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Real Life Stories
Building on Basics
Learn what the FHLBank Pittsburgh is doing to help
build the basics for success in neighborhoods and communities
throughout the region.
Affordable Housing Program Success
“Our City Reading” Just Keeps Growing
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One of the most ambitious and successful downtown revitalization initiatives in Pennsylvania’s history shows no sign of letup. “Our City Reading” – the brainchild of department store magnate Al Boscov – had at last count sold more than 350 rehabilitated homes to a variety of very-low- to moderate-income homebuyers as part of a holistic plan to reenergize the eastern Pennsylvania city.
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Community Lending Program Success
Three Municipalities
Upgrade Their Infrastructure; Local Bank Commits
$8 Million with the Help of CLP
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How does one community bank meet the needs
of three municipal authorities, save local
taxpayers money and enhance its own reputation
for excellent customer service?
Three northeastern Pennsylvania localities
have embarked on major upgrades to their
public water and sewer systems using innovative
financing that will keep the projects moving
while saving tax dollars, and First Citizens
National Bank of Mansfield has found FHLBank
Pittsburgh’s Community Lending Program
(CLP) the key to sealing such deals.
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First Front Door Success
Stephanie Maddrey Decorates a Wedding Cake - and a New Home
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Like so many other Americans, Stephanie Maddrey and her fiancé, Gary, longed for all the good things life has to offer - a happy marriage, a family and a place to call home.
In October 2006, those plans started coming together for the Philadelphia couple, thanks in part to FHLBank’s program for first-time homebuyers.
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Banking On Business Success
The ‘W’ in Warren Now Stands for ‘Wired’ - Thanks to BOB
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October 20, 2006 was a big day for the Warren County, PA School District.
Last fall, 13 buildings in the district - kindergarten through high school as well as administrative offices - went live with fiber optic, high-speed wide-area network and broadband services, enabling students, teachers and parents to learn, instruct and coach the county’s young people in new, more immediate ways.
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My Money My Life
'My Money, My Life' Getting Ennis Davis Ready for Wheels, College
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17-year-old Ennis Davis of Clairton, PA is doing double duty educationally these days. The Clairton High School junior puts in a full day at school and then, once a week, heads down to Neighborhood Housing Services of Allegheny County for the advanced class of My Money, My Life, the free financial literacy program founded by FHLBank Pittsburgh in 2004 for the benefit of at-risk young adults.
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Blueprint Communities
Century-old Landmark Getting Makeover Through Blueprint Communities
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The Fayette County, PA community of Connellsville has plenty going for it - immediate access to the Youghiogheny River, historic downtown buildings, two parks, a bike/hike trail and an engaged citizenry. In 2005, a team of energized citizens was tapped by FHLBank and its partners to bring the Blueprint Communities revitalization initiative to the riverfront city. Now, their hard work is starting to pay off.
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