Heritage Heritage Community Transportation Celebrates 23 Years of Service
Public invited to ride HCT at no cost; unlimited free rides through March 31 PITTSBURGH – For people in this region who don’t have a vehicle or reliable transportation to get to work, the grocery store or a bus stop, Heritage Community Transportation (HCT) has been...
Need a ride? New partnership offers free transit cards to some using food assistance
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...
Need a ride to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank? Heritage Community Initiatives is here to help
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,...
‘Born of the social justice movement,’ Giant Eagle Mobile Market brings groceries to food deserts around Pittsburgh
ANYA SOSTEK – Pittsburgh Post Gazette A few weeks ago, Rankin Mayor Joelisa McDonald posted a picture on her mayoral Facebook page of a new concept from Giant Eagle. Once a week, the company would bring to her town a trailer, called the Giant Eagle Mobile Market,...
Food podcast: Overcoming transportation hurdles can increase food access, security
FOOD PODCAST –TribLIVE podcast network On this week’s episode of the Food Podcast, presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union on the TribLIVE podcast network, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank looks into transportation and how it impacts food access and food...
Heritage Community Initiatives Provides Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank with Free Transportation Cards to be Offered to Hundreds of East Allegheny County Families
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...
Now Hiring (Everywhere). It’s the tightest job market in decades. Here’s how companies can still find top talent.
NATE DOUGHTY – Pittsburgh Business Times Paula McWilliams would love to be able to fill her 12 open and full-time roles “tomorrow,” but her biggest challenge is finding people to even apply for the positions. As the president & CEO of Heritage Community...
Study: Low-cost Mon Valley transit program has $14 million impact for local communities.
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...
Transportation service from Heritage Community Initiatives adds over $14 million annually to regional economy, economic impact study finds.
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...
Forging Forward: Going the Distance
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...