2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:35:29 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] York, Pennsylvania
 
Building York summit addresses redevelopment, finding York's identity

By EMILY OPILO
York Daily Record (PA)
February 11, 2011
	

York, PA - Before York can attract new residents and development, city officials must decide what identity York should have.

That's according to Bill Fontana, executive director of the Pennsylvania Downtown Center. Fontana and several other experts in downtown revitalization shared similar advice with a sold-out crowd Thursday during the Building York summit.

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In aging urban centers such as York, defunct industrial sites or brownfields are often a neglected reminder of better times come and gone, but they are actually among the city's most valuable land, said Denise Brinley of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Brinley, who has worked to rehabilitate former industrial sites across the state, including York's Northwest Triangle, spoke to the participants in Thursday's Building York summit about the benefits of brownfields. Despite the sites' reputation, they are often poised to help with economic revitalization, she said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.ydr.com/politics/ci_17349379

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Lenny Siegel
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