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Originally Posted by Evergrey
Montage is indeed within Scranton city limits.
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'Deed it do, Evergrey..or largel within city limits . Lackawanna Co. stadium is just outside the line.......
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Other Scranton Gnus: City getting EXTRA-ordinary help from fancy architects:***
11/16/2006
Mayor will mingle with top architects
BY STACY BROWN
STAFF WRITER
Mayor Chris Doherty is scheduled to attend an exclusive conference in Washington, D.C., today where he will present revitalization plans for the blighted Cedar Avenue neighborhood to a group of high-profile architects.
Each year, eight mayors nationwide are invited to attend the conference, which is hosted by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Mayors’ Institute on City Design. Architects also are invited and offer free consultation on pending renovation projects presented by attending mayors.
“It’s a privilege to have been invited,” Mr. Doherty said Wednesday. “This conference will have some of the country’s top architects, who would cost an untold amount if we had to hire them to prepare a report for us.”
Architects from Ferrell Madden Associates and the Kane Group, as well as the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania, will advise on such questions as how the Cedar Avenue project should be managed.
Sprucing up Cedar Avenue has long been a goal of city officials. Two years ago, the city paid $25,000 for a study of Cedar Avenue by Philadelphia consulting firm Wallace, Roberts and Todd. Completed earlier this year, the report offers an array of findings, including that the main problem lies in the fact that 65 percent of the property in lower South Side is occupied by renters. The goal for a healthy neighborhood is to have about 65 percent of houses occupied by owners, said Wayne Evans, South Side neighborhood association president.
Mayors from Allentown; Asheville, N.C.; Frederick, Md.; Hallandale Beach, Fla.; Hampton, Va.; Hollywood, Fla.; and Parkersburg, W. Va., also are scheduled to attend.
Contact the writer:
sbrown@timesshamrock.com
©The Times-Tribune 2006