Forged x Four Enterprise Zone

08/07/2026

August 10 deadline!

The Pennsylvania CDFI Network in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) is delivering statewide support for historically disadvantaged businesses through the Historically Disadvantaged Business Assistance (HDBA) Program.

Through more than $14 million in HDBA funding, including a $5.84 million Business Assistance Service Center (BASC) award and an $8.45 million Microgrant award, entrepreneurs across all 67 counties of Pennsylvania can access business assessments, one-on-one counseling, group training, business planning support, professional services, contract procurement, and opportunities to access microgrant funding of up to $20,000, as well as loan capital.

PA CDFI Network Business Assistance Service Centers (BASC) & Microgrants Programs Supporting historically disadvantaged entrepreneurs through business c ...

07/21/2026

In Trundle Manor, the dead outnumber the living — mummified cats, mice preserved in jars, the bust of a moose named Pierre with one antler pointed downward, like one owned by the Addams Family.

But Anton Mireillo, who goes by the moniker Mr. Arm, insists none of it is meant to be unsettling.

Part roadside attraction, part art installation, Trundle Manor in Swissvale is a celebration of the weird and the quirky: the still-growing life's work of Anton and Rachel Miriello, a married couple of artists who have spent the past 16 years turning their home into a museum of taxidermy, medical oddities and the plain bizarre.

Read more at the link in our comments.

07/13/2026

This Thursday! An opportunity to meet and ask questions of representatives from US Steel.

06/18/2026

Today's the day: a blood drive will take place at Braddock Carnegie Library in memory of North Braddock teen, Nichole Denise Hogan.

06/10/2026

The Braddock farm stand, located at 1000 Braddock Ave, is open for the season! Catch them Wednesdays and Fridays from 3p-6p and Saturdays from 9a-1p. Grow Pittsburgh

06/08/2026

How many Mon Valley locations can you spot? The new trailer for How To Rob A Bank is out!

06/04/2026

Check out this property for lease on Braddock Ave! 224 Braddock Avenue is one of the first buildings you see crossing into Braddock from Rankin. This 5,500 sq ft building was renovated in 2021 and features two 10' x 10' drive-in doors and 500 sq ft of dedicated office space.

05/13/2026

This Friday! Join us at The Frick Pittsburgh Museums and Gardens and get to know Braddock's businesses. Be sure to drop by the Forged x Four table to enter to win a Braddock outing- a u-pick experience at Sol Patch Gardens and eats at Braddock Public House.

04/08/2026

We're a week out from two important events in our communities! On April 15 you can find Rich from NCDF discussing business financing at Beans and Things Cafe in Swissvale from 10am-noon. Then that evening find Grounded at Carnegie One for discussion of green space in North Braddock.