The organization unveiled new signage reflecting its recent name change, almost two weeks after it ended its partnership with sponsor PPG Paints and the PPG Foundation.
Beginning next month, the zoo will change its name to the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. PPG will relinquish its naming rights and instead fund the zoo's education programs. The zoo will use the funding to expand its teen programming, offering more programs in science, technology, engineering and math.
The Pittsburgh Zoo will start the new year with a new, but not unfamiliar, name. PPG and the PPG Foundation will relinquish their naming rights to the aquarium at the zoo, the Zoological Society of Pittsburgh and PPG announced. Beginning Jan. 1, the name will return to Pittsburgh Zoo &