• General support for federal programs that can help local officials create or improve parks, trails, redevelopment, and economic opportunity for the Pittsburgh community.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to October 1, 2019

General Issues: Urban Development/Municipalities, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Economics/Economic Development, Environmental/Superfund, Natural Resources, Transportation, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $254,885 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Y Y