2006 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 25 Nov 2006 07:16:34 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Ford City, Pennsylvania
 
Ford City First seeks to create bridge to future
  			
By Mitch Fryer
KITTANNING LEADER TIMES (PA)
November 24, 2006

The revitalization of Ford City that started 10 years ago wasn't moving fast enough for local businessman and community activist Tom Shaffer.

Shaffer, who operates Lindy's Candy Cupboard along Ford Street, criticized the actions of the Greater Ford City Community Development Corp (GFCCDC), the nonprofit group charged with the responsibility of bringing economic development to the borough.

The GFCCDC has remediated brownfield property, renovated former PPG factory buildings and created an industrial park on the site during that time.

But, one new company and an existing Ford City company have located in the park, and only a handful of new jobs have been created there. About 40 acres of vacant industrial property owned by the borough remain undeveloped.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/leadertimes/s_481220.html

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Lenny Siegel Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org


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