Allegheny Regional Asset District
The Allegheny Regional Asset District – RAD – invests in Allegheny County's quality of life through financial support of libraries, parks and trails, arts and cultural organizations, regional attractions, sports and civic facilities, and public transit.
With half of the proceeds from Allegheny County's additional one percent sales and use tax, RAD has invested more than $2.5 billion in our regional assets since its inception. An additional $2.5 billion has gone directly to the County and its 128 municipalities for property tax relief and local government services. RAD is a time-tested solution that works for the economy, for assets, for citizens, for municipalities – for all. RAD works here.
Libraries
Libraries
Parks & Trails
Parks & Trails
Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture
Regional Attractions
Regional Attractions
Sports & Civic Facilities
Sports & Civic Facilities
Public Transit
Public Transit
Regional Assets
RAD funding supports more than 100 organizations that enhance our region's vitality and livability. We call them our Regional Assets. From library books to leopard cubs, and ballet barres to baseball games, RAD has something for everyone!
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Upcoming Events
Birds & More Naturalist-Led Walk
See Event DetailsForest Bathing with 10.27 Healing Partnership
See Event DetailsCine Américas 2026
See Event DetailsPoets Aloud: A celebration of international poetry
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P. Scott Cunningham is the author of Self-Portrait as the “i” in Florida
(Autumn House, 2026), winner of the 2025 Donald Justice Poetry Prize,
and Ya Te Veo (University of Arkansas, 2018), selected for the Miller
Williams Poetry Series and a finalist for the National Poetry Series.
His poems, essays, and translations have appeared in The Nation,
American Poetry Review, Gulf Coast, POETRY, A Public Space,
Harvard Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Monocle, and
The Guardian, among others. Born and raised in South Florida,
he lives with his family in Illinois.
Born in 1978 in Santo Domingo, Frank Báez has made a name for
himself as one of the Dominican Republic’s most relevant poets and
nonfiction writers. He has published six poetry books, a short story
collection, and four nonfiction books. He is a founding member of
El Hombrecito, the first Dominican Spoken Word band, which has
three albums to its credit. His work has appeared in numerous
anthologies, and translations of his books of poetry have been
published in Arabic, Dutch, German, and Bangla. Two of his books
have been translated into English: Last Night I Dreamt I Was a DJ (2014)
and The End of the World Came to My Neighborhood (2022).
Sony Ton-Aime is the Executive Director of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
and the author of Konbit (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2026).