Input On Claysville Revitalization Remains Consistent

The Master Revitalization Steering Committee held their second input meeting on Tuesday to discuss restoration plans for Claysville. The revitalization project seeks to revive businesses and explore new economic opportunities for all nine municipalities. Although more borough residents attended the second meeting, their survey responses were in line with those from the first meeting. There are a few essential common themes shared between the first and second meeting, according to committee member Rick Newton. “Infrastructure, utilities, broadband internet access, cell phone access, sewage- all of those were common themes from last meeting that continued to this meeting”, said Newton. Popular audience topics included repairing old roads, developing new young centers, preserving lakes and trails, and removing dilapidated houses. Some people, like Morris inhabitant Dale Leech, complained about the deteriorating buildings around their property. Leech proposes that these buildings should be sold and “put back onto the taxbase for the property value” before any new houses are built from the plan. For the second meeting, there was reportedly a greater demand for retail centers to be built in areas like Taylorstown. The committee’s consultant, Herbert, Rolland, and Grubic Inc., will count all of the survey responses and officially publish their results on the committee website.