[CPEO-BIF] Pittsburgh area plans to create 128 mile riverfront park

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128-mile county riverfront park planned
Pittsburgh Tribune
Zandy Dudiak

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Allegheny County is poised to have what officials have called the longest urban
linear park in the world, touching more than half of the county's 130
municipalities with the City of Pittsburgh at its center....While recreation may be
the reason, economic development is just as much a motivating factor for creating a
128-mile riverfront park along the banks of the county's four waterways -- the
Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio and Youghiogheny rivers.

...The county has begun to apply for grants from principal funding sources,
including Allegheny Regional Asset District and private foundations as well as
state and federal programs for brownfields and economic development, Fawcett (R-at
large) said. He said "next to none" of the money used to develop the park will come
from the county.

Many brownfields are still undeveloped nearly three decades after the demise of the
steel industry, including the Edgewater Steel property in Oakmont, where Fawcett
lives. He said it is important to have a comprehensive plan for riverfront
development in place "before the window of opportunity closes" on the park concept.

For the entire articles, see:
http://www.gatewaynewspapers.com/woodlandprogress/80081/

Bob Hersh
CPEO


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