MAN WITH A MEDICAL CONDITION
CONTINUES... IN HARBORCREEK.
AND, NEW LIFE FOR NORTH PARK
ROW... AS THE C INVESTS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO
DOWNTOWN ERIE.
GOOD AFTERNOON... I'M TRACI
TEUDHOPE...
THE ERIE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION IS LAYING OUT
THEIR PLANS FOR A CULINARY
ARTS DISTRICT WHICH WILL
RESIDE ALONGSIDE NORTH PARK
ROW. IT'S NEWS IN YOUR
COMMUNITY THIS AFTERNOON...
CHELSEY WITHERS CAUGHT UP WITH
THE CEO OF THE EDDC ABOUT THIS
PROJECT. SHE JOINS US NOW FROM
NORTH PARK ROW WITH THE
DETAILS OF WHAT CAN BE
EXPECTED AND JUST HOW MUCH IS
BEING INVESTED INTO THIS
PROJECT?? CHELSEY TRAC
ACCORDING TO JOHN PERSINGER
WHEN YOU WALK ALONG THESE
STREETS HERE IN THE FUTURE
THIS WILL ALL LOOK A LITTLE
DIFFERENT AND THATS DUE AN
OVER 30 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT
THE ORGANIZATION IS CURRENTLY
WORKING ON. PERSINGER WENT
ONTO EXPLAIN THAT THE OUTLOOK
FOR THE BUILDING INCLUDES THE
ADDITION OF A FOOD HALL.
WITHIN THAT HALL THEY'RE
LOOKING TO ADD NINE DIFFERENT
LOCAL FOOD VENDORS THAT
RANGE IN ALL SORTS OF
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD. OTHER
THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING TO
INCLUDE WITHIN THE RENOVATIONS
ARE AN ARCADE A BAR AND
COFFEE PLACE ALONG WITH
SHOPS AND A FOOD MARKET. HE
SAYS THIS ALL TO IN ORDER TO
MAKE DOWNTOWN ERIE A
DESTINATION PLACE.
" We know its going to provide
a stable source of fresh and
healthy food. WE knoe its
going to showcase our rich
cultural diversity and we know
we're going to put in a lot of
money to revitolize these
buildings and restore them
back to their great historic
intergrity. We know when this
is all said and done downtown
Erie will become a destination
place" NOW AS FOR THE UPSTAIRS
OF THESE BUILDINGS THOSE ARE
EXPECTED TO TURN INTO
RESIDENTAL UNITS, WHICH IS
EXPECTED TO HAVE BETWEEN 73
AND 87 UNITS, TRACI??
A FIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYING A
COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS SUNDAY
EVENING. THE FIRE SENDING
SEVERAL CREWS TO BATTLE THE
BLAZE. SAMIAR NEFZI JOINS US
FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH THE
