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Municipalities Help to Breathe New Life into Vacant or Underutilized Shopping Mall Sites

By Christopher Knarr
August 7, 2023
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In recent months, several media outlets have reported on potential redevelopment concepts and initiatives for the Colonial Park Mall site in Lower Paxton Township and the Harrisburg Mall site in Swatara Township, both located in Dauphin County, PA.

As mentioned…

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Electric Vehicles Prompt Municipalities to Revisit their Zoning Ordinances

By Rachel Rowe
July 11, 2023
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Electric vehicles (EV) have an increasingly important role in Pennsylvania’s transportation network. In 2022, there were over 42,000 EVs registered in the Commonwealth, almost double the roughly 23,000 that were registered in 2021. This increase in EVs corresponds…

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EPA PROPOSES NEW LIMITATIONS ON CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS

By Terry Bossert, Brigid Khuri, Errin McCaulley & Scott Gould
May 17, 2023
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On May 11, 2023, USEPA announced proposed rules to further limit the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from power plants and other electric generating units (EGUs). Industry trade associations assert that these regulations are a not-so-subtle attempt to eliminate fossil fuel…

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Better Housing and Building to Improve Lives

By Andrew Notarfrancesco
April 24, 2023
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This is a guest post by Andrew Notarfrancesco, Vice President of JEM Group

For most people, a primary residence is the largest investment they will make over their lifetime. Therefore, it’s no surprise that people will be curious, critical, or…

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To Assess or Not to Assess? Temporary Tax Exemption for New Residential Construction

By Claudia Shank
April 10, 2023
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Over the course of 2022, rising interest rates and inflation slowed the housing market frenzy. As a result, for the first time since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, residential homebuilders may find themselves with excess inventory. If your…

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Top 5 Ways to Encourage Controlled and Collaborative Development: Providing for Clearly Defined Processes (Part II of V)

By Esch McCombie & Adam DeBernardis
March 15, 2023
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With football season behind us, March arrives with bracket talk and the discussion of college basketball teams you have never heard of. Some of us spend hours researching or contacting that old college buddy to help fill our brackets, while…

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Vertical Farming on the (Vertical) Horizon?

By Christopher Knarr
February 22, 2023
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Commonwealth and local officials recently announced that a new farm will soon begin operating in Northeastern Pennsylvania.  A farming operation may not seem like front page news given Pennsylvania’s long and rich agricultural heritage, or the fact that Pennsylvania has…

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What’s In Your Warehouse? Chemical Reporting Due March 1

By Errin McCaulley, Scott Gould, Terry Bossert, Brigid Khuri & Sarah Hibbert
February 1, 2023
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With 2023 underway, many businesses are gearing up to complete and submit their annual Tier II chemical inventory reports under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”).  Pennsylvania administers the program through the Department of Labor & Industry.…

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“Nothing is certain except death and taxes”… unless a Pennsylvania Tax Exemption Applies

By Rachel Rowe
January 17, 2023
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Benjamin Franklin once wrote “nothing is certain except death and taxes.” While this famous quote still rings true, there are a few valuable exceptions. Under Article 8, Section 2 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the General Assembly may enact laws exempting…

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Is Part of the Solution to the Housing Problem Already Built?

By Jon Andrews
December 20, 2022
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The affordability of housing in America is a well-documented growing issue.  Some public officials have declared it a crisis.  The recent spike in mortgage rates certainly will not improve the situation.  Public officials and developers have been searching for policies…

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