Riverlife (formerly known as Riverlife Task Force) is a nonprofit public-private partnership established in 2000 to guide and advocate for the redevelopment of the riverfronts of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its most significant capital project is the planning and development of Three Rivers Park.
Riverlife was established as Riverlife Task Force in 2000 as an independent public-private partnership, with its main focus being the creation of Three Rivers Park. Since its founding, Riverlife has been an active proponent of riverfront development focused towards bettering the beauty and recreational aspects of Pittsburgh's rivers. It has also voiced concerns over projects that it has felt would have an adverse effect on the rivers.
Over $129 million of public and private funding has been invested in building Pittsburgh's riverfront park system since 2000, resulting in over $4.1 billion in adjacent development in the forms of hotels, office buildings, entertainment venues and other real estate projects located next to the park.[1]
The organization simplified its name from Riverlife Task Force to Riverlife in 2008.
Vivien Li is Riverlife's president and CEO.
Mission and goalsedit
The core goal of Riverlife is to reclaim, restore and promote Pittsburgh's riverfronts as an environmental, recreational, cultural, and economic hub for the people of the region and its visitors. This is being accomplished through a combination of the following three approaches:
Developing core capital projects and acting as the driving force behind them.
Supporting other capital projects that are sponsored by public and private partners.
Advocating for high quality design, environmental preservation, and other issues that affect the park's development.
Riverlife has often been a distinct voice in the areas of Pittsburgh development projects. It has a history of both supporting or criticizing projects that it feels would have a positive or adverse effect on the rivers of Pittsburgh.
Referencesedit
^. Archived from the original on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
Patricia Lowry (2007). Riverlife Task Force profile: story by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 14, 2007.
Patricia Lowry (2006). Firm’s Winning Design for West End Bridge Uses Suspended Walkways: story by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
Rick Lord (2008). City becomes battleground over what makes good design: story by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
Riverlife Task Force (2007). Riverlife. Retrieved April 3, 2008.
Three Rivers Park Economic Impact Study (2015). [1] Retrieved February 16, 2016.
External linksedit
Riverlife website
January 01, 1970
riverlife, task, force, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, sep. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Riverlife Task Force news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Riverlife formerly known as Riverlife Task Force is a nonprofit public private partnership established in 2000 to guide and advocate for the redevelopment of the riverfronts of the City of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Its most significant capital project is the planning and development of Three Rivers Park Contents 1 Organization 1 1 History 1 2 Mission and goals 2 References 3 External linksOrganization editHistory edit Riverlife was established as Riverlife Task Force in 2000 as an independent public private partnership with its main focus being the creation of Three Rivers Park Since its founding Riverlife has been an active proponent of riverfront development focused towards bettering the beauty and recreational aspects of Pittsburgh s rivers It has also voiced concerns over projects that it has felt would have an adverse effect on the rivers Over 129 million of public and private funding has been invested in building Pittsburgh s riverfront park system since 2000 resulting in over 4 1 billion in adjacent development in the forms of hotels office buildings entertainment venues and other real estate projects located next to the park 1 Past and present board members of Riverlife include Carol Brown former president of Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Teresa Heinz of the Heinz Endowments Paul O Neill former United States Secretary of the Treasury Dan Onorato Chief Executive of Allegheny County and Art Rooney Jr president of the Pittsburgh Steelers The organization simplified its name from Riverlife Task Force to Riverlife in 2008 Vivien Li is Riverlife s president and CEO Mission and goals edit The core goal of Riverlife is to reclaim restore and promote Pittsburgh s riverfronts as an environmental recreational cultural and economic hub for the people of the region and its visitors This is being accomplished through a combination of the following three approaches Developing core capital projects and acting as the driving force behind them Supporting other capital projects that are sponsored by public and private partners Advocating for high quality design environmental preservation and other issues that affect the park s development Riverlife has often been a distinct voice in the areas of Pittsburgh development projects It has a history of both supporting or criticizing projects that it feels would have a positive or adverse effect on the rivers of Pittsburgh References edit Economy Archived from the original on 2016 02 08 Retrieved 2016 02 16 Patricia Lowry 2007 Riverlife Task Force profile story by Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved May 14 2007 Patricia Lowry 2006 Firm s Winning Design for West End Bridge Uses Suspended Walkways story by Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved April 1 2008 Rick Lord 2008 City becomes battleground over what makes good design story by Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved April 1 2008 Riverlife Task Force 2007 Riverlife Retrieved April 3 2008 Three Rivers Park Economic Impact Study 2015 1 Retrieved February 16 2016 External links editRiverlife website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Riverlife Task Force amp oldid 1169885362, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
