about us
our board of directors
Joe Barantovich | Founder & President
Patty Columbia | Vice President
John McCune | Treasurer
Delaney Harvey | Secretary
Leah Mistick | Member
our partners
ACF Group, LLC
Robin Acton
Albert Gallatin Area School District
Amazon Web Services
Americon Construction
The Ashton Family
Autodesk, Inc
The Benedum Foundation
The Borough of Brownsville
Brownsville Area School District
Brownsville Free Public Library
Brownsville Garden Club
Brownsville Historical Society
Brownsville Sons of Italy
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Technologies
Cellurale Nurseries
Carmichaels Area School District
Comcast
The Community Foundation of Fayette County
Doug Oster
DCNR
The Giant Company
The Greater Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
Eagles Lodge #1356 Brownsville
EQT
Exquisite Design
The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce
Fayette County Commissioners
First Federal of Greene County
Heatland Fabrication
Intermediate Unit 1
Jefferson-Morgan School District
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful
Mt. Pleasant Area School District
The National Road Heritage Corridor
Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau
The Made to Mow Crew
The Patterson Family - In Memory of Ann Bobby Kushner
Pennsylvania American Water
Pickers Pub & Grub
Redstone Foundation
The Rotary Club of Brownsville
The Rivers of Steel
The Sandwich Shop & Deli
Team Humanity
University of Pittsburgh - Swanson College of Engineering
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
In the press
May 2023 - Senator Casey Makes Visit to Downtown Brownsville | The Daily Courier
April 2023 - Projects, Recognition Bestowed Upon Brownsville in 2022 | The Herald Standard
January 2022 - Planting the Seed: Brownsville’s Perennial Project Revitalizing the Borough | The Herald Standard
October 2021 - Perennial Project Wins Architecture Award for Virtual Revitalization | The Herald Standard
September 2021 - Design Pittsburgh Honors the Year’s Best from Pittsburgh Architects | Next Pittsburgh
July 2021 - Brownsville’s Pop-Up Art and Butterfly Garden Expected to be an Evolving Project | The Herald Standard
December 2020 - Planting The Seed : Brownsville’s Perennial Project Revitalizing the Borough | The Pennsylvania Capital Star
September 2020 - Perennial Project Joins in Revitalization of Brownsville | The Herald Standard
June 2020 - Eleven Brownsville Businesses Hold Grand Opening in One Day | The Herald Standard
April 2019 - Brownsville Perennial Project Teams with Landscape Architect, Community Leaders | Trib Live
awards
2024: FAYETTE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - NON-PROFIT OF THE YEAR
“What began as a small act of care for his hometown, has since blossomed into something truly extraordinary. ”
2021: AIA Pittsburgh - Social Impact Design Award The Perennial Project: Breathing New Life into an Impoverished Rust Belt Community
“This is a wonderful example of dynamic architectural thinking and issue-awareness that the profession can bring to our communities. It addresses future and past simultaneously and acts a catalysts for collaboration and visioning with the goal of enriching the community.”