Great Weather, Great Patio Party!

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Patio Party!

Veteran Artwork In Lawrenceville

The Fe Gallery in Lawrenceville will be hosting the "Veteran Expression" exhibition starting this Saturday which showcases Vietnam era through current veterans' artwork.

"Veteran Expression," an exhibition of artwork by veterans who served from the Vietnam era through post-9/11, continues through Sept. 1 at Fe Gallery, 4102 Butler St., Lawrenceville (15201). The curator is Marine veteran Jared Boyer, a Fe Gallery board member.

At 4 p.m. Saturday, representatives from Operation Valor Arts will hold an information session at the gallery about the OVArts program and the organization, a nonprofit that assists veterans with education, career training and job placement while they design and construct public art to honor our troops. Information: www.fegallery.org.

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The Enterprise Zone Program Tax Credit Now Available

The Enterprise Zone Program (EZP) Tax Credit is available to companies that make qualified investments to rehabilitate, expand, and/or improve buildings or land that promote community economic development, AND which are in impoverished areas that have been designated as Enterprise Zones. Tax credits are authorized in the amount of 25 percent of funds invested, up to a maximum of $500,000. The application can be found at: http://www.newpa.com/find-incentives-apply-for-funding/single-application-for-assistance


The Southwestern PA Commission works with small businesses to aid in their business expansion and development projects. They also act as a public partner to reduce risk for local lenders, and currently have interest rates for business loans as low as 2.75%. For more information contact Dick Wallace at (412) 391-5590 ext. 322, or email him at rwallace@spcregion.org. For more information please visit: http://www.spcregion.org/plan_loans.shtml

Congratulations to the 40 Under 40 Award Winners!

Every year 40 Under 40 awards professionals in the Pittsburgh area who have shown excellence in civil leadership and overall impact in the region. Winners are chosen with the goal of recognizing 40 people under the age of 40 who are committed to shaping our region and making it a better place for everyone.

Selected from a nomination pool of more than 220 candidates, this year’s honorees were chosen by an independent panel of judges, comprised of former winners, business professionals and civic leaders. Winners were chosen based on their passion, commitment, visibility, diversity and overall impact on the region.

We even had a winner in our own offices:

Jon Pastor, 34
CEO and Founder, Rent Jungle

You can see the full list of winners here.

Now Leasing!

Now Leasing

Contact Juan Garrett

 412-322-3523

  jg@riversidecenterforinnovation.com

Riverside Center for Innovation is the renovation of the mid-19th century May Stern warehouse along the Allegheny River, North Shore into one of the region’s premier incubator.   The award winning architectural detail applied to this office building, utilizes the exposed brick walls and timber joists and beams to retain the character of this historic building.  Naturally, the view of the Allegheny River is nothing short of spectacular.  With over 11,000 s.f. per floor, Riverside Center for Innovation is adaptable to suite any tenant need, from 210 s.f. to 4,994 s.f.   Riverside Center for Innovation offers FREE parking, Fiber Internet Connections included with rent.  Other services: Telephone/Receptionist services, Photocopier – B&W and Color, Conference Rooms, Faxing, Word Processing, Postage, Exercise Facility, IT Services, Notary Public, Business Counseling, MBE and WBE Certifications, Entrepreneurial Business Counseling.

Our New Mission work to create a healthy environment for the region's entrepreneurs and small businesses to prosper by providing incubation support, training, innovative strategies and brownfield development.   Riverside Center for Innovation opened in 1992 to promote and foster the growth of entrepreneurial enterprises. The Center consists of strategic synergies among our businesses to provide a virtual company including accounting, public relations, risk management, research and real estate ventures. The Center is located within city of Pittsburgh’s Technology Zone and Pittsburgh Central KIZ.  The Technology Zone has been designated by the City of Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority to promote job growth and businesses to advantage of businesses expansion opportunities and investments.

Available Suites

Suite 211 - 522 s.f. - $696 per month	Suite 330- 499 s.f. - $665 per month
Suite 331- 783 s.f. - $1,044 per month	Suite 544- 172 s.f. - $225 per month

RCI's Own Pikimal/Webkite Featured In The Business Times

We love seeing RCI members get attention in the media, and it is not surprising that Eric Silver of Pikimal should be noticed by the Business Times. Pikimal is unrolling a new brand called Webkite soon, and we can't wait to see what it can do. Take a look:

Using the technology developed for Pikimal, the new company white labels it, making it a content management platform that any client website can use. 

“I used to think it was all inside Pikimal,” Silver said, about trying to build a new way to search. However, he now sees the technology as a way to harness the opinions of the crowd and the opportunity is giving that tool to others to run on their domains. 

Pikimal, which has seen its traffic recover and grow, is now powered by WebKite as are a couple other sites built by WebKite's team to show what it can do. 

“The big vision is we want to improve how search works,” Silver said, the same goal he had for Pikimal but now, its improving search within specific websites for people looking for specific items. WebKite takes a client’s structured data and uses it to build a dynamic site.

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