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We Won the Google Impact Challenge!

22 February in General News

  What a day we had yesterday at Landforce! After reviewing 94 applications, the Google.org Impact Challenge Pittsburgh awarded Landforce and 3 other fabulous Pittsburgh organizations (Community Kitchen, Idea Foundry, and Prototype PGH) $50,000 each. These awards will support our innovative work to create economic opportunity in the Pittsburgh region.  And...

Landforce crew member swinging a fire axe.

Do Trail Tools = Life Lessons?

08 August in General News

Thanks to Thomas Guentner, our Program Manager, for helping us understand how trail tools really can provide life lessons. We are now more than 12 weeks into our season and the most exciting transformation I have witnessed is how confident the crew members have become with the tools they use on...

Tiffany’s Moving Office

15 June in General News

As we move through the season, we want to provide different perspectives on what we are doing here at Landforce. Staff and crewmembers will take turns writing posts about their experience. This week, Tiffany Kim, our Workforce Development and Outreach Manager, wrote the post below about her recent meetings with...

Landforce’s Big Day

06 June in General News

June 1st was a big day for Landforce.  After two weeks of training and orientation, our Crew Members received their Landforce shirts and embarked upon Landforce's first contracts.  Our orientation included a wide variety of training opportunities, including team building, learning about Landforce's work culture, and setting personal and work-related...

Shawn teaching about rock crossings on an Emerald View Park trail.

And we’re off…

25 May in General News

“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke This past week marks the launch of the inaugural season of Landforce, and with it comes a chance to define what is possible. As our first 12 recruits begin their orientation and training, we will...

The Landforce staff standing under a bridge in Schenley Park.

The Gang’s All Here

03 May in General News

Landforce is now fully staffed with six permanent staff members -- Ilyssa Manspeizer, Executive Director, Thomas Guentner, Program Manager, Tiffany Kim, Workforce Development & Outreach Manager, Shawn Taylor, Crew Leader, Nate Broadus, Crew Leader, and Kristen Matthews, shared Administrative Coordinator -- you can read about our talented staff here. [caption id="attachment_11822" align="alignleft"...