh Michael Baker International WPXI-TV Carlow University Giant Eagle, Inc. Penn State Beaver, Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn The Buhl Foundation Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. Robert Half Grant Street Associates, Inc. Minuteman Press Robert Morris University WQED Multimedia Carnegie Mellon University Hefren-Tillotson State New Kensington and Penn State Center The Heinz Endowments Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation CNX Resources Corporation Grant Thornton LLP Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. 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KENNY CHEN MICHAEL MATESIC executive director, Partnership to Advance Responsible president and CEO, Idea Foundry Technology “Since Pennsylvania has more pizza places per capita than any- “Pittsburgh’s combination of leading-edge innovation and where else in the U.S., we wondered what 75 years will do to piz- human-centered values will give the city an outsized role in za. Of course, home technology will make pizza an on-demand shaping how the world navigates the greatest challenges and option like Th e Jetson’s TV show. Just using an audio command, opportunities of the next 75 years. As a model ‘smart city,’ Pittsburgh will move quick rising dough will be spun, topped and baked all with fresh ingredients deliv- more than double today’s population with an autonomous vehicle network that ered autonomously. Wait, that could be happening in the next year. In 75 years just functions seamlessly around a plethora of viable multimodal transportation options thinking about pizza will cause a pizza to be made right before your eyes.” ranging from bikes to hyperloops. Infrastructure improvements will be highly resil- ient against a growing range of climate risks, and food security will be improved through methods such as supply chain optimization, indoor vertical farms and food SEAN SEBASTIAN production technologies. Collaborative robots — a.k.a. ‘cobots’ — will share both partner, Birchmere Ventures and Birchmere Labs public and professional spaces with people, augmenting but not fully replacing “Bad news: climate change decimates coastal cities around the human labor. Education will focus on holistically developing students’ most human, globe. Good news: Schenley Park is now waterfront property.” less-automatable qualities, such as their abilities to reason, adapt, empathize and work together with others. Pittsburgh will also enjoy an exceptionally high quality of life, with outstanding arts, parks, health care and public amenities.”

MEKAEL TESHOME JOEL REED vice president and senior regional offi cer, Federal Reserve CEO, IAM Robotics Bank of Cleveland, Pittsburgh branch “With the industrial revolution, advanced materials, medi- “I think it will be a more diversifi ed economy, not the one-indus- cal innovations and now artifi cial intelligence/robotics, Pitts- try, heavy-hitting economic growth model. We’re seeing some of burgh has always been a leading contributor to society and to the this. As much as we point to health care, fi nance and tech, none of world’s economy. Th at should be no diff erent over the next 75 them by themselves are pulling the city forward the way the steel industry did. I see us years. Th e innovations we are working on today — such as transportation and logis- having multiple growth drivers, each of them contributing in a more diversifi ed man- tics robots — will become commonplace in this timeframe. As robots deliver our ner, and the bridge connecting them being people, a high-quality workforce. I think orders and drive us around, we will be busy creating new businesses and new jobs that’s a good thing. I say that because we have emerging industries — technology is one, we cannot even imagine today. And this time, Pittsburgh will not only contribute energy is another, there’s bioscience and health care, but no one of them is going to technical innovations, but we will also be a leader in establishing solutions and poli- swallow up the rest of the economy; they’re moving in a positive direction.” cies that maintain a sense of community and quality of life.”

