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Shell Oil Co. has chosen a property in Beaver County to possibly locate a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker plant, and it’s not the site most thought it would be.
There’s also a long road ahead before anything will be built, officials cautioned Thursday.
Even though all the talk coming into Thursday’s announcement was that the former J&L steel mill property in Aliquippa was the most likely location in western Pennsylvania, Shell instead signed a land option agreement on the soon-to-be closed 300-acre Horsehead Corp. property in Potter and Center townships.
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Laura Karet, the new chair of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and Giant Eagle president and CEO.
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Despite challenges that included a 17% unemployment rate and loss of more than 200,000 jobs at the height of the coronavirus pandemic last year, the leaders of the Pittsburgh region’s primary development agency are optimistic for a rebound and excited for the future.
“This has been a deep human tragedy,” said Laura Karet, the new chair of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, during its annual meeting Thursday. “We have a lot to do and we need to get it done.” The meeting was held virtually, broadcast over Zoom.
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