Community Connections

Welcome to VoxPop for Pittsburgh 250 Community Connections! Here you will find an ever-growing collection of field recordings captured by Pittsburgh 250 participants at Community Connections-related activities throughout 14 counties of Southwestern Pennsylvania during the 2008 anniversary year.

Listen in to VoxCasts posted by your friends and neighbors

Contribute to VoxPop with your own recordings

Learn more About Community Connections

Community Connections projects can create audio recordings of live events, lectures, speeches, debates with friends, or just your own commentary.

Using just your mobile phone, call in to 412-282-1188 and begin recording live audio. Your recording is instantly posted to the VoxCast page and shared with the public. You can record documentation of your project, including interviews, live audio from events, or simply conversations.

Community Connections is a grassroots initiative of Pittsburgh 250 supporting projects that encourage civic engagement throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania, commemorate the region's 250th anniversary, and provide lasting value to communities and the region as a whole. More than 500 applications for funding were submitted by individuals, community groups, and organizations to celebrate the "Pride and Progress" of Southwestern Pennsylvania—the theme of Community Connections. A region-wide community decisionmaking process selected 100 projects to share $1 million in funding for events and activities occurring throughout the anniversary year of 2008.