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Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy received a top international honor for its work developing a large parking lot in Oakland into programmable urban green space.
Schenley Plaza won the Silver Award in the Environmentally Sustainable Project category at the 2009 International Awards for Livable Communities (LivCom Awards), held Oct. 8-13 in the Czech Republic.
The $12 million Plaza was the product of a community-wide effort. It was completed in 2006 and expects its millionth visitor in 2010.
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy blog features a photo of president and CEO Meg Cheever being congratulated by the chief executive of the LivCom Awards, and also a slideshow of the presentation given at the awards ceremony.
Click here to read the complete Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy blog post.