2000 January 3
The first Allegheny County Executive and Allegheny County Council begin terms.

2000 January 11
Tom Foerster, former County Commissioner and driving force for the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, dies at the age of 71.

2000 January 16
Pittsburgh Federal Courthouse begins $50 million renovation.

2000 January 30
Tamara Horowitz, first woman chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, dies.

2000 February 7
Federal government budgets funds for Monongahela River lock and dam improvements and Saw Mill Run flood control.

2000 February 21
Floodwaters strike the Monongahela River Valley from Charleroi to Braddock.

2000 February 23
Wexford native Christine Aguilera wins best new artist at the 42nd Grammy Awards ceremony.

2000 March 1
In Wilkinsburg, racially motivated shooting spree by Ronald Taylor kills two.

2000 March 7
PNC Bank Corporation changes its name to PNC Financial Services Group.

2000 March 13
Pittsburgh native Dan Marino retires from football after a career with Central Catholic High School Vikings, the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Miami Dolphins.

2000 April 2
Green Mountain Energy Company starts to build ten windmills near Somerset, Pa. for use as an electrical energy source.

2000 April 9
Census shows loss of 222,023 people over the past ten years in the six county Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

2000 April 10
Tito Capobianco steps down after seventeen years as Artistic Director of the Pittsburgh Opera.

2000 April 11
City opens Oak Hill, 150 town houses in the Hill District to replace Allequippa Terrace.

2000 April 12
State announces plans for closing Western Center for the Mentally Disturbed at South Pointe.