Author: RiverAdmin
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Making Strong Theory Work for Us
Published first on the Progress News, April 5, 2021 With a rust-belt legacy linked directly with ours, Pittsburgh’s recent redevelopment efforts provide theoretical guidelines that show promise for our own region, while highlighting the importance of marrying strong theory to practical application. Launched in 2015, Pittsburgh’s P4 policy framework strives to celebrate the area’s proud… Read more
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The Adaptation of Newspapers
Published first on the Progress News, March 29, 2021 When we think of Redevelopment, we often think of revitalizing crumbling buildings or creating new industries. The process of learning, adaptation, and growth that is redevelopment, though, applies to just about everyone and everything. Businesses and organizations have to continually redevelop their ways of operating if… Read more
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Development Challenges
Published first on the Progress News, March 22, 2021 Since taking up my local redevelopment role, I’ve had the honor of talking to a number of folks who have been involved in similar efforts for many years. From municipal staff and elected officials to civic-minded everyday folks, my colleagues and I are far from the… Read more
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ACV’s School Farm Project
Published first on the Progress News, March 15, 2021 This time last year, I was thanking folks for offering to donate items to our School Farm project and looking forward to getting our hands dirty by late March. Welp…2020 sure threw a wrench in the works. But, here we are, exactly one year later, finally… Read more
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Guest Column – Reynolds Construction
Published first on the Progress News, March 8, 2021 We’re sure by this point everyone in Emlenton has seen or heard about the construction project taking place in and along the river at the edge of town. The good news is that the project is completed and we’re just waiting for warmer temperatures for… Read more
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The Relativity of Failure
Published first on the Progress News, March 1, 2021 Today I’d like to talk a bit about something that most of us try to avoid, even though it’s a perfectly normal and natural part of life. Something that some people will go to great lengths to hide or cover up, even though we all do… Read more
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Local Perspective on Rail Trails
Published first on the Progress News, February 22, 2021 Anne Schleiden loves our local rail-trails. After moving to the Chicora area from Cranberry Township more than twenty years ago, Anne settled into the relaxed rhythm of rural riverside life. Walking and biking trips along the rail-trails in the area have become a staple activity for… Read more
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Small Business Success
Published first on the Progress News, February 15, 2021 All around the globe, people have been stepping up, responding to the challenges brought about or highlighted by the events of the last year. Small businesses, too, have been doing what they can, both to help their communities and to help themselves survive these tumultuous times. … Read more
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Baby Steps
Published first on the Progress News, February 8, 2021 Last week I shared the tale of a very successful Redevelopment project that sparked the transformation of an entire region. As I alluded to, though, the process is neither instantaneous nor cheap. As we get fully underway with our current EPA Brownfield project, I’d like to… Read more
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Redevelopment Success
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Joseph Croskey’s Journey
Published first on the Progress News, January 25, 2021 Like so many of us, Joseph Croskey’s journey has been a winding road, part strategy and intention and part luck and circumstance. Continual life redevelopment, one could say! He originally studied engineering as a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and then… Read more
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A Team Sport
Published first on the Progress News, January 18, 2021 Last week we talked about the importance of perspective for redevelopment work. Quite simply, no one person, no matter how well they think they might understand a problem, is going to be able to see every side. This is why redevelopment is a team sport, and… Read more