Seven PA communities coordinate brownfields

Sunday, June 26, 2005

Regional collaboration is emerging in a range of different contexts across the country. Here is another example. Seven communities along the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania are coming together to create business ready sites for new commercial and industrial development.

This step is significant because Pennsylvania's political landscape is fragmented. The state has a relatively large number of local jurisdictions. In the past, these local jurisdictions have frustrated efforts to improve regional collaboration. Read more.

In a recent report, the Brookings Institution cited the local government fragmentation as one of the major challenges facing the state. You can read more about the Brookings report from this page.

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