JOHNSTOWN, PA – The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority announced today that an agreement has been reached between the Authority and Pipelines Inc. of East Liverpool, Ohio for the company to open a Johnstown based location. Their new location will be at…
The City of Johnstown Fairfield Avenue Project Section 313 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992, as amended, authorizes the Corps of Engineers to provide support to communities for projects that contain waste water treatment and related facilities; water…
JOHNSTOWN, PA – The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority announced today that Hanging Gardens LLC has been awarded a permit to grow and process medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. Hanging Gardens LLC entered into a lease agreement several months ago with the Johnstown…
JOHNSTOWN, PA – The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority has recently purchased a property located at 414-418 Main Street in Downtown Johnstown. The property was most recently known at the headquarters for the Greater Johnstown / Cambria County Convention & Visitors Bureau…
The Cambria City neighborhood was one of the original boroughs incorporated into the City of Johnstown in 1889. This historic neighborhood has been called the Ellis Island of Johnstown. It served as the local entry for thousands of Europeans who…
In 1960, while the Cambria City Project was being implemented, Dr. Walters, then Mayor, and the new Redevelopment Authority began to work on a plan for the revitalization of the Downtown area. The initial redevelopment project encompassed 11.8 acres of…
The Main Street East Project was to anchor uptown development on approximately three acres of land, embracing 17 parcels. It was proposed as a “major revitalization to a much-ignored sector of the center city”. Work proceeded on demolition, with plans…
Previous redevelopment efforts would pale in comparison to the new struggle facing Johnstown after the 1977 flood, a flood whose rampaging waters were to leave the City with nearly 100 dead and millions of dollars in property damage – home…
The Redevelopment Authority began assisting the City of Johnstown in 1986 with its planned upgrade to the Dornick Point (Greater Johnstown) Wastewater Treatment Plant. The plant had been providing primary treatment (separation of solids) since its construction in 1961. The…
In 1991 the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority became the FIRST agency in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to use the newly authorized Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District to fund acquisition, demolition, and public infrastructure improvements for a redevelopment project. The TIF provided…
