Pennsylvania’s Community Revitalization & Improvement Zone is meant to leverage hundreds of millions of dollars toward new development for communities.
It’s off to a slow start. The program is new, officials say, some kinks are expected, and working them out could make all the difference.
But to state Sen. Lloyd Smucker, there are a couple things that just don’t make sense.
So, just a week or so after a report on first year’s lackluster results came out, the Lancaster County Republican wants to double-check the state Department of Revenue’s math.
“Those figures, they don’t really square with what we see happening on the local level,” Smucker says.
Read the full version of this report at Keystone Crossroads' website. Keystone Crossroads is a new statewide public media initiative reporting on the challenges facing Pennsylvania's cities. WPSU is a participating station.
