Pittsburgh, PA

The creators of Pop City (http://popcitymedia.com), a weekly e-magazine giving praise to businesses, people, places, and events in Pittsburgh, are hosting Pop City Live!

Pop City Live! is a free monthly series of engagingly educational events where we will showcase the creative and intellectual talent of the city, speak to its transformation and provide a networking forum for those interested in all things Pittsburgh.

More than a lecture series, Pop City Live will encompass everything from serious panel discussions to entertaining and interactive experiences. Always surprising, always thought provoking and always (hopefully) a little irreverent. Every event will provide an opportunity to network, with some refreshments to entice people to stay.

September 10, 2007 at 6:30 pm
@ the New Hazlett Theatre
Free!
rsvp@popcitymedia.com

Our moderator, Grant Oliphant, and panel of experts on cities and the talent that drives them, will engage in a lively discussion, with audience participation, on how Pittsburgh might build on our unique assets to propel Pittsburgh to become a “hot” city.

Recently, Pop City published this response to a survey question where we asked, in what ways is Pittsburgh the first, the best and the only?

Readers overwhelmingly judged their city as special in five ways:
• Loyal and proud – “Pittsburgh built America with steel and is leading America in the high tech age.”
• Great value and quality of life – “Pittsburgh has a low cost of living which means artists can buy
homes and still have money left over.”
• Accessible and friendly - “Pittsburghers wave you to turn left in front of them in traffic.”
• Leading edge – “Pittsburgh has the first ever Ph.D in robotics.”
• Unique – “Pittsburgh is the first city to put French fries on a sandwich.”

Readers had much more to say, of course, and their comments provide an inside look at our city’s strengths. One respondent summed up an aspect of Pittsburgh that some faster growing cities find hard to duplicate: “The city is at once old world and modern. We allow the future to grow on top of the past.”

Please join us and bring your ideas. Cocktails and conversation to follow.
Respond to: rsvp@popcitymedia.com