Landforce in the News
Allegheny County gets $1M grant to fund climate projects in environmental justice communities, 90.5 WESA, January 28, 2025
Pitcairn officials look to improve recreation areas in advance of connector trail, Monroeville Time Express, November 18, 2024
Salisbury: More than $660,000 secured to bring urban and community forestry program to Forest Hills Borough, PA House, November 13, 2024
Powell: over $1.5 million in state conservation grants for Pittsburgh, PA House, November 13, 2024
Markosek: Over $900,000 in grants for conservation and recreation projects, PA House, November 12, 2024
Deasy applauds nearly $1M investment in local recreation and conservation projects, PA House, November 12, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $325 Million in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants, EPA press office, July 25, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $13.9 million to Pennsylvania in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants, R3Press, July 25, 2024
Opening Doors, h Magazine, December 30, 2022
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $14.3 Million in Brownfields Grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Train Environmental Workers, Environmental Protection Agency, December 14, 2022
Pittsburgh-based Landforce Workforce Development Crews Surpass 57,000 Hours Of Environmental Stewardship Work; Have A Project?, PA Environment Digest Blog, November 30, 2022
Landforce Crews Help Restore Trails, Remove Invasive Plants in the Hazelwood Greenway in Allegheny County, PA Environment Digest Blog, October 18, 2021
The US Economy Sets Up Ex-Prisoners For Failure. The Consequences Are Disastrous, American Magazine, September 29, 2021
9 Questions About the Civilian Conservation Corps, Answered, Washington Post, September 16, 2021
Other Voices: Biden’s Pittsburgh visit shows the path to shared prosperity in the Ohio River Valley, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 12, 2021
Pittsburgh’s Landforce gets $200,000 brownfields grant for environmental job training, NEXT Pittsburgh, March 19, 2021
EPA Awards Brownfield Job Training Grants To Landforce In Pittsburgh, Energy Coordinating Agency, Philadelphia, PA Environmental Digest, March 18, 2021
Pittsburgh Green Jobs Program Gets Boost from EPA, Allegheny Front, March 18, 2021
Point Breeze-Based Landforce Receives $200,000 U.S. EPA Grant, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 18, 2021
Looking for Answers in the Past to Blunt Pandemic Job Losses, Pittsburgh Quarterly, July 13, 2020
Penn State Center Pittsburgh to Offer Green Infrastructure Certification Program, Penn State News, January 29, 2020
2018 Annual Report, October 23, 2019
Low Wage Living Takes a Physical and Mental Toll, 90.5 WESA, July 2, 2019,
Walkabout: Youth Orchard Activates Long-Awaited Hilltop Urban Farm, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 6, 2019
Johnny Appleseads Wanted to Help Plant Urban Farm Orchard, South Pittsburgh Reporter, April 30, 2019
Latin American entrepreneurs find ideas, business opportunities and inspiration in Pittsburgh during fellowship program, Pittsburgh Business Times, October 16, 2018
2017 Annual Report, September 4, 2018
PublicStreetsPGH #85 with John Jones, Public Source, August 27, 2018
Hampton’s Crouse Run Nature Reserve reopens, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, July 9, 2018
NEXT Up: From building trails in Pittsburgh to counting elephants in Ethiopia with Ilyssa Manspeizer, NEXT Pittsburgh, May 30, 2018
16 New Landforce Crew Members Trained, Ready To Go In Pittsburgh Region, PA Environmental Digest, May 17, 2018
Pittsburgh nonprofit Landforce wins extra $50K in Google Impact Challenge, Trib Live, March 15, 2018.
Landforce wins $50k Google Impact Challenge grant, thanks to public voting, Next Pittsburgh, March 15, 2018.
The People Have Spoken! Landforce Winner Of Google Impact Challenge In Pittsburgh, PA Environment Digest Blog, March 16, 2018
Google is giving these 4 Pittsburgh non-profits $50,000, Trib Live, February 21, 2018.
Google awards $50,000 apiece to four nonprofits for economic initiatives, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 21, 2018.
These Four Pittsburgh nonprofits just got $50,000 each. You can vote for the next winner. Next Pittsburgh, February 21, 2018.
Google awards $50,000 each to 4 Pittsburgh nonprofits, Pittsburgh Business Times, February 21, 2018
She’s Trailblazing in Pittsburgh, Literally, Pittsburgh Magazine, July 21, 2016.
In Pittsburgh, Pretty Public Spaces Also Mean Jobs, Next City, January 6, 2016.
The Alchemy of Coal Hill, Downstream, December 18, 2015.
MWCDC spins off trail corps, ED to head new entity, South Pittsburgh Reporter, December 8, 2015.
Mount Washington trail-building program expected to branch out, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, December 6, 2015.
Ilyssa Manspeizer to head green job training program as it expands citywide, NEXTpittsburgh, December 5, 2015.