Business View Civil and Municipal | April 2021

74 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL ARIL 2021 leadership, truly exemplifies what that means.” Looking to the future, Cherepko emphasizes, “Obviously, our main goal is to continue bringing in business. Part of our ‘McKeesport Rising’ initiative is to continue the demolition of blighted residential and commercial structures and to perform any other infrastructure improvements that are needed, such as paving roads – all while keeping the taxes as stable as possible. These are important issues as we work to attract new businesses and new residents, and to show our existing community stakeholders that we appreciate them as we provide the services they deserve. As we continue to make these improvements, people are seeing the results of effort that our hands-on administration has made. This truly boosts our PREFERRED VENDOR/ PARTNER n Penn State Greater Allegheny greaterallegheny.psu.edu/resilient community’s morale and increases enthusiasm for the City of McKeesport”