Mission
To improve the educational, academic, social and economic climate of the community, to become a safer, cleaner, more beautiful and prosperous place to live, work, worship and play.
Programs and Services
- Highland Ridge Community Development Corporation was developed with two main focuses: Mending Fences, which provides free minor home repairs to low-income homeowners who are seniors, veterans or have permanent physical disabilities. In the last couple of years this became a secondary focus because of the inability to get bids from qualified contractors.
- Highland Ridge's Staying Green, manifested in the Neighborhood Garden, has become our current main focus with its yearly expansion in space and community participation. The Garden provides rental beds at low cost for planting vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers to the neighborhood at large. It is located between the Lemoyne Community Center and Lincoln Terrace where there is great need for its use. This past year has seen the renewal and addition of garden plots, including tabletop beds that provide convenience to older and physically-impaired gardeners.
- A large, covered pavilion is underway for use with educational programs for the children of LMCC's Camp Challenge this summer, and can provide shelter for meetings and other projects.
- We have help from a corps of dedicated volunteers who maintain the garden, as well as an annual week of labor from Bishop Canevin HS (Pittsburgh) students and parents who joyfully join us for cleanup, paint, repair and building whatever is needed.
- Completing the area, is the adjacent HR Park, an open green and treed space with tables and benches for respite to local residents and visitors.
- We try to work cooperatively with other garden groups and organizations to make the City of Washington a safer, cleaner and more beautiful place to live.
Primary Revenue Sources
Donations and garden rentals
Primary Fundraising Event
WCCF Gives Day
2023 Financials
| Federal Tax ID | 25-1874378 |
| Revenue | 12765.12 |
| Expenses | 6835.72 |
| Net Assets | 5929.40 |
Contact
| Name: | Sandra Mansmann |
|---|---|
| Title: | Board Vice President |
| Email: | s_mann41@hotmail.com |
| Website: | www.highlandridgecdc.org |
| Phone: | (724) 413-9921 |
| Address: |
PO Box 4275 Washington, PA 15301 |
This website contains an organizational snapshot, as well as links and contact information, for each of our participating charities. We have also included the tax identification number for each charity so Donors wishing to review more detailed financial and governance information may access the Form 990 for that charity via irs.gov.