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BILL GARRISON NICK VIZZOCA copywriter and partner, Garrison Hughes president and CEO, Vincentian Collaborative System “Pittsburgh becomes the No. 1 tourist destination in the country “Seventy-five years from now, the infants being born today in our for sinkholes. Software engineers are befuddled when thousands world-class hospitals will be seniors. And there will be more of of self-driving cars on the road start slowing down when head- them than ever before. One in four Americans will be 65 or old- ing into the tunnels. Pittsburgh is named ‘America’s Most Giv- er by just 2060, and Pittsburgh will be on the leading edge of this able City’ for its record-setting philanthropy efforts. Due to the lack of cyclists in the trend. Technology will touch our lives in ever more meaningful ways, but it can nev- city’s bike lanes, Uber introduces the country’s first self-riding bicycles.” er replace the power of the human touch, the simple act of neighbors helping neigh- bors. We will continue to incubate innovation and new ideas here across all indus- tries of our economy. But, above all, we must remember to be kind to each other.” RICHARD DICLAUDIO president and CEO, Energy Innovation Center Institute TIMOTHY HAMMER “At the nearby Meadowcroft Rockshelter lies one of the oldest co-managing shareholder, Schneider Downs & Co. Inc. human settlements in North America. Carbon-dated to 12,000 “The Golden Triangle will become a square as a fourth river is B.C., those first settlers recognized this region as a great place to uncovered by a giant sinkhole.” live, hunt, gather and innovate. Pittsburgh has been at the fron- tier of progress and innovation ever since. Now, we see that many of the world’s 4th Industrial Revolution’s foundational innovations are originating from Pittsburgh again. However, we have learned, grown and now better understand the need to encode mutualism into all we do. It is in this context that Pittsburgh is forging the MICHAEL A. HUWAR disruptive technologies that are driving clean, sustainable energy infrastructure, new president, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania & Maryland jobs in robotics, health care, artificial intelligence, big data, additive manufacturing “The Pittsburgh region has the opportunity to solidify its posi- and the science of mutualism. The 4th Industrial Revolution may not have started in tion as a leader in U.S. and international energy production. With Pittsburgh, but once again, we are its powerhouse. Thankfully, this time we are not the continued development of our region’s shale resources, natu- just driving financial outcomes for some; we are driving the innovations needed for ral gas will serve as a foundation for clean, safe and reliable ener- outcomes to impact all, in clean, healthy and equitable ways.” gy to meet energy demands for generations to come and allow companies to explore emerging gas technologies to drive economic growth across the region. Customers will continue to benefit from the low-cost commodity cost of natural gas and have the JOHN THORNTON opportunity to realize the full potential of natural gas innovation in a number of areas, CEO, Astrobotic Technology Inc. including power generation, fuel cells, microgrids and advanced manufacturing.” “I think Pittsburgh is uniquely positioned to excel at a few key areas, and I think we will see that in robotics and tech, green ini- JORGEN PEDERSEN tiatives … and then space, obviously, because I think space will be president and CEO, RE2 Robotics a big part of Pittsburgh’s economy in 75 years … and we probably “In 75 years, we will see robots and humans working alongside won’t be the only space company at that point.” one another in harmony.”

