[CPEO-BIF] Armstrong World Industries Site, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Press Release	
Pennsylvania Office of the Governor
February 21, 2006

Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Hastening Redevelopment of Armstrong World 
Industries Site in Lancaster

Plan Calls for Creating up to 2,000 Jobs in 'Eds & Meds' Mixed-Use 
Complex; Collegiate & Community Recreation Fields at Site of Former 
Manufacturer

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell 
today announced plans to help speed up the redevelopment of 47 acres at 
the former Armstrong World Industries manufacturing site in Lancaster. 
The project will create up to 2,000 jobs, preserve another 250 
manufacturing positions at the site and provide a new collegiate and 
community recreation complex in the northwestern corner of the city.

"We're bringing new jobs and investments to our cities, towns and 
boroughs to enhance the quality of life for residents," Governor Rendell 
said. "I want to see prime real estate returned to productive use. I 
want to rebuild these old industrial sites to build up our tax base. 
This project achieves those goals and ensures we continue our solid 
record of improving Pennsylvania's economy."

Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty said the 
redevelopment project has qualified for Brownfield Action Team 
assistance, which helps to accelerate redevelopment deals and gives 
investors the incentive they need to clean up contaminated industrial 
sites. BAT projects typically get permitted in half the usual time.

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For the entire article, see
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060221/phtu041.html?.v=36

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Lenny Siegel
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