A current proposal from Metropolis Supervisor Nancy Freenock might have substantial profit lengthy after her pending retirement.
Freenock is asking the Metropolis Council to use for a number of grant alternatives via the state Division of Group and Financial Improvement’s Keystone Communities Program. Her thought is to safe a planning grant to develop a remediation plan for blight in Warren.
The grant comes with a required match of $25,000, which Freenock proposes is paid via the Warren Redevelopment Authority.
It is a no-brainer, in our opinion.
Warren’s points aren’t going to miraculously come to an finish. Warren — and plenty of different cities in related conditions all through Pennsylvania and the remainder of the Rust Belt — deal with blighted properties after the injury is already executed. There are various doable methods to stop blight. Small investments in neighborhoods like block challenges or grant applications the place householders’ investments are matched with outdoors cash could make large variations in the kind of house upkeep a property proprietor can do. Concentrating on these applications can stave off a block’s decline and maintain house values in your entire neighborhood wholesome.
Freenock is proposing a proactive strategy to Warren’s neighborhoods. In our opinion, it’s the suitable strategy.
