The
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran a story on Steel City officials coming to Denver for some research on city-building.
Excerpt:
"There's a lot of value to this," said Bill Flanagan, executive vice president of the privately funded Allegheny Conference. "If you rolled back the clock to 1970, Pittsburgh and Denver were basically the same size. Since then, Denver has grown and Pittsburgh has shrunk. The cities have a lot of similarities, and we want to look at the things they're doing to build their economy and grow."
Peduto spokesman Tim McNulty said the mayor will look to draw ideas from Denver's transit system; "eds and meds economy"; diversity and immigration policies; and healthy living initiatives. Denver has the sixth-lowest obesity rate among 189 municipalities nationwide, according to Gallup research.
Peduto recently launched "Live Well Pittsburgh," a campaign to promote physical health and wellness in conjunction with the county.
"There's a lot to learn there," McNulty said.
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