TO THE CITY INHE T NEXT COUPLE YEARS. SHELDON: HRE E IN THE HILL DISTRICT, THE CITY IS TRYING TO REDEFINE HOW RECREATIONAL CEERSNT OPERATE, STARTING WITH THIS ONE. THE AMMON’S RECREATION CENTER. ISTH RIBNBO CUTTING IS NOT THE ONLY THING BRINGING SMIS.LE IT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THE RIBBON-CUTTING THAT GENERATES THE REAL EXCITEMENT. >> KIDS ARE NO LONGE JUST GOING TOR BE GIVEN A BASKETBALL AND A CUP OF JCEUI AND TOLD THAT THEY CAN HANG OUT. SHELDO RESHAPING CHILDREN BY REINVENING RECREATIONAL CENTERS IS A NEW WAVE TECH SAVVY CULTURE. CITY PLANNERS AND NONPROFITS SAY HIGH-TECH JOBS WILL FLOOD THIS REGION AND CHILDREN NEED EVERY ADVANTAGE TO BE READY. MAX ISHE T CITY’S DIGITAL INCLUSION COORDINATOR. HE SAYS ITS CRUCIALO T EXPOSE KIDS TO MORE THAN ATHLETICS. HE ALSO SAYS THEY WILL BE ARMED WITH LAPTOPS, GROOMED FOR THE TE CH INDUSTRY. >> ALL STUDESNT WHO FREQUENT OUR REC CENTER WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED, SOME ARE INTELLECTUALSND A SOMEONE TO GET INTO COMPUTER SCIENCE OR COMPUTER PROGRAMMING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCESS. SHELN:DO HAVING INTRODUCTORY SKILLS FOR THE JOBS LINING UP FOR THE REGION IS VITAL. >> CODING, ROBOTS,IC A.I., THESE ARE THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE, IN THE NEXT SEVEN TO 10 YEARS. SHELDON: THE JOSH GIBSON FOUNDATION, CITY PAR,KS THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS AND FIRST NATIONAL BANK ARE COLLABORATING AS A TEAM. WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE AMMON’S RECREATION CENTERS I THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE OTHERS AROUND THE CITY. >> CARREE SKILLS PLUS LIFE SKILLS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMT,EN MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS. SHELDON: THERE ARE NINE OTHER CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CYIT AND JUST LIKE THIS ONE, THEY WILL ALL FOCUS OMAN KING KIDS TECH SAVVY. IN THE H
Pittsburgh recreation centers redefined with emphasis on tech industry for youth
“Kids in our city, are no longer going to be just given a basketball and a cup of juice and be told that they can hang out,” said Mayor Bill Peduto’s Chief of Staff, Dan Gilman.
Updated: 6:22 PM EDT Oct 25, 2021
It’s the first in the city of Pittsburgh, the Ammons Community Recreation Center taking on an added high-tech dimension to be infused into the culture of inner-city youth.”Kids in our city, are no longer going to be just given a basketball and a cup of juice and be told that they can hang out,” said Mayor Bill Peduto’s Chief of Staff, Dan Gilman.Ushering youth into the high-tech culture and fundamentals job skills is the emphasis driving the new agenda after school and during the summer, “career skills, plus life skills, plus workforce development, mentorship programs,” Gilman said.City and regional planners see high tech companies flooding the region in the next several years, so Max Dennison, the city’s Digital Inclusion Coordinator, said it is vital that children who access recreation centers be given every advantage to prepare for those academic courses, even before high school, “coding, robotics, A.I., these are the job s of the future, in the next seven to 10 years.”During a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday afternoon, a c0mputer lab was unveiled at the Ammons Community Recreation Center.Nine other recreation centers in the city will follow the blueprint at Ammons in the next few years.Dennison said it’s an aggressive project addressing need and desire, because most children don’t aspire to be professional athletes, “all students, all kids who frequent our rec center are not into athletics, some are intellectuals. Some want to get into computer science and computer programming and we just want to make sure we have access.”
PITTSBURGH —
It’s the first in the city of Pittsburgh, the Ammons Community Recreation Center taking on an added high-tech dimension to be infused into the culture of inner-city youth.
“Kids in our city, are no longer going to be just given a basketball and a cup of juice and be told that they can hang out,” said Mayor Bill Peduto’s Chief of Staff, Dan Gilman.
Ushering youth into the high-tech culture and fundamentals job skills is the emphasis driving the new agenda after school and during the summer, “career skills, plus life skills, plus workforce development, mentorship programs,” Gilman said.
City and regional planners see high tech companies flooding the region in the next several years, so Max Dennison, the city’s Digital Inclusion Coordinator, said it is vital that children who access recreation centers be given every advantage to prepare for those academic courses, even before high school, “coding, robotics, A.I., these are the job s of the future, in the next seven to 10 years.”
During a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday afternoon, a c0mputer lab was unveiled at the Ammons Community Recreation Center.
Nine other recreation centers in the city will follow the blueprint at Ammons in the next few years.
Dennison said it’s an aggressive project addressing need and desire, because most children don’t aspire to be professional athletes, “all students, all kids who frequent our rec center are not into athletics, some are intellectuals. Some want to get into computer science and computer programming and we just want to make sure we have access.”
