ABOUT US
Downtown Neighbors Alliance is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, community-based organization that serves downtown Pittsburgh. We partner with supportive community leaders through innovative projects and events that encourage residential development, assist small businesses and promote the arts and entertainment. DNA strives to make the Golden Triangle a better place to live, work and play.
Downtown Pittsburgh is dynamic and so are its residents. The extraordinary access to rivers, trails, parks and amenities make the downtown neighborhood the premier place for people leading active lifestyles between New York and Chicago. Downtown Neighbors Alliance is the only resident-driven organization dedicated to building and improving the community of downtown.
More than 23,000 people connect with Downtown Neighbors Alliance every week through The Downtowner, our weekly newsletter, including over 5,000 Downtown residents. Thousands of people have attended our community-building events. More than 100 entrepreneurs, corporations and small businesses are part of the Downtown Neighbors Alliance network focused on enhancing the quality of downtown life for the ever-growing number of residents and visitors.
For 2024, Downtown Neighbors Alliance aims to transition the successful early rebirth of downtown into a thriving urban community. Our facilitation will be in both residential and retail growth that stimulates community development in downtown Pittsburgh. The goal of these programs is to foster a sense of community, diversify the small business landscape and cultivate arts and culture. Downtown Neighbors Alliance works to nurture relationships that give the growing residential and small business population a greater voice in the community, with a commitment to the well-being of Pittsburgh as a whole.
Downtown Neighbors Alliance holds as a value that residents, corporations, civic organizations and government have mutually beneficial relationships among all of us who share our commitments to Pittsburgh.
Stimulate community development by facilitating residential and retail growth downtown to make Pittsburgh one of America’s most vibrant and sought-after cities.
OUR MISSION AND VISION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
City Councilman (District 6)
R. Daniel Lavelle
President
Gene Ciavarra
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Vice President
Scott Sennott
Pancoast Staffing
Treasurer
BOARD MEMBERS
Alihan's Mediterranean Cuisine
Mulberry Public Affairs LLC.
Sherpa Software
AACCWP
City Councilman (District 1)
Hullett Properties
Huntington Bank
Highmark
McCaffery
Highmark
Buncher Company
Strassburger McKenna
Colliers
Legacy Realty
Nicholas Coffee
Peoples Gas
Alihan Hanoglu
Ashley Henry Shook
Balaji Srinivasan
Barata Bey
Bobby Wilson
Brett Walsh
Chuck Schons
Daniel Onorato
Dean Welch
Derek Uber
Gregg Broujos
Jeremy Rudkin
John Bilyak
John Jackson
Jordan Nicholas
Julia Homa
Leech Tishman
Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh
Rugby Realty Management
Allegheny County
Caputo & Caputo
CBRE
Duquesne University
McNees Law Firm
Dollar Bank
Beacon Communities
Troiani Group
Falbo, Inc
Build with RDC
Point Park University
Larrimors
K & L Gates
Huntington Bank
Trademarks
Julia Wu
Julian Vallozzi
Larry Walsh
Lauren Connelly
Louis Caputo
Mamadou Baldé
Dr. Mary Ellen Glasgow
Michael Lamb
Michael Phillips
Michael Polite
Michael Troiani
Ralph Falbo
Shawn Fox
Steve Tanzilli
Tom Michael
Tracy Lawless
Trish Cawley
Wayne Gregg