In October of 2000, HI embarked upon what will become one of the most important events in the history of our community - the Master Planning process for Hazelwood, the vacant LTV Coke Plant site, and Junction Hollow in Oakland.

Assisted by the City of PIttsburgh's Department of City Planning, we started by dividing up the neighborhood to create small groups of people to ask them what they saw as the future of Hazelwood. We compiled this information to serve as a basis of research for our hired consultants, The Saratoga Associates.

All of this research culminated in a day long Design Workshop or "charette" in early May. Over 100 people attended to weigh in on such issues as transportation, riverfront development, housing and safety.

All of this information will shape our Master Plan which will guide development of the LTV site and forge connections between the site and the neighborhood.

The Master Plan was presented to the community in October, 2002. The new owners of the LTV site, a consortium of foundations known as ALMONO, have utilized our Master Plan for the development ideas for their site.