The Hazelwood neighborhood in Pittsburgh marked a new chapter Wednesday with the opening of its new Community Field at Hazelwood Green.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the Rooney family, and city and county leaders were there to celebrate the new addition with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.”I mean, it took a lot of work to even get some roads in here 15 years ago. But now look where we are. We have roads, we have companies, we have housing, we have fields. You know, this is what it should be. And this is also a great sign of how Pittsburgh rebuilds,” Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor said. The field and youth recreation complex, featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers logo, will be operated by Steelers Charities. It is expected to host soccer games, football camps, clinics with Steelers players, and serve as the home of the Hazelwood Cobras youth football program. “This is a long time coming. Now this is something built here to bring us back together. It’s an awesome situation,” said James Cole, president of the Hazelwood Cobras youth football program. It will also be used by the Central Catholic Vikings. “And it’s not even about Central. It’s about everyone. It’s about the community. We’re all going to be coming together, and it’s going to bring, you know, kids together,” said Ashton Blatt, a senior at Central Catholic. O’Connor believes this is just the beginning for Hazelwood as they hope to build on this momentum.”You know, the next wave of that with housing coming on this site, affordable housing coming in the next couple of months as well. So this really allows the community to have access to acres that they didn’t have for so long,” O’Connor said. Community leaders expressed hope that this project will catalyze continued growth and unity in Hazelwood.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel

PITTSBURGH —

The Hazelwood neighborhood in Pittsburgh marked a new chapter Wednesday with the opening of its new Community Field at Hazelwood Green.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the Rooney family, and city and county leaders were there to celebrate the new addition with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“I mean, it took a lot of work to even get some roads in here 15 years ago. But now look where we are. We have roads, we have companies, we have housing, we have fields. You know, this is what it should be. And this is also a great sign of how Pittsburgh rebuilds,” Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor said.

The field and youth recreation complex, featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers logo, will be operated by Steelers Charities. It is expected to host soccer games, football camps, clinics with Steelers players, and serve as the home of the Hazelwood Cobras youth football program.

“This is a long time coming. Now this is something built here to bring us back together. It’s an awesome situation,” said James Cole, president of the Hazelwood Cobras youth football program.

It will also be used by the Central Catholic Vikings.

“And it’s not even about Central. It’s about everyone. It’s about the community. We’re all going to be coming together, and it’s going to bring, you know, kids together,” said Ashton Blatt, a senior at Central Catholic.

O’Connor believes this is just the beginning for Hazelwood as they hope to build on this momentum.

“You know, the next wave of that with housing coming on this site, affordable housing coming in the next couple of months as well. So this really allows the community to have access to acres that they didn’t have for so long,” O’Connor said.

Community leaders expressed hope that this project will catalyze continued growth and unity in Hazelwood.

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