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The future of Bethlehem’s Walnut Street garage needs fresh eyes, parking authority says
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
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Faced with the prospect of spending $800,000 to repair a parking deck it might tear down in a few years, the Bethlehem Parking Authority is looking for a fresh perspective.
That’s why the authority reversed course last week and terminated all of its contracts with Desman Design Management to hire THA Consultants to work on the Walnut Street garage. THA is tasked with studying the condition of the 45-year-old garage and creating an emergency repair plan, something Desman was already undertaking.
The authority’s board met Feb. 24 and voted to hire Desman its parking and engineering consultant for the last seven years to handle the engineering services and bidding for Walnut Street’s emergency repairs, estimated at $800,000.
New life is coming for a blighted, former department store in downtown Hanover with plans to turn it into luxury apartments and commercial space.
The building at 34 Frederick St., which was built in 1929 for a Montgomery Ward Department Store, has been vacant for years, according to a news release from the York County Economic Alliance.
Integrated Development Partners, LLC of Wormleysburg, Cumberland County bought the property in 2020 to redevelop it with the assistance of state and local grants.
Plans call for creating 16 luxury apartments and offering 3,000-square-feet of retail space at street level. Work is expected to begin later this month, said Jonathan C. Bowser, managing partner of real estate holdings.
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Feb 26, 2021
Long before COVID-19 created chaos for schools, Scranton, Philadelphia and other school districts were immersed in emergencies created by asbestos and lead contamination in school buildings.
The problem is especially acute in many urban districts because their buildings often are old, but it is far from exclusive. Even districts formed by state-mandated mergers 40 years ago which often included the construction of new schools have problems with toxic materials.
Friday, a group of state House and Senate Democrats proposed a plan to attack hazardous conditions in public school buildings statewide.
The first part of the plan would expand the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, the state’s principal economic development program, by $1 billion specifically to fund hazardous material removal projects in public schools.