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Grounded Resources 2017 Annual Report 2017 ANNUAL REPORT “ Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. “ – John F. Kennedy 2017 marked a decade of service for the organization. It was a year of many changes, but it was also a year of celebration, learning, and growth - and we aren’t done yet! For more than a decade, GTECH Strategies has been dedicated to change. We’ve added new communities, new partners, and new Ambassadors to our network. We have expanded team expertise as a way to extend our ability to build and distribute capacity and resources in the places that need it most. Today, we take another step forward and change our name to one that more closely reflects the work we do. Grounded in people, grounded in places, grounded in community. GTECH Strategies is now Grounded and we’re recommitting ourselves to help people and communities drive their own transformation. Thank you for wholeheartedly being a part of the Grounded movement. We can’t wait to see what comes next! Sincerely, Evaine K. Sing Executive Director 6587 Hamilton Ave #1W | Pittsburgh, PA 15206 www.groundedpgh.org 412.361.2099 BY THE NUMBERS COMMUNITIES 2017: 26 ENGAGED 26 2016: 24 32 VACANT LOTS 2015: 19 We build relationships with organizations, businesses, community development TRANSFORMED 2014: 15 corporations, and individuals doing amazing work. We connect residents to funding, education, and technical resources. We learn from every new partner in each community we visit. CITY Homewood 626 Allegheny Center Lincoln-Lemington- HOURS OF RESIDENT Allegheny West Belmar EDUCATION Allentown Larimer COUNTY 26 AMBASSADORS Bedford Dwellings Middle Hill Clairton Brighton Heights Manchester Homestead Central Northside Marshall-Shadeland McKeesport 10 STEWARDS Deutschtown Mt. Oliver Millvale East Hills Observatory Hill Wilkinsburg 43 East Liberty Perry Hilltop LIAISONS COMMUNITY PARTNERS Fineview Spring Garden 5 Hazelwood St. Clair VOLUNTEERS EVENTS DATA OFFICE COMMUNITIES 1044 12 SURVEYED 3 REPORTS VOLUNTEERS 12 EVENTS HOSTED 1121 CONFERENCES 4440 SURVEYS COLLECTED VOLUNTEER HOURS 5 2017 ACTIVITIES CLAIRTON NORTHSIDE GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD Resilience Generation Bundled Environmental Environmental PLAYCE CONNECTIONS Lunchtime Lot* Services* Education Millvale Needs Airspace Clairton 2.o SHERWOOD Assessment* Two Wheels Lots of ReClaim Central FOREST Food City Upgrades* Green Lincoln Way Perry Hilltop Fineview LandCare PGH Mobile Toolbox Planning* Homewood Greening CCP Learning Exchange Spring Hill Corridor Clusters Remake Learning ENVIRONMENTAL Study* GTECH GSI Playlist EDUCATION ReClaim Clairton CommunityCare RESILIENCE Clairton Green Playces Possibilities Project GENERATION Northside Neighborhood LandLab Connections Sherwood Forest *Not Pictured AIRSPACE LINCOLN WAY CLAIRTON 2.0 RECLAIM CENTRAL CCP LEARNING EXCHANGE TWO WHEELS PGH MOBILE LOTS OF TOOLBOX GREEN POSSIBILITIES LANDCARE RECLAIM CLAIRTON HOMEWOOD REMAKE GREENING LEARNING CLUSTERS PLAYLIST GTECH GSI COMMUNITY LAND LAB CARE 12 Partners Engaged Local artist Kamara Townes livened up this existing shed with a beautiful GREEN PLAYCES: CLAIRTON mural. Green Playces are hives of education, After consulting with the landowners at innovation, creativity, science and, most Morningstar Baptist Church, stakeholders importantly, play. These youth-created at the municipality and, of course, youth green spaces are implemented on vacant users of the space, Grounded designed or under-utilized land and provide what might be our most varied Green 125 opportunities for outdoor STEAM learning Playce yet. Landforce, volunteers from for youth in some of our most distressed US Steel, youth from Gwen’s Girls, and Youth communities. Clairton residents helped build out a Engaged space that acts as play space, community The Green Playces Initiative champions garden, picnic area, and theater all in one. youth voices in every step of the place-making process. From designing and planning with landscape architects, to learning construction and teamwork 477 skills while building Green Playce sites, Volunteer to stewarding sites for years to come, our unique curriculum creates opportunity Hours for youth to learn valuable skills for implementing positive change in their communities. Food City Upgrades Perry Hilltop Sankofa Village Expanded access to garden and park Fineview Open Space Plan Community Celebrations Comprehensive plan identifying green Three event series Volunteer and open space opportunites. Residents 100 Hours 70 Engaged Manchester Growing Together Farm Lighthouse Sustainable Return on Investment Jr. Ambassador Analysis Program Residents Youth garden upgrades Interview and development 42 of educational curriculumm Allentown Millvale Lunchtime Lot Community Needs ReGen 200 residents engaged