Mayor seeks young adults for commission

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is seeking applications from young adult residents who want to serve on his Propel Pittsburgh Commission.

Applicants must be 20 to 34 years old.

Mr. Ravenstahl established the commission in 2007 to make the city more attractive to that demographic.

At his request, Pittsburgh City Council recently passed legislation aimed at making the commission more efficient. The changes included reducing the number of commission members from 35 to 15 and removing the mayor as chairman.

The terms of the original commission members have expired. Now, Mr. Ravenstahl is seeking applications to fill all 15 slots.

Applicants must live in the city.

Members will serve three-year terms and be expected to attend monthly meetings. At least one commission member will be selected from each of the nine council districts.

The application is available at www.pittsburghpa.gov/youthpolicy Applications are due by 5 p.m. April 15. They may be emailed to Stephen Zumbrun, deputy manager of youth policy, at stephen.zumbrun@city.pittsburgh.pa.us or mailed to him at 541 City-County Building, 414 Grant St., Pittsburgh 15219.





First published on April 6, 2011 at 12:49 pm