There are new guidelines for community gardens. 

Community gardens and Adopt-A-Lot sites are open, but the first priority is to keep each other safe at all times. To ensure that community members stay healthy while using public gardening spaces, the following guidelines have been established:

• When in doubt, stay home. Do not come to the garden if you or someone in your home is sick, if you are a member of a vulnerable population, or are a senior. 
• Do not hold group volunteer days, no matter how small. 
• Visit the garden alone or with members of your immediate household. 
• If several people are at the garden, come back later. Limit the garden to 1-3 people at a time.
• For collective duties, make an online task list. Work done individually can still be shared by the community. 
• Post signage with these guidelines and rules in public.

While at the garden, it is important to: 

• Maintain social distancing by staying at least an arm and shovel length away from others.
• Wear a mask or cover your mouth and nose with a cloth. 
• Be aware of high-touch surfaces and disinfect handles, water spigots, shed doors, etc. Avoid using community tools and bring your own. 
• Remove all personal items and trash you bring to the garden. 
• Thoroughly wash all produce you harvest from the garden. 
• Avoid touching your face. 
• Wash your hands regularly. 

2020 paving has begun.   

This year the City is investing nearly $15.7 million in the street resurfacing program, which supports asphalt street resurfacing, ADA curb ramp upgrades on paved streets, and repair of concrete, brick and block stone streets throughout the Pittsburgh.  

Roughly 27 miles of streets will be resurfaced this year. Additional mileage will be resurfaced through cooperation agreements with local public utilities. Mechanical patching will improve many miles more by addressing particular trouble spots on otherwise acceptable street corridors. 

Paving and other outdoor work has been paused during the COVID-19 pandemic but the City announced last week that it was resuming such activity.

As most residents are staying indoors and sheltering in place, the City is making an extra effort to notify residents to move their vehicles to enable street resurfacing to proceed. Streets scheduled for upcoming paving are posted on the DOMI website and will be publicized through city social media channels.