For decades the City of McKeesport played a significant role in the economic stability of Allegheny County. Located at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers, one of its major employers was the National Tube Works, a manufacturer of iron pipes, which later became a part of U.S. Steel. Today UPMC McKeesport Hospital exists as the city’s’ largest employer.
As the second largest city in Allegheny County, V. Fawn Walker-Montgomery and Juan Garrett would like to see their hometown restored and regain the prosperous business reputation it once had. Working toward that mission the two recently organized free entrepreneurial training classes for McKeesport residents and current McKeesport business owners. “These classes were and are important to the participants and to the city,” is the belief of two-term McKeesport City Councilwoman Walker-Montgomery. “Its small businesses that keep the economy going, they employ and empower residents,” she said.
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