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Ambridge Borough asks school board to exonerate two parcels as it outlines plans for 12-acre redevelopment
Summary
Ambridge Borough asked the Ambridge Area School District to exonerate delinquent 2024 school taxes on two parcels (totaling 12 acres) while presenting plans and grant-funded studies for a multigenerational facility, brownfield remediation and roadway changes to reduce truck traffic by the high school.
Mario Leon, speaking for Ambridge Borough, told the Ambridge Area School District board the borough is asking the district to consider tax exoneration on two parcels totaling 12 acres — a 4-acre outdoor recreation site already in use and an 8-acre vacant tract the borough says it wants to develop for a multigenerational senior-and-recreation facility.
Leon said the borough "secured $4,500,000 in RCAP state funding for it, and we have another 5,000,000 currently pending in grants," and estimated the facility could be "in the about 9 to $16,000,000 range," adding the work could be done in phases depending on grant receipts.
Leon described near-term uses for the…
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