“Today we recognize the riverfronts as our most treasured assets that have tremendous potential to improve our quality of life,” stated Mayor Ravenstahl, when he announced the Allegheny Riverfront Vision, a plan to restore the riverfront corridor.
In 2010, the city received 1.5 million in funding from the Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) TIGER II (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant program and a Community Challenge planning grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)