When dealing with blighted properties, the answer is almost always addition by subtraction. That scene is playing out in Vandergrift, where officials are making progress in the fight against blight. Two dilapidated and long-abandoned buildings, at 109 and 111 Washington Ave., were reduced to piles of debris after demolition crews
Dangerously deteriorated buildings in three Alle-Kiski Valley communities are among a dozen structures slated for demolition through Westmoreland County’s redevelopment authority. The local buildings are in Vandergrift, New Kensington and Arnold. Jason Rigone, director of the county’s planning division, said the goal is to bring all of the buildings down