03/24/2026
🏘️Residents and stakeholders from across the neighborhood gathered for the latest Hill District community meeting on Thursday to hear updates on major projects shaping the neighborhood, from new institutional development to infrastructure planning and reinvestment efforts across the Hill District.
Duquesne University presented final details for its School of Health Sciences, which received an 84.67 percent score through the Development Review Panel process at the committee level and is now open for community scoring.
The New Pathways (RAISE) project outlined planned changes and updates along Centre Avenue, including curb bump-outs, wider sidewalks, lighting upgrades, and traffic-calming measures intended to reduce pedestrian injuries and deaths. A previously proposed five-way intersection redesign at Dinwiddie and Devilliers was changed by the City’s designers due to right-of-way limits, with curb extensions now planned instead. Current designs could remove more than a dozen street parking spaces, and the Hill CDC is advocating for adjustments to reduce that impact. Construction is scheduled for 2027, and public feedback opportunities are planned for March and April.
The Development Review Panel (DRP) is the Hill District’s unified voice on community development that gives each and every Hill District resident a voice in the redevelopment of their neighborhood.
The building will include an outpatient speech clinic serving thousands of patients each year, along with pediatric labs and wellness programming. The project will be built as a 100 percent union job, with Duquesne charged to work with the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh and Riverside Center for Innovation to expand minority workforce and business participation. Parking will be supported through newly acquired Fifth Avenue lots and a real-time garage tracking system, with a Pogo E-bike station also planned. During the discussion, a stakeholder raised the idea of reviving a Midwife Science program tied to career pathways as a possible addition in programming. Residents of the Hill District are invited to vote on the project through Thursday, March 27th at 12:00 PM.
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