by Laura Kelley | Feb 21, 2022 | Transportation
KATE GIAMMARISE – 90.5 WESA The Braddock-based nonprofit Heritage Community Initiatives is giving away 550 free transit passes to people using the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Heritage Community Transportation operates a small public transit service with...
by Laura Kelley | Feb 15, 2022 | Transportation
SANDRA TOLLIVER – NEXT Pittsburgh Chris West recalls the start of the pandemic when the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank began spending $1 million a month more than its usual $19.8 million yearly budget to help people in need. As the pandemic has dragged on,...
by Laura Kelley | Feb 1, 2022 | Transportation
PRESS RELEASE –Pittsburgh, PA Heritage Community Initiatives announced today that they have granted 550 free rider cards to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, allowing neighbors in need unlimited access to Heritage Community Transportation’s fixed-route...
by Laura Kelley | Feb 28, 2021 | Transportation
ED BLAZINA – Pittsburgh Post Gazette For years, Paula McWilliams has understood the value of Heritage Community Transportation through the rides it provides to jobs, medical appointments and grocery stores for residents in disadvantaged communities in the...
by Laura Kelley | Feb 24, 2021 | Transportation
By Nate Doughty – Digital Producer, Pittsburgh Business Times A new economic impact study found the transportation service from the Braddock-based nonprofit organization Heritage Community Initiatives adds more than $14 million in economic value per year to the...
by Laura Kelley | Apr 27, 2020 | Transportation
Table Magazine Forging Forward is a series of eight articles about our region’s recovery and resiliency in the time of COVID, presented with the generous support of the Pittsburgh Foundation. Imagine you have a child with severe asthma. You call your family doctor...