Pittsburgh Tomorrow

12/31/2025

What is Pittsburgh Tomorrow?

Yes, Pittsburgh Tomorrow is a nonprofit organization. Yes, we have programs and initiatives, all of which saw some majorly successful milestones this year, including some of the ones pictured here.

But most of all Pittsburgh Tomorrow is a movement. It’s a shared belief among the people of Pittsburgh that we can make this the city of our collective dreams. It’s a call to action – to preserve the aspects of our city that we love, and to change the things we don’t. It’s a missive to the world, letting them know what’s happening in this amazing city, and rolling out the welcome mat to all newcomers.

Thank you for a fantastic 2025 and cheers to gaining momentum in 2026.

12/26/2025

Home for the holidays – or home for good? 🚚🏡

We popped up on billboards on the city's major highways and in the Pittsburgh International Airport this holiday season with a message to boomerangs: it's time to move back. Read more about the campaign here:

Pittsburgh Tomorrow Launches “Home for Good” Holiday Campaign to Welcome Boomerangs Back to Pittsburgh – and Entice them to Stay This holiday season

12/26/2025

Pittsburgh, made personal. 🏡

Pittsburghpioneer.com was featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this week, in an article by Madaleine Rubin. The piece features an interview with our President Jeff Bell, as well as our partners at Quome and Skilly – all reflecting on how we are using the latest AI technology to help new residents feel more at home in Pittsburgh.



https://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2025/12/25/pittsburgh-tomorrow-pittsburgh-pioneer-ai/stories/202512120062

As a recent Pittsburgh transplant, Jeff Bell knows that moving to the city comes with a range of questions. Where’s the most affordable place to...

12/23/2025

📰 "At Pittsburgh Tomorrow, Doug Heuck is putting plans in motion to stem population loss"

Our founder and CEO, Doug Heuck, was featured in the Pittsburgh Business Times "Personalities of Pittsburgh" series, profiled by Jordyn Hronec. Read it here: https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2025/12/22/personalities-doug-heuck-pittsburgh-tomorrow.html?

Doug Heuck spent 40 years in Pittsburgh media before launching Pittsburgh Tomorrow in 2023 to help stem the region's population loss and help it become the most welcoming city in the country.

12/22/2025

Our Head of Storytelling, Caroline Fisher, was on CityCast Pittsburgh to talk about our buzzy “Your dog wants you to move to Pittsburgh” campaign. 🐶

Listen to the episode anywhere podcasts are available or at https://pittsburgh.citycast.fm/podcasts/can-a-billboard-convince-people-to-move-here

Pittsburgh Tomorrow recently placed a dog-friendly, holiday billboard in New York City’s Times Square, inviting the nearly 400,000 people who pass...

12/22/2025

🏈🗑️ "Immaculate Collection" made Pittsburgh Magazine's list for Pittsburgh's Word of the Year! https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/pittsburgh-word-of-the-year/

The Immaculate Collection is a collaborative, region-wide cleanup and beautification effort to help prepare our city for an influx of visitors during the 2026 NFL Draft – and benefit Pittsburgh residents long after that.

The Pittsburgh Tomorrow Leadership Corps has their hands in this initiative – quite literally. Young leaders from across the region came out for a big October cleanup event in partnership with Allegheny CleanWays and Friends of the Riverfront collecting over 1000 pounds of trash. (If you haven't seen it, the day was expertly documented by Bill Flanagan here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEjF1yI2XyI

Give "Immaculate Collection" your vote, and visit https://www.alleghenycleanways.org/immaculate-collection.html to get involved in the effort!

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"Rage bait." "67." These are various dictionaries' 2025 words of the year. What should be Pittsburgh's Word of the Year?

12/12/2025

Jocelyn Lai, Global Head of Talent Brand at Duolingo, spoke at our last Intersection event about what brings people to Pittsburgh and what keeps them here. #412

12/08/2025

📣 Alert the young leaders in your life! All area high schoolers are invited to join the Pittsburgh Tomorrow Leadership Corps to develop leadership skills, make an impact in the city, and meet new friends from across the region. Don't wait – our next event is coming up on January 10 at Senator John Heinz History Center with Andrew Masich, and it's one they won't want to miss.

📌 Useful links:
💻 Website page to learn more: https://pittsburghtomorrow.org/leadership-corps/
📋 Sign up form for the PTLC: https://forms.gle/BV4vGNii1QcU5Qbv6
📆 Our next event: https://luma.com/gkwbf94u

And thanks to Kidsburgh.org for the feature! https://www.kidsburgh.org/applications-open-for-local-teens-to-join-pittsburgh-tomorrows-leadership-corps/

"We're interested in kids who want to learn more about their home city, and to get involved and learn about leadership."

12/04/2025

Last night's Pittsburgh Tomorrow Intersection was full of everything we strive for: great conversations (both on stage and off), hearty handshakes, excited introductions, smiles, laughter, inspiration, and fun.

Thank you to our incredible speakers, Jocelyn Lai of Duolingo, Dr. José-Alain Sahel of UPMC and University of Pittsburgh, and Mike Williams of United States Steel Corporation, who were also the generous sponsors of this event series in 2025. Thank you to our caterers and hospitality team at The Fluted Mushroom, and to our generous hosts from The Assembly.

We look forward to many more fruitful conversations, meaningful connections, and calls to action in 2026.

12/02/2025

Today is ! We are so grateful to everyone who has joined this movement. Pittsburgh Tomorrow is funded for Pittsburghers, by Pittsburghers, and we have the deepest gratitude to those who have financially supported us. You can donate to our mission anytime at pittsburghtomorrow.org/give.

And there are more ways to give! Giving can also mean:

🤝 Making a fruitful connection or introduction

👷 Volunteering with us with The Pittsburgh Tomorrow Leadership Corps and newcomer initiatives

🎟️ Coming to our events (a couple tickets still remain for our last Pittsburgh Tomorrow Intersection of the year! https://luma.com/c09j8zy1)

🗣️ Spreading the word by sharing our work online, in conversations, with your network (have you tried pittsburghpioneer.com yet?)

🎁 Giving us the gift of your expertise, your time, your ideas, your partnership, and most importantly your belief – belief that Pittsburgh's future is bright, and that we're building it together.

Thank you ! Onward! 🚀

12/01/2025

🔦 Speaker Spotlight: Mike Williams, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at United States Steel Corporation

Meet Mike Williams, a transformational people leader at U.S. Steel and formerly at Alcoa. With U. S. Steel’s landmark merger with Nippon Steel, Mike is at the forefront of integrating two iconic global organizations—helping shape a unified workforce strategy during one of the most important moments in the company’s history.

With deep experience across large-scale change and people systems, Mike brings a powerful perspective on leading the Pittsburgh workforce through moments that redefine an industry.

✨ Don’t miss his session at The Pittsburgh Tomorrow Intersection on Wednesday! Link: https://luma.com/c09j8zy1

U.S. Steel is also the generous sponsor of the event.

11/25/2025

A new Pittsburgh pup (this one photographed playing in the snow in the Audubon Greenway Conservation Area near Sewickley) graced our Times Square billboard this weekend. ❄️🥎

Give your dogs room to run – move to Pittsburgh!