Happy Holidays!

Dec 23

From our street to yours, we wish you a happy & healthy holiday season. We look forward to seeing you in 2026!

|Image from our 2025 Holiday Light Bike Ride|

2025 that’s a wrap. 2026 here we come!

2025 YEAR IN REVIEW

ENJOY THIS 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW SLIDESHOW!

CELEBRATING SUCCESS!

2025 was an incredible year for Move Lebo! We nearly doubled in size and we expanded our advocacy and community building efforts. One of our main initiatives of 2025 was the development of the Citizen Street Data Initiative (CSDI). CSDI utilizes a Telraam monitoring device to collect data - a device we were able to purchase thanks to the generosity of our contributing members. The intent of CSDI is to empower residents with the information they need to demand change on their own street. And yinz showed up!! Our pack the room advocacy efforts can be seen all around the community in the form of tons of newly painted stop bars and crosswalks. On December 9th we packed the room with over 15 residents, who talked for over an hour on the need for our leaders to prioritize pedestrian safety and begin to implement the Complete Streets Policy. Thank you for sharing your time and passion with us. This work couldn’t happen without YOU! We have all experienced better and we want better for our community. We understand there’s still so much work to do and the process is grueling… it’s one of the reasons that we focus on community building & social events like sidewalk cleanups, group bike rides, run club, happy hours & the just launched, Move Lebo Book Club. We want to have fun and build community with our fellow residents that share our passion and commitment for safer streets, designed for people. Help us kick off the start of a new year at our quarterly general meeting, January 11th, 10:30am @ Needle and Bean.

2025 VOLUNTEER HOURS: 500+

We were out and about in 2025! Our organization logged over 500+ volunteer hours! Events such as sidewalk cleanups, group led bike rides, neighborhood walk & talks, pack the room events, tabling, newsletters, map design, data collection, etc.

Supporters

We are grateful to each of you for your support. We’ve nearly doubled our list of supporters and contributing members over the last year. We will continue to work hard to advocate and build our collective voice to bring safer streets, designed for people to Mt. Lebanon.

Contributing Members

NEW! MOVE LEBO BOOK CLUB

Why a book club? Sometimes, we take our urban spaces for granted. We protect our green space but our cities can be an unique ecosystem that is just as complex and fascinating. This book club will explore our urban spaces and how we, as humans, interact with them. By learning about these interconnections, we hope to develop a greater appreciation for the previously mundane in our daily lives and learn how to make a more livable world, one step at a time.

Join us for our first book club meetup: Wednesday, January 28th 6:30pm - 8:30pm @ Back Alley Brewing | Book Discussion: Walkable City by Jeff Speck

HOLIDAY LIGHT BIKE RIDE

Spreading holiday cheer, we lit up the streets of Mt. Lebanon during our second annual holiday light bike ride. Our holiday hits could be heard throughout the streets along with some cheers of applause as we made our way through. The ride ended just as the snow began, adding a bit of holiday magic to the evening. A special thanks to Jen Mazzocco for joining us from Dormont - we look forward to future rides together across the border. And congrats to our winner, Margaret. She scored some sweet Move Lebo swag & a Needle and Bean gift card.

FRANCOIS STUDIES BOWER HILL

Our Telraam device, lovingly known as Francois, completed his study of Bower Hill. As part of our Citizen Street Data Initiative, we prepared the information below and shared with the residents that live in the area. Did you know that contributing members can request to host Francois? If you’re interested in hosting Francois at your house, let’s chat.

SHOUT OUTS!

We want to thank the Mt. Lebanon Lions Club for their very generous contribution and continued support of our organization. Move Lebo was selected during a competitive funding process to be one of their 2025 funding recipients. Together, we look forward to working with the Mt. Lebanon Lions Club to continue to bring meaningful change and improvements to our community.

Help us keep the momentum going! Please consider making an end of year donation. Thank you!

Move Lebo is a grassroots organization, independent of the municipality.

We rely on the generosity of our neighors to fund our work. Become a member today!

Together we can make Mt. Lebanon a more connected community that prioritizes pedestrian safety and people-centered design.

Please help spread the word - share this newsletter with folks that might be interested in the work we’re doing!

Donate here - Thank you!

GET INVOLVED

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO GET INVOLVED TODAY?

BECOME A MEMBER! Your support enables Move Lebo to develop educational programs, host community events & purchase critical safety supplies for sidewalk cleanups and group activities.
Tell your family and friends about Move Lebo - share this newsletter.
Join in the convo on Slack.
Report! a safety issue or concern here!
Use the power of your words - speak at an upcoming Commissioners Meeting and/or Mobility Board meeting.
Sign up for RunLebo!
Register for Move Lebo Book Club