SOLO PROJECTS: Trail Town Assets and Business Corridor – My work for the business corridor consisted of gathering additional assets for Connellsville that did not appear on the Fall 2021 asset map. Some of these places include additional eateries, a bakery, historic places to see, and shopping outlets. To gather an idea of what Connellsville…
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FCCT Internship Post 2!
Since my last post, I have been working on a number of projects to help the Fayette County Cultural Trust. My most prominent project is working on cataloging GAP and C&O Trail town assets to compare with Connellsville. This is to highlight any areas / businesses the town may want to look into developing to…
Introduction: FCCT
Hi! I’m Gabby! I’m a senior urban studies and sustainability major at the University of Pittsburgh. This spring semester I am an intern working with the Fayette County Cultural Trust located in Connellsville Pennsylvania. The FCCT is a non-profit organization built to improve and enrich the local communities quality of life through art, history, and…
ATP Experience : My Reflection
Please summarize the final deliverables your team created. How will these deliverables be valuable to the community? If you could waive a wand to automatically implement one of the recommendations, which would it be and why? Our final deliverable was the asset map focusing on Connellsville but it also included some of the larger assets…
Connellsville Site Reflections
What key community assets did you identify on the site visit? Connellsville was full of natural assets. The Greater Allegheny Passage trail ran right through the city and was largely viewed as the towns most valuable asset. But the town was also full of beautiful greenspace and the Youghiogheny River to complete it. The visitors…
A little about Me!
Hi everyone, I’m Gabby! I’m a senior here at Pitt. I’m majoring in Urban Studies with a concentration in planning. I’m also wrapping up my sustainability certificate. Two fun facts about me, I do macrame in my (limited) free time and I don’t own a microwave. Not being able to heat up butter is my…