The City of Pittsburgh’s greenways are one of its most overlooked assets, but a new grant to enhance these urban trails and greenspaces, announced on Tuesday by the Gainey administration, signals a brighter future for these amenities.

This comes on the heels of the Nov. 5 announcement that Pittsburgh had become the newest city to host a Thrive Outside initiative, which builds connections among community organizations to make outdoor recreation more available to more people. These two announcements only further bolster Pittsburgh’s case to be a great outdoor-recreation city.

Pittsburgh is a city of nooks and crannies — hidden-away places that provide respites from busyness and contribute to the character of the city. They are the result of the city’s uniquely rugged geography, and no matt

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