The purpose of this section is to link you to other websites, articles, and resources about Allegheny County that we think are interesting, useful and have been utilized to provide some of the historical background of the location we visit. Most of the historical background from this website is derived from these resources. As this is not yet a detailed research product, this section, especially the Post Gazette database will serve as citation.
Studies
Government for Growth: A City-County Merger?
A comprehensive study of a merger between the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County chaired by Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. Released on April 3, 2008.
Articles
The Next Page: For a New Allegheny County -- 26 school districts, 26 municipalities
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Everyone knows we have too many local governments — and too many school districts. So here's an immodest proposal: Let's make many mergers all at once.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09172/978701-109.stm#ixzz0JCPZdrR8&D
Meetings in the darndest places
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: When it comes to government business, some officials meet in a little slice of heaven. Or they just go to the mall.
Braddock Redevelopment Questioned
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Sean Walden has heard his mother preach about Braddock's better days, when working-class people with money in their pockets strolled the city's main street to shop.
Communities share resources, staff; Cooperatives keep municipal identities distinct
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: To outsiders and lifetime residents alike, southwestern Pennsylvania can seem like a bewildering jigsaw puzzle of pygmy kingdoms…
Homestead Works: Steel lives in its stories
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The world's largest steel-producing plant is gone, replaced by a shopping complex, but those who worked in the mills want people to remember what once was
In Allegheny County, towns increased from 7 townships to 130 municipalities
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Once upon a time, Allegheny County consisted of seven townships. That was 1788…
Reclaiming Hope: Voluntary Disincorporation in Allegheny County
Chris Briem: Report of former County Controller Frank Lucchino on municipal consolidation
Regional Insight: Too Many Towns Spoil the Economy
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: If you like government, the Pittsburgh region is the place to be. We have more than 1,000 separate governmental entities in the 10-county region…
