How one Pittsburgh-area borough is capitalizing on blight to create jobs
It's no secret that many boroughs in the Mon Valley are riddled with abandoned and decaying homes. Some are too far gone to be restored by even the most motivated house-flipper. Demolishing these blighted buildings can involve hiring outside companies to do the work for a lot of cash. So instead local and federal lawmakers found a way to keep that money inside the area by capitalizing on the blight to create jobs.