On today’s episode of The Confluence: Second Avenue Commons opened in November 2022, since then, they’ve provided food, shelter, and more to those unhoused, we check in more than six months since they opened their doors. Pittsburgh’s Pride kicked off this weekend, we recap the events and discuss the history of it in the region. And Stephanie Flom, who joined Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures in May 2014, is retiring.
A new 45,000-square-foot facility homeless shelter in Downtown Pittsburgh will soon open to help provide services and beds for people in need. The Second Avenue Commons is run by Pittsburgh Mercy, in collaboration with the Allegheny County Department of Human Services, Community Kitchen Pittsburgh, Second Avenue Commons, Inc. and UPMC.
Second Avenue Commons will have a shelter capacity of about 140 beds in the winter plus 43 single-room occupancy units for people experiencing homelessness.