🔥 Also, a deep dive into PA's monitoring of Shell in Beaver County.
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In this newsletter: Wilkinsburg has tried for two years to get annexed into Pittsburgh, but a July Commonwealth Court stalled, if not killed that effort. While the debate over annexation was a binary choice — to join the city or not — where the borough goes from here is much more complex ([link removed]) .
The Shell petrochemical complex that opened along the banks of the Ohio River in Beaver County last September has been troubled since day one. An exclusive PublicSource investigation ([link removed]) revealed a litany of malfunctions since the start that has cast a shadow on the facility, and Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection has struggled to keep up.
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** With annexation ‘dead,’ Wilkinsburg looks toward possible home rule and tax changes ([link removed])
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Courts have seemingly ended an effort to annex Wilkinsburg into Pittsburgh. Officials and activists in the borough have high hopes for revitalizing the community of about 14,000.
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** Investigation: Inside Pennsylvania’s monitoring of the Shell petrochemical complex ([link removed])
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* Albion Lawrenceville, a development that would add 300 apartments to Upper Lawrenceville, is seeking final approval from Pittsburgh's Planning Commission at its Sept. 5 meeting ([link removed]) . The vice president of development for Albion Residential made it clear that maintaining a strong relationship with the Lawrenceville community is integral to the company’s plans.
* While Allegheny County has enacted programs like sheriff’s sales to tackle the vacany problem in municipalities, most have fallen flat. Wilkinsburg leaders believe that calls for a new system of delinquent tax collection and an infusion of money into its fledgling land bank could bring change to the issue ([link removed]) .
* A notice from the Allegheny County Health Department notes that the Uptown Lindy Paving plant’s new permit, still under review, will allow an increase to the plant’s annual production and get rid of restrictions on annual operating hours ([link removed]) — which has neighbors and environmental advocates holding their noses.
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