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Residents voice hopes and concerns as Monroeville council meets with Cypress Equities over mall sale
Summary
At Citizens Night Feb. 4, residents urged caution and suggested alternatives after news that the Monroeville Mall is changing ownership; council officials said they have met with Cypress Equities, not Walmart, and that redevelopment plans will be shared soon.
MONROEVILLE, Pa. — Residents urged the Municipality of Monroeville to weigh community priorities as the Monroeville Mall changes hands, speaking at the municipality’s Citizens Night and agenda-setting meeting on Feb. 4.
Two residents who spoke said the mall’s prospective redevelopment raised both opportunities and concerns for local businesses, services and long-time residents. Georgiana Woodhall, who said she has lived in Monroeville for 70 years, recalled past opposition to a Walmart proposal and warned developers against repeating patterns residents found harmful. “If they come in here and try and do what they did in the past, I'll be their biggest nightmare,” Woodhall said.
Alyssa Beck, a co-founder of Reimagine the Turtle Creek Watershed and Airshed Communities, told council…
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