WHAT WE DO

MISSION

The Clean Pittsburgh Commission is a network of city government, non-profits, individuals, and community groups working to improve the environmental quality of life of Pittsburgh residents through litter and illegal dumping prevention, cleanup, and enforcement in support of Mayor Bob O’Connor’s Redd Up initiative.

Clean Pittsburgh Trust Fund Legislation | Clean Pittsburgh Creation

2013 VISION:

• Residents are engaged and empowered to clean their community
  
  
• Pittsburgh is perceived nationally as a clean, safe, environmentally friendly city
  
  
• City Departments effectively and efficiently provide services to our stakeholders to address the environmental needs of the city in a collaborative way
  
  
• CPC has a sustainable source for operating expenses

STRATEGIES

• Forge and refine partnerships with like-mission organizations to gain position, impact, and reach such as DPW, environmental groups, schools, and citizens groups
  
  
• Demonstrate effectiveness of CPC citizen engagement model to decrease blight
  
  
• Focus on blighted communities to demonstrate impact of our work
  
  
• Capture information about litter, illegal dumping, graffiti, abandoned cars, and vacant land and homes that is useful to others about blight and cleanup activities underscoring value of CPC
  
  
• Institute neighborhood programs which yield participation and support
  
  
• Undertake a diversified strategy to generate funding (foundations, corporate sponsorships, special events, individual organizations)
  
  
• Maintain a blended operating structure involving the use of volunteers, organizations and City staff to operate opportunistically, and with consistency
  
  
• Initiate a significant marketing and public education effort is to raise awareness of the organization and eliminate blight
  
  
• Blend the operating structure so that volunteers and staff maximize quality control and communication
  
  
• Put in place a significant marketing and public education effort to raise community understanding of environmental issues and eliminate blight and environmental hazards