Firm rebounds from blaze at Edinburg Road complex
North Beaver Contracting owner Mike Sperdute and family faced a multimillion dollar loss after a March 26 fire at 4210 Edinburg Road. The community responded with food, donations, and offers of space and equipment to keep the business running while insurance assessments proceed. A donor trailer supports a temporary office as Sperdute teams with adjusters.
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North Beaver Contracting
Edinburg Road
Mike
Kasey Sperdute
Ethan
Jake
Sperdutes
North Beaver Township
Mike Sperdute
Debbie Wachter
Beaver Township
Downtown New Castle CDC wins $30,000 revitalization grant
The New Castle Citywide Development Corporation received 30000 dollars from the Lawrence County Board of Realtors with approval from the National Association of Realtors to advance downtown revitalization. A 15000 dollar Smart Growth grant funds hiring Donald Bonk, CMU consultant, to lead stakeholder meetings and craft revitalization recommendations.
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Lawrence County Board of Realtors
New Castle
CDC
Donald Bank
Bonk
Carnegie Mellon University
CMU
Commonwealth of PA
Project SEARCH program aids adults with disabilities at LIFE Lawrence County
Pennsylvania has only three sites offering marketable work skills for adults with disabilities. Lawrence County hosts one such program where Alyson Donofrio Kelly Sumey and Layne Perretta train in Project SEARCH at LIFE Lawrence County. The project has also been teaching high school students at UPMC.
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Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
Alyson Donofrio
Kelly Sumey
Layne Perretta
Project Search
LIFE
UPMC
Butler mayor cites shared downtown revival challenges with New Castle
Robert Dandoy notes Butler and New Castle faced similar growing pains downtown as vacancy, few businesses, and limited activity gave way to revitalization after Butler joined a state Main Street program in 2007. He credits Butler Inc. and a four pronged approach of promotions organization economic restructuring and design for steady progress.
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Robert Dandoy
New Castle
Butler
Dandoy
Butler Downtown Inc
Butler Downtown
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