LOU CESTELLO head of regional markets and regional president of Pitts- JOYLETTE PORTLOCK burgh and southwestern Pennsylvania, PNC Bank executive director, Sustainable Pittsburgh “In the next 75 years, the Pittsburgh economy will continue to “Investments now in sustainability for our communities that flourish. Pittsburgh International Airport will be a gateway to involves people, planet and economic prosperity are going to all major cities around the world. Medical advancements devel- lead to thriving spaces and improved quality of life for all our oped right here in Pittsburgh’s world-class hospitals and universities will put an end residents in 75 years. That is certainly the intention in what we to diseases like juvenile diabetes and breast cancer. The Steelers, the Penguins and are working on now.” the Pirates will once again be world champions, and there will be a robot in every household that was developed right here in the AI capital of the world.” MARIMBA MILLIONES president and CEO, Hill CDC CHRISTINA CASSOTIS CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority “It was approximately 65 years ago that the city made devastating decisions about the Lower Hill District that we are just beginning “I think that once again Pittsburgh will be the manufacturing to move past today. This suggests that Pittsburgh in 75 years will center of the world. The momentum this region has in technolo- be determined by what we do today. Will our city tackle income gy and deep technology will allow this region to lead the way in inequality? Will we shift from a mindset that promotes justice innovation. And because of its strong university underpinnings, over generosity in philanthropy and government? Will our city tackle anti-equity Pittsburgh will be the place where the new-collar workforce will be abundant. This issues that foster gross disparities in the lived experience between its citizens of col- region will be competing with the world’s best.” or and white residents? The University of Pittsburgh’s recent “Pittsburgh’s Inequal- ity Across Gender and Race” study says that African-Americans will live longer and with greater prosperity if they pick up and leave Pittsburgh and move to another city immediately. Will Pittsburgh survive America’s drastic shift toward more gender and KENNETH GORMLEY racial diversity in all realms, or will Pittsburgh’s shrinkage continue because we are president, Duquesne University too conservative in advancing thoughtful and bold policies that serve all residents? “The Mr. Rogers Museum at the historic WQED site will become If Pittsburgh is to realize its full potential, we will need to do things differently right the largest tourist attraction in the United States, surpassing the now; otherwise, we may find that our city survived this current postindustrial era, Grand Canyon, thanks in part to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) sys- but ultimately falters in future economies due to our inability to attract and retain tem that has gone magnetic and made Pittsburgh the leader in talent. That is, of course, if artificial intelligence doesn’t replace us all. We can do ‘super high-speed community people-moving with a smile.’” this, but we all have to get in the game. Speaking of which, will football still be legal? Oh Dear, I better stop while I’m ahead!” 18 PITTSBURGH BUSINESS TIMES

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The Our Next 75 initiative held a series of regional meetings to gather ideas. The three forums were: Butler, Beaver and Lawrence counties; Westmoreland, Indiana and Armstrong counties; and Washington, Fayette and Greene counties. Here are some of the recommended solutions that came out of the meetings:

RRFocus on attracting, developing and retaining companies through connecting infrastructure, large industrial sites, workforce education and tax incentives.

RRCollaborate to educate, public and private partners about the profitability of an environmentally sustainable infrastructure.

RRCompanies and schools must partner together to lessen the loan burden on employees (train workers) and to create curriculum/soft skills programs to better prepare students. They also need to work together to retain young talent.

RRBe a community champion. Stop fetishizing the past. Fetishize our present and future. Change our internal reputation. Redefine success and failure - try something new, try again. Don’t be defined by fears.

RRHolding leadership accountable, collaboration with all counties and empowering a new set of leaders to compete on a new 21st century level.

RRAttracting and retaining diverse talent. We need to identify opportunities, best practices and intentional programming to make it happen. Create accountability.

RRSelect a big, bold economic development idea to attract businesses and workforce, and advance technology in manufacturing. Create a “moonshot” program that politicians and government can get behind.

RRMunicipalities adopt consistent zoning ordinances to fuel business growth.

RRImproved transportation and infrastructure that diminishes reliance on cars. Less travel. Less carbon footprint.

RRImproving access to public transport … solved by regionalizing our transit system.

RRStaying in front of emerging technologies and being able to adapt our workforce training to these new opportunities and not play catch up.

RRNeed good/affordable housing, quality of life and transportation. Need government, community and businesses to work together to create places where people will stay and thrive.

RRPittsburgh needs an attitude change in leadership. We the constituents need to come together in a regional collaborative to direct and inform the future. Start small.

RRTo move the Pittsburgh Region for #OurNext75, we need to work together for moonshots in workforce/education, transportation and real estate to shape the future as an innovative global leader for the 4th Industrial Revolution, as we’d done on the past.

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THE PITTSBURGH REGION AND OUR NEXT 75 Future defi ned: Finding the solutions Th e Our Next 75 Summit in June explored pathways to stronger vitality. Here’s a look at some of the key takeaways from the session.

