Business Hub

We support a diversity of businesses to be integral partners in creating a thriving, equitable, and accessible community.
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Business District Coordination

Lawrenceville is the home to over 400 businesses from cafes, restaurants and bars to boutiques and vintage shops to manufacturers and factories, and everything in between.

Our staff is here to support your small business via real estate, permits and licenses, grants and funding, promotions and networking, and more!

Reach out via email to [email protected] or give us a call at 412-621-1616 and let’s get to work!

Digital Welcome Packet

Business Directory

Click into our (admittedly incomplete) directory of businesses throughout the neighborhood. Sort by type or search for a specific business or service.

View the Directory
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Become a Member!

Join LT today! Make a difference in your community by supporting our continued advocacy for the neighborhood. Members can sit on committees, vote for positions within the committees and board, receive discounts on business district programming, and more benefits coming soon.

Membership Details

Business Resources

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Non-Alcoholic Nightlife Guide

A curated companion for anyone looking to enjoy the energy, flavor, and connection of Pittsburgh’s vibrant Lawrenceville neighborhood after dark – without the alcohol.

Whether you are sober, sober-curious, pregnant, training, in recovery, or simply trying to cut back, you are not alone. This guide was created to spotlight the many bars, restaurants, and late night spaces in Lawrenceville that serve up mocktails, NA beers and wines, hop water, craft sodas, teas, and more.

Access the guide here.

Outdoor Dining Permits

The new Outdoor Dining and Retail License streamlines regulations, standards, and procedures for outdoor dining or retail activities to better serve our business community while also putting into place new expectations for license holders to maintain accessibility, appearance, safety and maintenance a part of the privilege for the use of public space.

For more info, please visit here.

Responsible Hospitality

Managing a thriving hospitality economy in the district alongside best practices for a balance of quality of life needs in our dense neighborhood.

Office of Nighttime Economy

The Office of Nighttime Economy (ONE) is the primary liaison between hospitality and nightlife businesses, their surrounding community groups and residents, and other City of Pittsburgh departments.

As part of a Sociable City Plan, the office was created in 2013 to address the complex issues required to sustain a safe and vibrant social experience for residents and visitors.

Visit their website here for more details and contact info.

LT's Community Process

Adopted in 2011, this process moved decision-making from a planning team to a more transparent and inclusive process. The goal of this process is to ensure the community knows what is being proposed, is able to provide direct feedback, ensure compliance with community plans and priorities, and to build consensus around our position on the project.

We take the following projects through this process:

  • Zoning Board of Adjustments
  • PA Liquor Control Board
  • Residential developments with 4 units or more
  • Use variances
  • Zoning changes
  • Liquor license application or transfer
  • Developments with the potential for community-wide impact
  • and more…

For further question on this process, please reach out to us at [email protected].

Liquor License Info

Liquor licenses are obtained four ways: through the issuing of a new license, the approval of a person-to-person transfer, the approval of a place-to-place transfer or the approval of a double transfer (person to person and place to place).

For further details and information, visit here.

URA

The Urban Redevelopment Authority is the City of Pittsburgh’s economic development enterprise.

They are committed to building a prosperous and equitable economy for all of Pittsburgh. They help bridge public and private interests to invest in meaningful equitable developments that promote housing affordability, economic mobility, entrepreneurship and neighborhood revitalization. Their work creates and sustains quality jobs, thriving neighborhoods, healthy communities and sustainable businesses for the benefit of all Pittsburghers.

Visit their website here for more information.

Sustainable Pittsburgh

At Sustainable Pittsburgh, we empower decision-making that builds a fundamentally equitable, resilient, healthy, and prosperous region. We open opportunities to encourage peer-to-peer learning and knowledge-sharing among decision makers in the business and municipal sectors.

We create frameworks, tools, and resources for organizations to track, measure, and earn recognition for their sustainability progress.

And we take targeted action to address urgent and emerging sustainability issues.

Their recognition programs include sustainable shops, restaurants, and workplaces. For more info, visit their website here.

3RBA

The Three Rivers Business Alliance connects LGBTQIA+ business owners, professionals, and allies across the Greater Allegheny region — building economic power through advocacy, education, certification, and community.

Visit their website here.

PLI

Access applications and forms, permits, licenses, and the OneStopPGH hub through the City of Pittsburgh’s Permits, Licenses & Inspections Office here.

3-1-1

Pittsburgh 311 connects you to more than 150 non-emergency city services. Search for a service or pick from the list to get started here.