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Onorato addresses Twin Rivers assembly
Friday, March 30, 2007By RAYMOND PEFFERMAN
Daily News Staff Writer
It's not about one community; it's about the entire region.
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato echoed that message as guest speaker at the 30th annual general assembly of Twin Rivers Council of Governments, an organization that has existed on the same principle for 30 years. He spoke to representatives from member municipalities at the Youghiogheny Country Club Thursday.
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Casino, arena and other big projects will strain labor pool, but that's a good thing
Sunday, March 25, 2007By Bill Toland
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A multiyear building boom, the likes of which hasn't been seen around here since the two North Shore stadiums and the David. L. Lawrence Convention Center were under construction, is on the horizon for Pittsburgh's contractors and architects.
By the end of this year, it's probable that a new Penguins arena will be under construction, as will a shiny new casino along the Ohio River. The Children's Hospital project will still be consuming workers, along with a new Westinghouse campus in Cranberry, the Allegheny River tunnel project, new skyscrapers and Downtown condos, and smaller projects, like outfitting power plants with air scrubbers.
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Getting around: Onorato's budget relief may be a $1 'congestion fee'
Sunday, March 25, 2007By Joe Grata
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Dan Onorato traveled to Harrisburg last week, lobbying legislators to allow Allegheny County to keep, for public transit, a share of either state sales or gas taxes collected in the county.
The county executive wants up to $35 million a year so county money will no longer be needed to provide a local share to match funds from Harrisburg at the rate of $3 of state money for every $1 of county money.
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Hill District has its say on arena development
Thursday, March 15, 2007By Ann Belser and Mark Belko
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato had time to eat, sleep and shower before getting to work yesterday on the next big piece of the Penguins deal: redeveloping the 28 acres where the Mellon Arena and its parking lots are now.
Mr. Onorato wasn't flanked by the governor, the mayor and a passel of multimillionaires. Instead, he sat in the conference room of his office with members of the clergy and community leaders from the Hill District to discuss how to redevelop the Hill.
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