QUALITY OF PLACE STRONG INCLUSIVE ECONOMY THRIVING PEOPLE Through greater connectivity, stronger neighborhoods and Through tech and innovation, well-calibrated business Through robust career pathways, improved education eff ective protection and intentional cultivation of natural, ecosystem and eff ective marketing. and economic opportunities, and growth of diverse cultural and built assets. populations. 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 7% 3% 3%3% 3% 7% 7% 3% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 6% 7% 6% 6% 7% 12% 7% 7% 12% 12% 45% 62% 38% 45% 62% 38% 45% 43% 14% 62% 38% 43% 14% 14% 43% 15% 15% 15%

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Region has robust multi-modal transportation system New ideas are produced in the region and fuel the People in the region have multiple and aff ordable that eff ectively connects all people and communities economy while also contributing to solutions of pathways to in-demand careers important social, health or environmental issues Region has flourishing main streets, community All children in the region enjoy quality PreK-12 spaces and river access – acting as a destination Economy is attractive to businesses and talent – education place for recreational activities nationally and globally Nobody in the region lives in poverty Region acts as a testbed for innovative actions to All businesses – small and large – have the right Region has a growing and diverse population fight climate change climate to grow People in the region are prepared for the next Region has clean and protected water systems Region is a globally recognized leader in technology technological revolution and its impact on workforce and innovation Flourishing community where people want to live - Education throughout the lifespan – lifelong learning attracts diverse talent Regional businesses create new and good-paying that ultimately impacts the evolution of workforce jobs Pittsburgh is a world-class destination for arts and development culture that intentionally invests in its communities Racially and culturally diverse communities where everyone has a voice and opportunity to thrive, socially and economically

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BY JULIA MERICLE that rose to the top in the thriving people [email protected] category was the need for people in the region to have “multiple and affordable ow will Pittsburgh’s workforce pathways to in-demand careers.” evolve over the next 75 years? In its most recent Inflection Point H Will the days of four years of 2017-18 report, the Allegheny Confer- college education followed by crippling ence found that Pittsburgh is on track amounts of debt go away? to reach a potential worker shortage of Will workers continue to shift away about 80,000 people by 2025. That’s from lifelong careers at single compa- based on baby boomer retirements, mod- nies, jumping more often between jobs est job growth and a talent pipeline that and requiring near constant retraining does not meet demand. as technology continues to rapidly forge The report illustrated a Pittsburgh job ahead? ecosystem where about half of the annual And is it true that many of the jobs that 40,000 students who graduate from local future generations of workers will hold colleges and universities leave the region. don’t exist today? It noted that despite the group of high- All of these are distinct possibilities, wage, highly skilled workers Pittsburgh according to Pittsburgh technology and boasts, it also has a large group of occu- workforce development experts who pations with average wages of less than weighed in on what the region needs to $15 an hour and few upward mobility do to ensure that people are prepared for pathways. And it also pointed out that the workforce of tomorrow. Pittsburgh has one of the least diverse As part of its Our Next 75 initiative, workforces compared to its benchmark the Allegheny Conference on Commu- regions, with demographics that show nity Development reached out to the African-Americans with lower education Pittsburgh region to help identify strate- levels, lower median yearly earnings and JOE WOJCIK gies that could contribute to the region’s higher levels of unemployment across the Literacy Pittsburgh instructor Kathleen Scanlon helps Jensen Patton of Beltzhoover vitality in the years to come. The strategy 10-county area. with an algebra problem.

