Downtown Pittsburgh organization at a turning point — or an end

The Pittsburgh Downtown Neighbors Alliance (DNA), an organization that’s charged itself with representing Golden Triangle residents for more than a decade, is on “hiatus,” according to its board vice president, and could shutter, according to a media account.

Out is John Valentine, a Downtown resident and leader of DNA since its inception in 2012 and the group’s former president.

“The Downtown Neighbors Alliance (DNA) Board of Directors terminated John Valentine’s consultancy effective March 18, 2026. Currently, all DNA-sponsored events and activities are on hiatus while the DNA Board of Directors determines the best path forward,” DNA board Vice President Ashley Henry Shook wrote in an April 8 email to Pittsburgh’s Public Source. The DNA later put the same statement on social media.