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Westmoreland seeks input on national community development project

Date: 7/14/2010

By R. A. Monti, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

One of the largest community development projects of all time is asking local residents for suggestions.

The Power of 32 will be holding a Community Conversation meeting at Penn State New Kensington on Tuesday.

The Power of 32 is a large-scale community development project that involves 32 counties from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia. The aim of the project is to create a strategy that will help unite and lead the counties involved.

Tuesday’s meeting is geared toward Westmoreland County residents who want to voice their opinion about what they think the Power of 32 could do to help the county or the region as a whole.

"Westmoreland County residents need to be heard," said Alex Graziani, executive director of the Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County.

"Westmoreland is the second-largest county in the Power of 32. We need people to come out and tell us about the issues that are most important to them."

Graziani said this will be the third meeting of its kind held in the county. The other two meetings, held in Jeanette and Greensburg, saw about 30 attendees.

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