Popular new riverfront park adds kayak rentals on the Allegheny

June 25, 2016
By Shea Beaumont / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Since Aspinwall Riverfront Park’s grand opening in September 2015, its organizers have been paddling upstream, and they’re not slowing down.

Today the park will offer kayak rentals and community access to the Allegheny River. A project of Venture Outdoors, Kayak Pittsburgh has opened its third location, joining the North Shore and North Park as places to paddle.

‘It’s been our long-term dream that we really connect the community with the river,’ said Susan Crookston, who is in charge of project development and management at the park. ‘That was one of the reasons for founding the park — opening the ramp and making public river access one of our main goals.'”

Read more about kayak rentals and Aspinwall Riverfront Park’s new relationship with Venture Outdoors at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Popular new riverfront park adds kayak rentals on the Allegheny