Hello Neighbors,

In a fairly complicated situation, the Mayor has proposed ceding Enright Park in East Liberty to a private real estate development company.  There has been a vigorous discussion in the community over the future of the park, but - as we have seen with Schenley High School and the former Reizenstein School site - once public property has been sold to a private developer it is removed from public use forever.  The private development company also owns the former Babyland site where they have proposed putting an Autozone with a design that dramatically breaks with the zoning and design guidelines established for the area.  

I encourage you to provide your input by phone, online or at the public hearing scheduled for Tuesday, 3/22 at 1:30.  You can  contact Councilwoman Deb Gross at her District 7 office (412-255-2140).  You can also find the public hearing sign up form at: http://pittsburghpa.gov/cityclerk/schedule 

The hearing is over whether the property should be rezoned, which would be the first step in the process of removing this public space.  You can learn more at:  http://www.enrightpark.org/  

You can also look for 'Save Enright Park' on Facebook

Thank you.