Resources

These resources provide guidance and information that assist in learning about the agendas the community is currently pursuing and matters that are important to our neighbors.

We encourage you to review the list and incorporate the information as you seek to make meaningful connections and partnerships with our neighbors in support of the community.

Greater Hazelwood Neighborhood

Explore Hazelwood's Vibrancy

Hazelwood: Strengthening Community & Uplifting People - Video

Discover Hazelwood Green

Discover the latest innovations happening at Hazelwood Green!

Review the Greater Hazelwood Neighborhood Plan

The Greater Hazelwood Neighborhood Plan focuses on ways to strengthen the community while preparing for a future that recognized the possibilities emerging through growth, change and positive community impact.

Stay up to date on the progress of the Plan's many projects and programs.

Greater Hazelwood Neighborhood Profile Report, 2020

This report, based on 2020 Census data, provides the opportunity to reflect and evaluate where the community is today and what possibilities for growth and change await.

The Hazelwood Neighborhood, 2010

The Hazelwood Neighborhood 2010 Report presents a picture of the Hazelwood community following decades of population challenges and decline.

Capstone Classes and Pitt Reports

Year of Emotional Well-Being: Enhancing Resilience and Healthspan Through Listening Sessions with Community Engagement Centers (2025)

Report is in the process of being finalized.

Assessing Community Power in Hazelwood (2024)

This is an Urban Planning & Geographic Analysis Capstone exploring innovation districts and equitable development. 

Advancing Community Goals in Greater Hazelwood (2024)

The Advancing Community Goals in Greater Hazelwood Project builds on our current ongoing partnership with the Greater Hazelwood community and focuses on supporting the community in monitoring and understanding the air quality in the local residences and neighborhoods. 

Remake Cities: Comparative Urban Research (2024)

The creative re-imagining of Greater Hazelwood through political and community initiatives. 

Equitable Development Playbook (2022)

An informational guide, The Equitable Development Playbook, explains how residents can influence changes in their community in an equitable way. 

BioForge

Pitt's Biomanufacturing Facility in Hazelwood Green

BioForge will use biological manufacturing to solve problems that, in the past, have prevented ground-breaking therapies from being scaled and delivered.

Beam Signing Ceremony

Greater Hazelwood community participants took part in the Beam Signing Ceremony by signing the beam that would be lifted to complete BioForge’s frame. 

Workforce Development Initiatives

Report: Accessible Employment and Job Training Opportunities in the SWPA Life Sciences Sector

How Pitt is taking steps to make life sciences jobs more accessible for all.

Kaleidoscope Summit

Opportunities for Positive Community Impact

The Greater Hazelwood Kaleidoscope Summit brought together a diverse range of unique perspectives and fostered in-depth discussions on how the field of life sciences can positively impact the Greater Hazelwood community.

The World of Life Sciences in Greater Hazelwood

Download a digital coloring book copy for print.