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Pair all that with the fact that Forbes fill in-demand jobs that don’t require a reported student loan debt reached its traditional four-year college degree — is highest point in 2019 — 45 million bor- construction. rowers in the U.S., who collectively owe Jeff Nobers, executive director of the more than $1.5 trillion, or, on average, Builders Guild of Western Pennsylvania, $28,650 individually. said the Builders Guild recently complet- What’s needed, experts say, is more ed its first year operating a pre-appren- training programs that have a direct ticeship program previously run by the entrance to jobs and a faster training Energy Innovation Center to prepare peo- model to ensure workers can keep up ple for building and construction trades. with the most in-demand skills — without The organization worked with Part- racking up thousands of dollars in debt. ner4Work to create a funding system that would allow the classes to get up and run- A DEFINED PATHWAY TO A JOB ning on a consistent basis, and this year Earl Buford, CEO of Partner4Work, said the program saw 75 students. Nobers said the workforce development organization in 2020 he hopes to run five, rather than has developed several advisory councils four, rounds of the classes and graduate made up of employers and industries to about 125 people. develop initiatives, recruitment strate- Of those who completed the program, gies and training programs to build reli- about a quarter were unemployed when able pathways to in-demand careers. It’s they started. About 90 percent of grad- an infrastructure model he said will allow uates from the pre-apprenticeship pro- Partner4Work to be responsive to what is gram are African-American. needed at the time. “The real intent is to help build the JEFF NOBERS AT BUILDERS GUILD OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Buford said he expects those needs to diversity of both minorities and females revolve heavily around robotics and the Participants in the Builders Guild’s “Introduction to the Construction Trades” pre- in the construction industry,” Nobers need for technicians to operate the sys- apprenticeship program get hands-on welding instruction at Boilermakers Local 154 said. tems. But no matter what the jobs of the Training Center. Several other pre-apprenticeship and future hold, Buford believes the educa- apprenticeship programs, including tion and training systems in place now prerelease. clearinghouse approach to make sure those run by New Century Careers and must evolve to ensure that individuals Pittsburgh has done a good job of our job seekers understand what is out University of Pittsburgh’s Manufacturing who complete a program are rewarded designing training programs, but has not there,” he said. Assistance Center (MAC), have popped up at the end with either a job or a defined connected the dots for those who com- One industry that is working hard or expanded offerings. And Literacy Pitts- pathway to a job. He especially wants to plete the programs for what comes after- to get workers directly into in-demand burgh launched its “Ready and Relevant” see this available for high schoolers pre- wards, he added. jobs — and perhaps could help serve as graduation and for those who are in jail “We need almost like an information a model for other industries seeking to CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

