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    Community Forge. Photo by Shamus Fatzinger.

    Community Forge: A vacant school becomes Wilkinsburg’s community center for education and civic action

    Emily Stimmel
    April 16, 2018
    City Design, Current Features, NEXT Wave, Wilkinsburg


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    About The Author

    Emily Stimmel
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    Emily fell in love with the written word as a teenager, when she published zines and wrote for her school paper. Today, she is a freelance writer with a decade and a half of experience in non-profit communications. She enjoys cooking, reading, crafting and exploring Pittsburgh with her husband and two sons.

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