Pittsburgh Is Looking For Experienced Dreamers

If you know anyone with an entrepreneurial spirit who has been wanting to move to Pittsburgh, you may want to pass this along. 

 

Pittsburgh is looking for Experienced Dreamers™ – people with a bit of experience under their belts and a desire to do something different with their lives. If that sounds like you, this is your once-in-a-lifetime chance to win $100,000 to move here and realize your dream!

Pittsburgh is a place with a long history of dreamers – pioneers in arts and culture, business, medicine, robotics, and more. It's also a place where people care about their community, with a legacy of philanthropy that rivals any region in the country. It's a place where ordinary citizens work hard to build businesses and a better community for future generations. One visit, and it's no wonder Pittsburgh has again and again been named "America's most Livable City" by publications such as Forbes, The Economist and Places Rated Almanac. Pittsburgh is a place where we honor our past and constantly look to the future – a place that encourages dreamers to imagine what they can do here … and then to do it.

The Experienced Dreamers™ contest is all about getting you to think about your dream – whatever it is you believe you were born to do – and asking if you have the courage to pick up your life, move to Pittsburgh and make it real. If you've got a dream and the passion to follow it, we want to hear about it. And – for one dreamer – we're going to give you the resources to help you do it.

From October 19 until December 16, 2011, we will be accepting applications for the contest. There's no fee to enter, but you must be 45 or older and you must not have lived within 100 miles of Pittsburgh in the last 10 years. (See the Terms and Conditions for complete contest rules.)

In the spring of 2012, 20 semifinalists and five finalists will be chosen based on the originality, creativity, passion and clarity demonstrated in their applications. And the winner will be chosen from among the five finalists by a vote of the people of Pittsburgh.

The winner of the contest will receive $50,000 in cash to pursue your dream and $50,000 in the form of a charitable trust in your name.

About Pittsburgh

Over the years, Pittsburgh has been a lot of things to a lot of people. The City of Champions. The birthplace of Pop Culture and the emoticon. The home to innovators in energy, medicine, materials sciences and robotics. It's the city President Bush dubbed "Knowledgetown," the region President Obama observed is "a model for economic transformation," and the place Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian David McCullough has called "the indispensable American city." And it's been named the Most Livable City in America by just about every publication that ranks such things – from Places Rated Almanac to Forbes and The Economist.

It's a place that blends all the arts, culture and vibrancy of a big city with incredible green spaces, miles of biking and hiking trails, and clean rivers for boating and fishing. And with safe communities, world-class colleges and universities, and nearly limitless career and entrepreneurial opportunities, Pittsburgh is where dreamers become doers. That's why it's been named one of the best places to relocate, one of the top-10 cities in which to find a job and one of the major cities least-affected by the challenges of the economic recession.

Over the last 30 years, Pittsburgh has transformed itself into one of the most diverse, affordable and attractive cities in America. It's a place built by dreamers for dreamers. It's been home to many of our nation's most creative and innovative thinkers in the arts, science, industry, civic stewardship and philanthropy. And you're invited to make Pittsburgh your home, too.

Read more: http://www.experienceddreamers.org/