CNN: Can Pittsburgh save Detroit?

Perhaps you saw this piece of positive press about Pittsburgh from Anderson Cooper on CNN.com. Essentially, it says what I have been saying for a long time- Detroit is in the same situation now that Pittsburgh was in 20-30 years ago. And Pittsburgh recovered. This article basically suggests that Detroit should model is recovery on Pittsburgh's. I agree.

Most interesting are the comments both pro and con. While we would all agree that Pittsburgh is not perfect, the point is that we are on the right track and lots of positive tings are happening.

Here is the link:

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/18/can-pittsburgh-save-detroit/

Good News Pittsburgh on Twitter!

Johnny Positive and Good News Pittsburgh can now be followed on Twitter at:

http://twitter.com/newspittsburgh

Pittsburgh Commercial Real Estate Market #1 in the U.S.

Makes sense. With a strong economy (relative to the rest of the country), it make sense that office and retail properties would be doing better in Pittsburgh than elsewhere.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_608350.html

Pittsburgh Home Prices up in 2008, Foreclosures down

Defying the national housing crisis, average and media home prices in Pittsburgh increased in 2008. Not only that, foreclosures went down as well. Absolutely amazing. That's a pretty good claim to fame.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_608405.html

2008 biggest year yet for Pittsburgh Film Office

Anytime movies are filmed in Pittsburgh, that's pretty cool. Not sure I'm sold on the huge economic impact they have, but I think the PR value for the city is great.


http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_608437.html

NY Times: Pittsburgh Thrives After Casting Steel Aside

Great NYT article about the resilient Pittsburgh economy and about how it can be a model for what Detroit is going through right now. Great that Pittsburgh is finally starting to get national recognition for performing better than the rest of the country in this downturn.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/business/economy/08collapse.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2

Pittsburgh's Fifth & Forbes Renaissance Nearing Completion

This talks about all of the construction projects near completion Downtown and their expected benefits and impact.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09004/939503-53.stm