A new wave of players in Penn Hills civic life are going after vacant land and blighted properties in historically neglected neighborhoods in hopes of attracting new residents and, in turn, amenities.
And while some of that work is happening through Elevate Penn Hills, an initiative of the Penn Hills Community Development Corporation, several of its organizers are seeking spots on the municipality’s nine-member economic development committee to further those objectives.
It’s been about four years since the committee unofficially dissolved…