Mary Alice Reporting –

Dilapidated buildings are expected to come down after the City of New Philadelphia received funding.

During Monday’s council meeting, Mayor Joel Day relayed that State Representative Brett Hillyer aided the municipality in getting $48,873 to tear down five dilapidated houses under targeted by the Fire Inspector and Building and Zoning Code Administrator.

Day notes that the money first went to the County’s Community and Economic Development Office for distribution to the awarded municipalities.

The list of properties to be demolished in New Philadelphia include 252 St. Clair Avenue SW, 451 Ray Avenue NW, 607 Ray Avenue NW, 1142 Tuscarawas Avenue NW. Also, the City is using Service Department funds to take down the buildings and car wash at the old Puritan Laundry property.”

The funding was previously withheld by the State Department of Development for unknown reasons.

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