[CPEO-BIF] Ford City's Lower End, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Planners pushing development of former Ford City industrial sites

By Julie E. Martin
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA)
February 7, 2015

More than a decade after development started in a reclaimed  
industrial area in Ford City's Lower End, the borough's planning  
commission is pushing for its progress to continue.

"It's been so long, and we're finally looking at this site again.  
It's about revisiting a plan and seeing what is feasible and living  
within our means," planning commission member Tyson Klukan said.

He points specifically to a plan developed by the Southwestern  
Pennsylvania Commission about eight years ago. The regional planning  
agency's 20-year plan highlights development opportunities for  
Armstrong County. Redevelopment of the former PPG Industries property  
stretching roughly from Ford City Veteran's Bridge to its light  
industrial park is included in that list.

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For the entire article, see
http://triblive.com/news/armstrong/7715928-74/development-ford- 
industrial#axzz3R91lYPIP

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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