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Justin Driscoll, campus director of Tech on introducing young students to careers CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 “ e ability to quickly Elevator Pittsburgh. “Th erefore, the abil- in advanced manufacturing. ity to quickly learn new skills will be the learn new skills will be the “It’s the kind of training you can get initiative in August to invest more than norm for the workforce of the future.” norm for the workforce of in trade schools and community colleges $1 million in training the 14,000 adults Th at’s the goal of Tech Elevator and for not a very big fi nancial or time invest- in the Pittsburgh region with at least a other similar bootcamp-style training the future.” ment, but not something you are going to ninth-grade education but no high school programs throughout the city, which aim likely come out of high school with,” Jay JUSTIN DRISCOLL, diploma for in-demand careers. to fast-track people into the tech careers Campus director, Tech Elevator Pittsburgh Douglass, COO at ARM, said. “We talk a lot about workers, and that employers are scrambling for talent in. Paying attention to the young students is critically important, but those work- Tech Elevator teaches participants soft- that will make up the workforce decades ers also have families and they need jobs ware development and coding skills in a from now is vital, and something the and health care,” said Michelle Figlar, three-month program that costs a frac- Speed and continuous education also Conference found is under-recognized vice president of learning for Th e Heinz tion of a traditional four-year computer will lead people to work in more and in surveys for the Infl ection Point report. Endowments and a member of Litera- science degree. more jobs throughout their careers, pre- Th e report showed that fewer than 10 per- cy Pittsburgh’s Transition Committee to However, Driscoll expects that this dicts Audrey Russo, president and CEO of cent of employers even considered engag- launch the Ready and Relevant initia- model will be outdated soon, replaced the Pittsburgh Technology Council. ing with K-12 students to build up the tive and transition Carey Harris into her by something faster and more fl owing. “I think that people 75 years from now talent pipeline, and less than half off er new role as CEO of Literacy Pittsburgh, “The bootcamps and training pro- won’t work 40 hours a week,” she said. “I internships to college students. at a kick-off event for the initiative. “An grams of today will be remembered as think we will see people mutate from one Douglass sees paid apprenticeships investment in people holistically is one solutions for a slower way of life, but will role to the next, and the gig economy will starting to gain popularity as a way to get that is going to help our kids and fam- also be the model that was used to cre- change how corporations exist.” workers into these needed fi elds aff ord- ilies in this region fl ourish. Th is (is an) ate the bootcamps for the 22nd century,” ably, including several programs that opportunity to really invest in an eco- Driscoll said. THE WORKERS OF THE FUTURE ARM invested in, such as the Robotics system where we are all reaching for the Th e Allegheny Conference’s Infl ection Th e Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship Program in same north star.” Point report also reiterated this need for Institute, a research institute based out of partnership with Catalyst Connection. continuous, high-speed training, saying Mill 19, aims to prepare Pittsburgh for the While Pittsburgh has gained a reputa- A FASTER TRAINING MODEL that some autonomous vehicle compa- jobs it expects to be widely available in tion as a city of innovation and technolo- Another key component to this invest- nies cited “the desire and aptitude to learn 75 years, which will likely include basic gy, Douglass said it should not feel secure ment in people is ensuring that even after a new, high-level skill — on the order of programming, mechanics and electrici- in that until it’s doing everything it can to the initial education and training is done, coding — every day, just to keep pace” as ty skills. ensure a talent pipeline to fi ll the work- workers are able to get the training needed a top attribute of job candidates. In order ARM, a member of Manufacturing USA, force of the future. that will prepare them as workforce needs to achieve this lofty goal, the Confer- is one of several regional institutes working “Th at’s been the way Pittsburgh is. evolve over the course of their careers. ence suggested that Pittsburgh compa- to establish future manufacturing work in We go through our ups and downs, and “Th e need for new knowledge will be nies need to reconsider the high level of the U.S. It routinely provides funding to right now we’re on an up again,” Dou- constant in the life of technology and credentials and years of experience many various workforce development programs glass said. “People need to continue to nontechnology professionals alike,” said are still requiring in certain job postings. and projects in the area, with a strong focus embrace the technology.”

