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32 • NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESS JOURNAL • SEPTEMBER 2003
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Independent Environmental Testing Laboratories
• Certified DEP Safe Drinking water Laboratories.
• NPDES & Industrial pre-treatment discharge programs.
• Characterization of residual wastes.
• Groundwater monitoring.
We are The Scientist documenting our environment.
570-455-6011 www.hawkmtnlabs.com
Markle Building
The Altamont
Offices, Apartments, & Store Fronts Available.
Newly renovated Dining room now available for banquets and weddings.
Home of the Patrician, Personal Care Home.
Rooms with private powder rooms available.
Call (570) 455-9711
Come vist us on the web at www.TheAltamont.com
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ing retail and professional offices and a branch of
Luzerne County Community College; Altamont
Building, a former hotel, now home to a restaurant,
retail and services businesses; CAN DO
(economic development agency) at the
Renaissance Center; Brennan Law Offices, the
first completed KOZ project; and Café Ultima, a
California-style restaurant.
With ongoing projects, Barletta said progress will continue in Hazleton, including
improvements at the Hazleton Airport,which is owned by the city.
The mayor said the city is re-addressing blighted neighborhoods and Pine
Street was the first project.
The city acquired three blocks and had blighted buildings demolished, and
Barletta said the new neighborhood there will receive national attention.
In center city, Barletta said, 25 new homes were built for people of all incomes,
but the homes are not average. He said amenities in the environmentally friendly
homes includes roof shingles that have a 50 year warranty, and master bathrooms
upstairs and downstairs for families that want to bring their parents to live with
them.“Bringing people back to the city will help new businesses and jobs we
The new
Hazle Drugs
Store.
hope to locate downtown,”
Barletta said.
George K. Leitner, vice president
of Markle Building
Leasing, agrees that the business
activity in Hazleton will
result in more companies
coming to the city.“We had
brain drain and now there’s
brain gain,” he said.“Hazleton
is going through a tremendous
renaissance.”
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