The Community Project Hub of SWPA (“the CoHub”) invites proposals from qualified consultants to conduct a market and demand analysis in support of Creative Corridor: Planning for Trail-Connected Downtown Revitalization, a 12-month planning project funded primarily through an Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) POWER planning grant.
The project will develop a coordinated, implementable strategy for space-based economic revitalization in five trail-connected downtowns along the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) in Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, Pennsylvania: West Newton, Smithton, Sutersville, Ohiopyle, and Connellsville. This planning grant focuses on leveraging the region’s existing tourism assets to build a year-round, diversified economy driven by arts-based entrepreneurship and creative reuse of underutilized properties.