So after too many days of living in chaos after getting a delivery of furniture, I begin the arduous process of putting things back together again.  Because on the front…

Snuck into the Hill District Consensus Group (HDCG) meeting yesterday having missed the update on the grocery store, but did get there in time to hear Dr. Emma Lucas Darby…

This past Saturday stopped by the Ujamaa Collective's Community Cook-Out being held on Francis off of Bedford and got a chance to see longtime artists Bro. Tony Mitchell and Iya Bea Mitchell holding…

This past Tuesday the Hill CDC had a meeting to give "critical updates" to the community re: the issues of the Lower Hill. I was only able to make the second half of the meeting…

This past Saturday Rep. Wheatley hosted his 2nd Uphill 5K and while running this first 5k was  on the brutal side, the energy of the runners was great and it was a good time.  Special shout out to…

The Sports and Exhibition Authority's recent unsuccessful application to the Federal Department of Transportation for a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant…

Having the goal of running in Rep. Wheatley's Fall 5K, I was jogging recently with my brother and daughter in a wealthy, what I imagine is an almost entirely white enclave in Rehoboth Beach…

Attended the Hill CDC meeting Monday evening and when I came in at 7 pm (meeting began at 6 p.m.)  roundtables were being held looking for participants to weigh in on what appeared…

It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you...Interesting tweets a week ago Friday night as Mayoral candidate Bill Peduto was on a Hill District bar crawl going to the Flamingo and Ace's…

Last week on the sad occasion of the passing of my father, Clarence Laing (love you, Dad), I went back home to the metropolitan DC…

A week ago, children in tow, I passed out flyers on Wylie Ave getting a sense of and encouraging interest in a play space around Wylie Ave. This was the next step after our…

A couple of weekends ago my wife and our two youngest children wanted to play tennis (actually, my youngest son had no interest in going whatsover)…

Reading Councilman Lavelle's most recent newsletter (this was a few weeks ago at this point), my wife, Bonnie, Co-Director of the Hill District Consensus Group, pointed out to…

I tweeted on election day (@jdlaing) that walking from the Hill to the j-o-bizzy, I was surprised and interested in the fact that  no one had prompted me to vote. Compounding…

Last evening, Nazura Haymon and I knocked on doors in the Middle Hill as a part of an effort of the Hill District Consensus Group (an organization for which Nazura and my wife work)…

Getting some attention on Friday from Hill District advocates and watchers was an article written by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy (AIPP) and distributed thru email…

This meeting was actually held in August, but summing it up now will give some good background for later posts on the fund and the Hill District's effort to get a grocery…