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A Westmoreland County Land Bank brings a chance to remove dilapidated buildings and find another productive use for them, a county official told Greensburg City Council on Tuesday.
“It’s a proactive way to tackle slum and blight in the county,” said April Kobus, executive director of the county redevelopment authority.
Council expects to consider an agreement for the initiative, approved by the county commissioners in December, on Monday.
Greensburg, the county seat, would be an ideal entity to be among the first of 10 municipalities to join the program as part of a multi-phase endeavor, Kobus said.
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