[CPEO-BIF] Ford City, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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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