Pennsylvania has, as a matter of policy, historically and financially supported the commercial redevelopment of brownfield properties. “The Keystone Principles & Criteria for Growth, Investment & Resource Conservation” were developed and implemented under the leadership of Governor Edward G. Rendell to serve as an interagency approach to sustainable economic development and conservation of resources through Pennsylvania’s investments in its diverse communities.

The very first of the Keystone Principles is “Redevelop First,” which promotes the preferred use of funds in the “reuse and redevelopment of ‘brownfield(s)’ and previously developed sites in urban, suburban, and rural communities for economic activity that creates jobs, housing, mixed use development, and recreational assets…” ...

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