{"id":155995,"date":"2026-04-03T03:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/155995\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:57:13","slug":"city-of-pittsburgh-announces-investment-in-community-ballfields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/155995\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Pittsburgh announces investment in community ballfields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Major investments are coming to baseball fields across Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor and the Pirates Charities gathered at a ball field in the West End on Thursday to announce a $600,000 investment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The money will be used to buy equipment to maintain fields and new scoreboards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe have to start competing. If we want Pittsburgh to be every family\u2019s first choice, it comes to details. It comes to supporting places we see each and every day,\u201d O\u2019Connor said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pirates Charities will chip in $300,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Pennsylvania Laborers District Council is providing the other half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FREE WPXI News app&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Watch WPXI NOW&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major investments are coming to baseball fields across Pittsburgh. 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