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  •   Our organizational vision is to bring together ideas, leadership and resources to make the parks more sustainable and enjoyable for all. When w...

    21 February, 2023

  •   From all of us at the Allegheny County Parks Foundation, thank you to everyone who supported our work to improve, conserve and preserve the 9 A...

    26 January, 2023

  • The board of directors of the Allegheny County Parks Foundation has announced Joey-Linn Ulrich as the new executive director of the Foundation after a...

    26 October, 2022

  • The Parks Foundation is excited that the first phase of the restoration of a beloved North Park attraction – the Observation Tower – is beginning. Onc...

    24 March, 2022

  • Welcome to the Allegheny County Parks Foundation’s Trail Discovery Guide. Here’s your quick, easy-to-follow snapshot of featured trails in the 9 Alleg...

    08 February, 2022

  • Construction safety requirements have limited the public’s access to visit the Mansion side of Hartwood Acres but that’s a good thing! It means that p...

    20 September, 2021

  • Dee Briggs is a Wilkinsburg-based sculptor with a national reputation. Yet she has never been commissioned to create an artwork for a local outdoor pu...

    28 July, 2021

  • It is with great appreciation for all that she has done in leading the Allegheny County Parks Foundation that we announce the retirement of our Execut...

    18 June, 2021

  • PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County and the Allegheny County Parks Foundation celebrated the start of the next phase of the Sculpture Garden at Hartwood Acr...

    02 June, 2021

  • Caren Glotfelty, executive director of the Allegheny County Parks Foundation and longtime Pennsylvania environmental leader in academia, government an...

    15 April, 2020