Bicyclists and hikers using the Great Allegheny Passage in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Fayette and Somerset counties have more signs telling trail users where they are, the distance to the next town and pointing them to where […] Continue Reading
The Progress Fund Stories
Volunteers spruce up McKeesport Trail
Representatives of the McKeesport Trail Commission and The Progress Fund’s Trail Town Program® cleared trash and debris along the Marina at McKees Point. They planted a mix of annual and perennial plants in the parking […] Continue Reading
Larry Walsh on biking: Progress Fund gets new grant
The Progress Fund, which has financed 29 businesses along the Great Allegheny Passage, has received a $2 million federal grant that will be used to make more loans in 2015. Its newest loans along the […] Continue Reading
$2,000,000 Grant to The Progress Fund
Washington, DC – August 28, 2014 – On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced awards of more than $195.4 million to 185 organizations. The Progress Fund is […] Continue Reading
Rail-trail signage a must
In real estate, the mantra is location, location, location. In rail-trails, the plea is signage, signage, signage. If bicyclists, birders, walkers, runners, cross-country skiers and snow-shoers can’t find a trail, they can’t use it. It’s […] Continue Reading
Subway restaurant coming to West Newton
A Herminie native whose company operates 23 Subway restaurant franchises in the region plans to expand his business to the renovated former Riverside Lounge in West Newton, with hopes of attracting some of the Great Allegheny Passage trail users across the Youghiogheny River to eat.
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