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Millvale Borough

501 Lincoln Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15209
(412) 821-2777

info@millvaleboro.com

 

 

GRANT AVENUE POCKET PARK

G.A.P.P.

Checkout our progress
   
GAPP Alley way to North Avenue under construction. GAPP fill being set.

Same alley but grass is now growing - what a difference. Grass is growing and benches are being installed.
   
Wow lots of topsoiil... Vonteers from MULEN Advertising (Mullenteers) spreading topsoil.
WHAT IS THE G.A.P.P. ?

The Grant Avenue Pocket Park or G.A.P.P. began as an idea from two Millvale residents Brian Wolovich and Tricia George. Brian and Tricia are active community members working hard to improve Millvale. The idea was presented to Eddie Figas the Main Street Manager and the Millvale Focus Group. The Focus Group embraced the project and began to organize the efforts to make sure the project would move forward.The first step was to get permission from the property owners to place a park-let on the site. The site was two sites one owned by the Borough and the other by the Millvale Borough Development Corporation (MBDC). Both the MBDC and Borough agreed to dedicate the land to a park in an attempt to spur Economic Revitalization in the Millvale Main Street District. The Borough and MBDC feel that the GAPP is a positive effort to provide a passive recreational area within the Main Street District on property that is not utilized.

 

The MBDC then hired Hometown Planning and Design to conduct public meetings and generate a design for the GAPP based on the meetings. The MBDC and Millvale Focus Group held three public meetings from January through May of 2008. The meetings resulted in the final design of the GAPP and put in place a real opportunity for the community to make the GAPP a reality.

 

Next, a local non-profit New Sun Rising crafted a Grant to Community Connections an initiative of Pittsburgh 250 for $5,000 which was awarded to the GAPP project in December 2007. Then the Borough and MBDC applied to Allegheny County for a $10,000 Grant which was awarded in March 2008. The project stalled because of inflation of item costs. The Borough again approached Allegheny County and The Allegheny County Economic Development (ACED) for additional funds to kick the project off. In 2009 ACED awarded Millvale an additional grant of $13,000 for a total award of $23,000.

 

In December of 2009 concrete was poured to cover the entrance to Girty's Run Creek making the site safe and ready for fill. The site will be prepped and should be ready for planting in May of 2010.

 

Moving forward the Borough, MBDC and Millvale Focus Group hope to engage volunteers and local businesses to create the GAPP. Red Star Ironworks is designing a gate, fence and possibly amenities for the GAPP. We hope residents  and local businesses will volunteer and donate goods or services. If you can provide something on the needs list or can volunteer labor please sign up below.

 

The MBDC then hired Hometown Planning and Design to conduct public meetings and generate a design for the GAPP based on the meetings. The MBDC and Millvale Focus Group held three public meetings from January through May of 2008. The meetings resulted in the final design of the GAPP and put in place a real opportunity for the community to make the GAPP a reality.

 

Next, a local non-profit New Sun Rising crafted a Grant to Community Connections an initiative of Pittsburgh 250 for $5,000 which was awarded to the GAPP project in December 2007. Then the Borough and MBDC applied to Allegheny County for a $10,000 Grant which was awarded in March 2008. The project stalled because of inflation of item costs. The Borough again approached Allegheny County and The Allegheny County Economic Development (ACED) for additional funds to kick the project off. In 2009 ACED awarded Millvale an additional grant of $13,000 for a total award of $23,000.

 

In December of 2009 concrete was poured to cover the entrance to Girty's Run Creek making the site safe and ready for development. In March of 2010 the Millvale Borough Road Crew began work on the GAPP site which included further stabilizing of the concrete decking and steel I-beams, installation of drains, rain barrel preparation, installation of electrical conduit and light pole, filling the site and covering it with topsoil.

 

As part of an Earth Day project a group of volunteers from Mullen Advertising helped spread topsoil at the GAPP site in preparation for seeding and eventually planting.

 

Moving forward the Borough, MBDC and Millvale Focus Group hope to engage volunteers and local businesses to create the GAPP. Red Star Ironworks is designing a gate, fence and possibly amenities for the GAPP. We hope residents  and local businesses will volunteer and donate goods or services. If you can provide something on the needs list or can volunteer labor please sign up below.

BECOME A GAPP VOLUNTEER or DONOR

 WHAT WE NEED

    
ITEM/SERVICE

AMMOUNT

SITE FURNITURE
 
Benches:
4-ft (4)
 
6-ft (7)
Café Tables
4-5
Table Umbrellas
4-5
Chairs
16-30
Trash Cans
4-5
Information Kiosk
2
Trellis Panels
3
20 ft. diameter canopy/tent
1
3 ft. diameter concrete planters
4
 
 
LIGHTING
 
Gateway lanterns
2
 
 
MATERIALS
 
FLOWERS
 
  Basil Bee Balm  

  Blue Wood Aster

 
  Brown-eyed Susan  
  Butterfly Weed  
  Common Milkweed  
  Crooked-stemmed Aster  
  Flat-topped Aster  
  Golden Alexanders  
  Green-headed Coneflower
 
  Heath Aster
 
  Oxeye  
  Poke Milkweed  
  Purple-stemmed Aster  
  Tall Coreopsis  
  Tall Sunflower  
  Virginia Mountain Mint  
  Wild Bergamot
 
  Wild Sweet William or Meadow Phlox
 
SHRUBS
 
   Wild Lilac or New Jersey Tea  
   Serviceberry  
   Black chokeberry  
  Buttonbush  
  Redbud  
  Flowering dogwood  
  Witch-hazel  
  Winterberry  
  Mountain laurel  
  Lowbush blueberry  
  Elderberry  
TREES  

  Eastern white pine

 
   Red Maple  

  Yellow birch

 

  American beech

 

  Tulip poplar

 

  Basswood

 

  Pin Oak

 
 
 
Pea gravel for surface, 2 small bench seating areas
5 cu yds
Outdoor concrete stain or paint
for approx. 3000 sq. ft
Brick, stone for Grant Avenue fence
 
 
 
SERVICES
 
Stone or brick masonry for Grant Avenue fence
 
Lighting installation
 
Exterior Painting (culvert)
 
Landscapers
 

 CLICK ON THE DESIGN BELOW TO SEE THE G.A.P.P.

 

PARTNERS

Thanks Mullen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COOL STUFF

 RED STAR Designed Gate