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A new $5.5 million Lycoming College music facility moved a step closer to actual construction in the East Third Street Old City Redevelopment area.
The City Planning Commission gave a positive recommendation for the college’s land development plan for the music hall to be built at 334 Basin St.
Recommending the land development plan with a 4-0-2 vote were: Harry Sechler, commission chairman; Chelsea Rawson, Cindi Eyster, Tony Nardi and Naomi Brown.
Commission members Chip Plankenhorn and William Rischar were absent. Two other members, Christopher Keiser and Matthew Vanaskie, abstained in the vote due to their conflicts of interest on the project.