Pittsburgh daily roundup: Dashcam to Boston; NatGeo recommends ‘hilly tech town’; Allegheny Health’s $1B expansion

Power moves in the PGH scene

Spring has brought quite a few changes for Pittsburgh companies. Hot off hiring four NASA vets to make its next moon launch successful, Astrobiotic inked a rocket partnership with the US Air Force. Health tech firm Abridge scored another Callifornia contract, and semiconductor company Aspinity established an advisory board.

Plus, Dashcam for your Bike was adopted in Boston after being selected by city leaders out of hundreds of options.

➡️ Check out details on this month’s Power Moves.

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News Incubator: What else to know today

• Downtown Pittsburgh is still pretty flooded. Here’s how to get around the “bathtub” aka the Parkway East if you need to travel in the next few days. [Tribune]

• Allegheny Health Network’s North Side campus will undergo a $1 billion expansion over the next 10 years. The hospital will receive upgrades to its emergency department and a new cardiovascular tower. [Tribune] 

• A new publication from National Geographic recommends Pittsburgh as a global travel destination, calling it a “hilly tech town” with “a mix of forward-thinking technology sectors.” [KDKA/Here Not There]

• What’s open and what’s closed during the solar eclipse on Monday? WESA has those details, while we’ve got spots to watch. [WESA/Technical.ly]

🗓️ On the Calendar

Atiya Irvin-Mitchell is a 2022-2024 corps member for Report for America, an initiative of The Groundtruth Project that pairs young journalists with local newsrooms. This position is supported by the Heinz Endowments.