At a public hearing last night, a group of Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg residents said they do not support the city’s proposed annexation of Wilkinsburg.
Pittsburgh City Council appears likely next week to vote down a proposal to annex neighboring Wilkinsburg, but some council members have voiced support for an annexation in the near future. City Council on Wednesday voted against annexation in a preliminary vote, and a final vote is expected next week. A
Council will begin a series of meetings and studies to better understand how annexing the borough into the city will effect finances, services and other matters.
Wilkinsburg Borough Council has voted to sever all ties with the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation, the organization calling for Pittsburgh to annex the neighboring borough. The Wilkinsburg CDC — which initially was tasked with revitalizing Wilkinsburg’s main business corridor when it was formed in 2008 — has “failed in its