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For Immediate
Release
2/8/08
Contact:
Mary Beth Dougherty
(570)773-0891
Media Advisory
Rhoades Announces Measures to Combat Blight
State Senator James J. Rhoades (R-29) will announce the findings and
recommendations of the Blight Task Force at a Capitol press conference Tuesday,
February 12 at 10:30 a.m. in the Capitol Media Center.
Senator Rhoades will be joined by Sen. Pat Browne (R-16), Sen. John Pippy
(R-37), Rep. David Argall (R-124) and Rep. Todd Eachus (D-116), as well as
Pottsville Mayor John D.W. Reiley, Harrisburg Mayor Steve Reed, Lebanon Mayor
Robert Anspach, York Mayor John. S. Brenner and Reading Mayor Thomas McMahon.
The press conference will also feature comments from Blight Task Force
members, including Jeri E. Stumpf of Jeri E. Stumpf & Associates, Inc.; Elam
Herr of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors; Christopher
C. Houston of the Pennsylvania Association of House and Redevelopment
Authorities; and Elizabeth Hersh of the Pennsylvania Housing Alliance.
Immediately following the press conference, a trolley will be waiting outside
the Capitol to take interested parties on a tour of blighted properties in
Harrisburg. The tour will show examples of blight, as well as information about
how Rhoades' legislation would help prevent and remediate blighted properties.
Media coverage is welcome.
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