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Chris Lankenau
- Jan 10, 2020
- 1 min
Borough of Pen Argyl Revitalization Plan
The Borough of Pen Argyl retained a multi-disciplinary professional consulting team led by our colleagues at Simone Collins to undertake the planning of the Borough’s revitalization efforts in order to create new opportunities, renewed community vitality, and visibility for Pen Argyl. The Borough of Pen Argyl is part of the Slate Belt Rising project, a new, first-of-its kind initiative that brings together four boroughs of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt to increase economic opport
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Chris Lankenau
- Dec 29, 2019
- 1 min
Strategic Plan for Eckley Miners' Village Completed
Working with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), Urban Partners completed a Strategic Plan for Eckley Miners' Village in Luzerne County. The Strategic Plan contains a new business model for the management and operation of Eckley to help preserve its historic structures. The plan creates a long-term vision for Eckley, identifies strategic investments that advance economic opportunities, outlines organizational objectives in key program areas, and creates
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Chris Lankenau
- Apr 1, 2019
- 1 min
A Strategic Plan for Eckley Miners' Village
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) has begun a planning process to develop a creative strategy for the future of Eckley Miners' Village in Luzerne County. Eckley is an authentic 19th-century coal patch town representing the rise and decline of anthracite. The 1854 town plan remains largely intact with 60 primary buildings and another 50+ outbuildings and related structures encompassing 100 acres. PHMC hired a consultant team led by Urban Partners to crea
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Chris Lankenau
- Jan 28, 2019
- 1 min
Cherry Hill Master Plan Receives 2018 NJ Outstanding Plan Award
Congratulations to our clients at Cherry Hill Township's Department of Community Development for winning the 2018 New Jersey Outstanding Plan Award from the NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association! According to APA New Jersey, the plan was well-conceived, easy to understand, and "sets a high bar for community planning in our state". #CherryHill #SmartGrowthRegionalPlanning #EconomicAnalysis #MarketFeasiblilty
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Chris Lankenau
- Oct 9, 2018
- 1 min
Cherry Hill Master Plan Update Adopted
The Cherry Hill Township Planning Board adopted the Cherry Hill Master Plan Update on October 8, 2018. The 2018 Cherry Hill Township Master Plan was prepared to provide the municipality with an up-to-date master plan document that reflects the Township’s current conditions and values, and responds to current challenges. Key among these challenges is the significant changes in population and household composition, major growth in commercial markets balanced with neighborhood p
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Isaac Kwon
- May 30, 2018
- 1 min
Martinsburg EPA Brownfields Reuse Study Completed; Sale Agreement Reached for Key Site
Urban Partners was retained by the City of Martinsburg as part of a multi-disciplinary professional consulting team led by Environmental Resources & Consulting, LLC, with Stomberg/Garrigan & Associates, to prepare a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brownfields reuse study for four key sites in downtown Martinsburg, West Virginia. The sites include Interwoven Mills, Thorn Lumber, Matthews Foundry, and the Roundhouse Complex. As part of this effort, Urban Partners con
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Isaac Kwon
- Dec 15, 2017
- 1 min
Building a Better Boyertown is Awarded $1 Million Grant to Implement the Boyertown Vision & Acti
Congratulations to Building a Better Boyertown (BBB), Boyertown’s Main Street and community development corporation! BBB received a $1 million grant from the BB&T Economic Growth Fund of the Berks County Community Foundation to implement strategies outlined for downtown Boyertown in the Boyertown Vision & Action Plan. The Boyertown Vision & Action Plan is a community visioning and implementation plan that seeks to bring new vitality and economic growth to downtown Boyertown,
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Isaac Kwon
- Oct 31, 2017
- 1 min
Johnstown Train Station Reuse Study Completed; Greyhound Moves into Station
Designed by Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison in 1916, the historic Johnstown, PA train station boasts self-supporting vaults and arches and reflects Johnstown’s stature as a prominent steel center. The station today continues to provide daily serve to Altoona, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and New York to the East and Greensburg and Pittsburgh to the west on the Pennsylvanian. Area leaders are working to increase service to three trains per day. Urban Partners was retained by the Penns
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Isaac Kwon
- Dec 8, 2016
- 1 min
Johnstown Train Station Reuse Study Underway
Urban Partners has been retained by PennDOT to conduct a reuse strategy for the historic Johnstown, PA train station in collaboration with KSK Architects/Historians/Planners. Designed by Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison in 1916, the station boasts self-supporting vaults and arches and reflects Johnstown’s stature as a prominent steel center, with output rivaling that of the City of Pittsburgh in the early 20th century. The station today continues to provide daily serve to Altoona,
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Isaac Kwon
- Sep 26, 2016
- 1 min
Lexington-Fayette County Housing Study Underway
Urban Partners has embarked on the Lexington-Fayette County Housing Market Demand Study in the beautiful State of Kentucky. We will be working for a partnership of civic-private organizations, including the Division of Planning, Lexington Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator (PVA), Lexington Downtown Development Authority (LDDA), Lexington Bluegrass Association of Realtors (LBAR), the Home Builders Association of Lexington (HBAL), and the Fayette Alliance Foundatio
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