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If we can promote shared Q tion infrastructure look place a little bit diff erently? Would we mobility, we certainly could process A like at the end of this have tried to direct the deployment of a lot of people with the same amount century? that technology a little more deliber- of vehicle space that we have now. We As part of its Our Next ately? Th at was something that was know that we can in general move 75 initiative, the Allegheny Conference very much driven by the private sec- roughly six people on bicycles in the on Community Development reached tor. Th at exuberant promotion has had same amount of space to move one sin- out to the Pittsburgh region to help iden- lasting eff ects on our cities and has gle-occupant vehicle. Th at’s another tify strategies that could contribute to the in some ways fueled certain levels of way we can increase that throughput. region’s vitality in the years to come. The inequity that we still are dealing with We can move 12 people on foot in the strategy that rose to the top in the qual- n ow. same amount of space. ity of place category was the need for the region to have a “robust multimod- But it’s difficult to look that far ahead, Are there other connections that are al transportation system that effectively isn’t it? missing right now? connects all people and communities.” JOE WOJCIK As challenging as it may be and as Pittsburgh used to have many inclines, The City of Pittsburgh and others many unknowns exist, we do know the funiculars. Th ose were important con- Karina Ricks, the City of Pittsburgh’s are already working on the steps that kind of city that we want. … Everybody nections that people wanted and used fi rst director of mobility and will position the region for the trans- should be able to access and achieve the to get from hilltop areas to riverfront or infrastructure. portation needs of the future. The city needs of daily life. I think we all believe valley destinations. Many of those con- has launched the 2070 Transporta- this, that no matter who you are, you nections are gone now. Th at’s one thing tion Vision Plan, which is laying the important, how the infrastructure pro- should be able to get fresh fruits and that we can look at. And it might not be groundwork for the future of transpor- vides some limits and why the future vegetables. You should be able to get to inclines — it might be gondolas, aerial tation by determining what residents won’t include so many single-occupan- a job. You should be able to get to school trams. Can we look at new technology want and setting up how to get there. cy automobiles. or higher education. You should be able to make those connections again? We Karina Ricks is the city’s first direc- to get to a park or recreational oppor- know that we are inextricably linked to tor of the Department of Mobility and Why a 2070 Transportation Vision plan? tunities. … I think that we all agree that the county and the region, but geome- Infrastructure, charged with making If we had these kinds of conversations in order for our city to thrive and to be try prevents us from getting everyone that vision plan happen. The Business in 1890, 1910, pick your year around a place that has a strong tax base, has from the county into the main econom- Times We’respoke with Ricks about why growing.the turn of the century, just on the eve great quality amenities for our people, ic centers of the city in a single-occu- long-term transportation planning is of the automobile revolution, we could has good quality infrastructure, that we pant vehicle. We have to think about do need residents that are here, and we how we intercept them at appropriate need jobs that are here. places, maybe before tunnels and riv- Grow with us. ers, and get them into those last-miles We’re growing. How will growth within the constraints connections. … We can get thousands of the city play out? more people and workers into destina- We’re growing. Th e more of those things that we have, tions in the city without adding thou- the stronger our economy is. So we sands more vehicles that add to con- Grow with us. need to be able to move those people gestion that choke off the economic between their homes and their plac- prospects of the city. Grow with us. es of employment. Th e more people you have, the more space effi cient you need And you’re looking at other things oth- to be in your ability to move them. My er than automobiles. streets are pretty much always going to We also need to think about the diff erent be about 50 feet of right of way. 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BY PAUL J. GOUGH gent traffic signals and service on demand [email protected] to transform the region’s transportation options, the Imagine Transportation 2.0 ere’s a look at some of the trans- report said. portation initiatives in the works H that could have a profound PITTSBURGH impact on the future of the region’s trans- INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT portation and mobility infrastructure: For Pittsburgh International Airport, the future is now. Or at least in the next sev- TRANSPORTATION eral years. 2070 VISION PLAN Its $1.1 billion terminal building proj- The City of Pittsburgh’s Department of ect will radically change the look of the Mobility & Infrastructure has been ask- airport, with a new state-of-the-art land- ing for input over the past year on its 2070 side terminal that will help show off the Transportation Vision Plan, which is to region and will be fresher and greener. help guide the city’s strategy on transpor- While it’s still years away — 2023 will be tation over the next decades. the completion target — the terminal will The goal: “We want to develop an ambi- be much more flexible and modern than tious and far-reaching vision plan for a the current structure that was built for US complete and connected network capa- Airways in the early 1990s. ble of sustainably supporting a revitalized The modular, flexible design is a key Pittsburgh,” according to the information feature that will allow for new gates, air- on the department’s website. GENSLER + HDR IN ASSOCIATION WITH LUIS VIDAL + ARCHITECTS line counters and checkpoints to be add- A rendering of the $1.1 billion terminal building project in the works for Pittsburgh ed in the future. HYPERLOOP International Airport. Said the architect, Luis Vidal: “It must Not just one but two hyperloops — high- be designed to adapt to future demands.” speed connections between two points Cleveland to Chicago, under those plans. to get from here to there. Faster, easier, The plans also include big nods to sus- — are being proposed for Pittsburgh over Both projects are a long way off, with cheaper, nicer. Better.” tainability, with a natural gas-fueled and the next several decades. a feasibility study being conducted on the That future includes the use of data, solar-powered microgrid that will power Through its Midwest Connect plan, second. Virgin Hyperloop has a test track smartphones, self-driving cars, intelli- the entire airport. Virgin Hyperloop One foresees a high- outside Las Vegas and hopes to have its speed connection between Chicago; first system up and running in India by Columbus, Ohio; and Pittsburgh. The the early 2020s. Midwest Connect would connect Pitts- burgh-Columbus and Columbus-Chica- IMAGINE TRANSPORTATION 2.0 go in 30 minutes. The Regional Transportation Alliance of The second, announced in Novem- Southwestern Pennsylvania — composed ber 2019, would be from Pittsburgh and of community and business leaders from Chicago through Cleveland near existing throughout the region — in March 2017 highways and between 6 feet and 12 feet released a report, “Imagine Transporta- underground. The company, Hyperloop tion 2.0: A Vision for a Better Transpor- Transportation Technologies, hopes to tation Future.” build similar systems in the United Arab The goal, according to the report, is Emirates and India. The Pittsburgh one simple. The region’s residents want bet- would have two stops, downtown Pitts- ter transportation: “Better roads, better burgh and at Pittsburgh International tunnels, better transit, better bike lanes Airport — and it would take 9 minutes and trails, better sidewalks. Better con- to get to Cleveland and 28 minutes from nections between places and better ways

