Category Archives: Pittsburgh Going Green

A Green Future in Pittsburgh

Mother Nature Network put together a nice piece outlining a number of different environmentally friendly features of our city. Take a look at the article and then take a look at how Newbury is doing it’s part in continuing this effort.

Continue Reading

Three Rivers Arts Festival Continuing Around Pittsburgh

Founded in 1960, the Three Rivers Arts Festival has become a staple of Summer in the Pittsburgh area. With a mission to connect the community to arts and culture, as a division on the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the festival provides a variety of exhibits and shows for all ages. The free event boasts a line-up [...]

Continue Reading

Pittsburgh Currently Hosting World Environment Day 2010

You may have seen the green signs hanging around the city or you may have heard Pittsburgh is currently representing North America as part of World Environment Day, but what does this distinction entail? In the Fall of 2009, on the heels of the G-20 Summit, Pittsburgh was selected by the UNEP (U.N. Environment Programme, [...]

Continue Reading

Fall Festival November 8th 2009

Our Fall Festival at the site was on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. It was an open event for the public to get and a first look at the site and where the homes are to be built! Two dump trucks, an excavator, a roller and a D6 bulldozer were part of the main attraction where [...]

Continue Reading

"Positively Pittsburgh"

Recently, Pittsburghers have been enjoying being named “Best Sports City” by the Sporting News; but over the years, Pittsburgh has become the subject of countless accolades!  Whirl Magazine put together a “compendium of some of the city’s most brilliant accolades.” Here are some of our favorites: Pittsburgh has the best commercial real estate market in [...]

Continue Reading

Newbury Featured on WPXI Channel 11 News!

Newbury was featured on WPXI Channel 11 News on the evening of  September 18th! [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbiI5i6mLM] The segment features great views of the development site and EQA Landmark Communities President, Brett Malky, spoke about all of the excitement surrounding Newbury! To view the WPXI segment, click here.

Continue Reading

The Benefits of a Green Home

We at Newbury are currently in the process of finalizing our agreements with four builders: one custom builder, one zero-energy builder, one product builder and one specialty builder. We look forward to announcing our builders in the next few weeks. In addition, we’ll be starting model construction this fall and winter with a model open [...]

Continue Reading

Make Pittsburgh Even Cooler in June: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

The Black and Gold City Goes Green decided to “Make Pittsburgh Even Cooler” this month with a recycling event taking place this Saturday in the East Parking Lot of Heinz Field from 9 AM to 1 PM.  According to the Environmental Protection Agency, recycling half of your trash can prevent up to 509 pounds of [...]

Continue Reading

The Easiest Way to Go Green: Using Your Library Card!

  The most simple and original form of “going green” is back in style!  With the economy’s climate and summer months ahead of us, save some money, and trees, by heading to your local library.  Newbury’s home, South Fayette, features a friendly library with countless activities like a chess club, Mother Goose story time, and [...]

Continue Reading

Buy Fresh, Buy Local

Have you heard of the Pennsylvania Buy Local campaign?  Southwest Pennsylvania has embraced this healthy and green trend!  By The Numbers: 45     Farmers Markets 126     Farms 36     Restaurants/Catering 5     Retail Stores 5     Wineries & Breweries The reigional group for Southwestern Pennsylvania includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland counties and events [...]

Continue Reading