Carnegie Mellon Brownfields Center Hosts Press Event To Unveil Workshop Recommendations For Route 8 Industrial Corridor

EVENT: The Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center at Carnegie Mellon University will hold a press conference May 4 at 11:30 a.m. at Fall Run Park in Shaler Township to unveil a plan to address flooding issues and land-use for a sliver of light industrial land stretching from Glenshaw Glass Co. to Nicklas Supply Inc.

Land use recommendations will be unveiled by six national redevelopment experts who spent the last several days at a workshop designed to explore the redevelopment potential for a 1 ½ mile light industrial corridor along Route 8 in Shaler Township.

Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato and Shaler Township Manager Tim Rogers, along with officials from the Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center at Carnegie Mellon, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, the Allegheny Rivertowns Enterprise Zone and the Allegheny Land Trust, will attend the press briefing.

WHEN: 11:30 a.m., Friday, May 4. 2007

WHERE: Fall Run Park, off Route 8, Shaler Township

About Carnegie Mellon: Carnegie Mellon is a private research university with a distinctive mix of programs in engineering, computer science, robotics, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities. More than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation. A small student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and professors. While technology is pervasive on its 144-acre campus, Carnegie Mellon is also distinctive among leading research universities for the world-renowned programs in its College of Fine Arts. For more, see www.cmu.edu.