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Hazelwood a testing ground for designing inclusive economy BY TIM SCHOOLEY ing role in how Pittsburgh’s economy [email protected] takes shape, as Carnegie Mellon Uni- versity-backed initiatives such as the avid Brewton has calculated Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hazelwood’s future in back-of- Institute, the Manufacturing Futures Ini- D the-napkin terms, measuring tiative and Catalyst Connection look to carefully how to help keep it aff ordable grow and introduce new advanced tech- to the people that live there even as a nologies at Hazelwood Green, one of the brownfi eld redevelopment project off ers most talked about brownfi eld redevelop- new opportunities for growth. ment projects in the region. As the director of real estate for the Rebecca Flora, president and CEO of Hazelwood Initiative, a community ReMake Group LLC, is overseeing the development organization charged with development of Hazelwood Green until helping to get the long-struggling neigh- the end of the year when a new fi rm will borhood back on its feet, he adds up an take over. She said in an email to expect ambitious series of initiatives. Th e goal is Hazelwood Green “to be a place of inno- to fi nd a balance between rejuvenating vation” that the region must use “to create the former mill community, which has a future version of itself.” been challenged by a declining popula- Even with almost the entirety of the 8 tion and depressed real estate values, and million square feet still to be built, Flora avoiding the kind of gentrifi cation chal- ETHAN LOTT expects the vision for Hazelwood Green lenges faced elsewhere in the city. Second Avenue in Hazelwood. will be long made into a reality 75 years “My personal view is because of some from now. tremendous support from our foundation ity in the years to come. Th e strategy that that as its economy is on the brink of “In 75 years, I expect to see a robust partners in Hazelwood, we think we’re in rose to the top in the economy category transformation. community that is densely developed in a position to make the equation work,” was the need for a more inclusive econo- What happens on the diff erent sides of a world-class urban form, that is diverse Brewton said. my where “new ideas are produced in the Hazelwood — with a 178-acre site of blank in population and seamlessly integrat- As part of its Our Next 75 initiative, region and fuel the economy while also slate potential on one side, and a long-de- ed into the social and physical fabric of the Allegheny Conference on Communi- contributing to solutions of important clining neighborhood on the other — is a its Hazelwood neighborhood and adja- ty Development reached out to the Pitts- social, health or environmental issues.” story that will unfold over the next sev- cent landscapes,” she said, expecting it burgh region to help identify strategies Hazelwood is one example of a eral years. will prove to be “the model for urban, that could contribute to the region’s vital- community that is trying to do just Look for Hazelwood to play a guid- brownfi eld regeneration that others come

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