Below are some County / Regional links that may be of interest to local businesses and residents.  Please also check the Northside, City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and National/Federal links to the right.

If you feel that more should be added to this list, please contact Mila Nguyen at the Northside Community Development Fund nguyen@nscdfund.org.

Allegheny Conference on Economic Development
Allegheny County Official Website
Allegheny County Real Estate Website
Allegheny Regional Asset District

Allegheny Conference on Economic Development

The Allegheny Conference on Community Development and its affiliates (Pittsburgh Regional Alliance; Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce; and Pennsylvania Economy League-Western Division) are working in collaboration to stimulate growth in southwestern Pennsylvania's economy and improve its quality of life.

The Allegheny Conference and its affiliates are focused on fulfilling a vision for southwestern Pennsylvania:

• Ensuring that competitive taxes, an affordable cost of living, and an understandable, responsive governmental and civic structure are available to all businesses and residents in the region
• Working with private- and public-sector entities to provide a sufficient supply of ready-to-go sites, buildings or other infrastructure for every business seeking to locate or expand in southwestern Pennsylvania
• Promoting southwestern Pennsylvania as a leading center for the development and commercialization of technology
• Implementing educational standards that will result in well-educated children throughout the region, and a community where prospective businesses will know they can access a literate and well-trained workforce
• Establishing the Pittsburgh region as a community where talented young people want to live and work because of its unique mix of opportunities for careers, community involvement, culture and recreation

Allegheny County

Now you don't have to worry about calling several different agencies to get questions answered. Our team of experts can give you "one stop shopping" for agencies and regulations. We can also put you directly in touch with local municipalities.

Phone: (412)-350-1000

The Economic Development HotLine answers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. During business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time) it's staffed by experts from the Department who can answer questions and help cut through red tape. Call us and put us to the test. Allegheny County has prime development sites available near our new world class airport . . . and there are many other outstanding locations with access to the county's unsurpassed river and rail transport network.

Allegheny County Real Estate

The Office of Property Assessments (OPA) has converted its data from multiple databases into one integrated assessment system. Once fully operational, this new system will contain all information related to the assessment process -- from the recording of a deed to the payment of real estate tax bills. The new system allows OPA to provide more efficient and timely service to both the citizens of <*xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><*xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><*xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><*xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><*xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><*xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><*xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><*xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Allegheny County and the local taxing authorities.

 All data regarding the property has been provided by the Office of Property Assessments. The information contained on the Website reflects “unrefined” data.  Sales prices are for the latest recorded sale and may not reflect valid sales such as sheriff sales, love and affection sales and multiple parcel transfers. In the case of newly constructed buildings the price of the sale may reflect only the purchase of the vacant land. Therefore, sales to assessed ratio comparisons can be misleading.

Allegheny Regional Asset District

The mission of the District is to support and finance regional assets in the areas of libraries, parks and recreation, cultural, sports and civic facilities and programs. In addition to providing grants from half of the proceeds of the Allegheny County Sales and Use Tax, the District works with citizen boards and government officials monitoring the assets for effective operation and development.

Created by the Allegheny County Commissioners on March 31, 1994, under the authority of Act 77 of 1993, the District is a special purpose, area wide unit of local government. The geography of the District is the same as Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Unlike other local governments, the District has no taxing powers. The County government was authorized by the Act to levy a 1% sales tax identical to the state sales tax in order to fund the activities of the District and provide funds for county and local government tax reform. They did so in an ordinance creating the District and tax collections began July 1, 1994. The County government is not able to increase the tax levy.

The District receives one-half of the proceeds from the 1% Allegheny County Sales and Use Tax and the other half is paid directly to the county and municipal governments by the State Treasurer.