in this Assessment Overview transformation of a vacant lot. Data collection to improve social In 2017, Grounded partnered with 8 service provision community organizations to increase Communities the impact and quality of their projects Awarded through the Resilience Generation (ReGen) 15 500 381 program. Volunteer Hours Surveys Collected ReGen is a technical assistance program available to residents in Allegheny County $257,000 working to advance community health and in parter investments resilience. Selected communities receive technical expertise and financial support from Grounded in an effort to increase the $196,700 resilience of vulnerable communities. The program will run through 2019 and award support leveraged by partners 24 organizations in total. It is so important to save our planet and improve the environment. My experience We engaged youth, parents, “ and staff from Providence The O-27 sewer-shed has been identified as a Liaison certainly made 182,418 Connections in Marshall- as a priority stormwater management Shadeland to design a rain me think deeper about Gallons of Annual garden and gathering space area by the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer “ conservation, the “power” Stormwater in a community-facing green Authority (PWSA). It includes parts space of Perry Hilltop, Marshall-Shadeland, of rain (elements) and Capture Brighton Heights, and Observatory Hill. importance of “green” The goal of the our Green Stormwater energy. Infrastructure (GSI) project is to maximize community benefit associated with - Maria Searcy, Perry Hilltop 50 upcoming stormwater infrastructure Community Liaison Rain Barrels investments in O-27. In order to achieve this goal, Grounded equipped residents locations for GSI, resident-identified Distributed in O-27 with information so that they needs, and project implementation were well-positioned to participate in feasibility. the community engagement process, we identified resident goals associated We collaborated with As part of this process, we worked with residents and staff from with green storm-water infrastructure 4 residents from the neighborhoods of Riverview Manor Senior (GSI), and identified the overlap of good Brighton Heights, Marshall-Shadeland, Living facility to upgrade their Observatory Hill, and Perry Hilltop. These outdoor facilities and build a residents worked as Community Liaisons wildflower meadow and flow- through planters to help maximize outreach and resident input, share educational resources with neighbors, and ensure our process is customized to meet the needs of each Collectively, the O-27 Liaisons Over neighborhood. completed 386 hours of service as Grounded’s front line of Three demonstration projects and one stormwater knowledge and communication to their respec- 350 watershed awareness workshop were tive communities. Surveys completed in the O-27 sewershed in 2017. Collected We make things like Grounded staff completed the construction with this happen because of help from volunteer partnerships. Everything groups including youth “ “ from Allegheny’s County’s we’ve done worthwhile CISP program, Starbucks, Pittsburgh Job Corps, and has been done through Hosanna House. partnership, and you all have been a great partner. - Leon E. Haynes III, Executive Director of the Hosanna House SHERWOOD FOREST Following up on a successful Green Playce The site now includes a low ropes course, project at their Wilkinsburg facility, mud kitchen and shelter, shaded outdoor Hosanna House asked Grounded to help classroom and stage, a dry stream, and re-imagine the underutilized wooded campfire ring. area of their camp and event property in Forest Hills. A small wooded lot on the Grounded staff completed the campus of the Sherwood Event Center construction with help from several was transformed into a forest play space volunteer groups including youth rich with activity. from Allegheny’s County’s Community Intensive Supervision Program (CISP), Grounded worked closely with staff to Starbucks, Pittsburgh Job Corps, and incorporate new elements for creative Hosanna House. Native plantings play and engagement outdoors. Timbers installed by the Nine Mile Run Watershed Grounded’s experience in using inex- and fallen branches from the site were Association further enhanced the space. pensive materials stretched each dollar. Timbers from the site were used for used for benches, balance beams, and benches, balance beams and tight-rope tight-rope walks. Other items such as a A project that was only a seed of an idea walks. Other items such as a stone stone countertop and sink were rescued in the spring, has blossomed in time to countertop and sink were rescued from from Construction Junction. host summer camp adventures for years Construction Junction. to come. 300 Volunteers
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