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Granite Ridge Update From the Ehrenfeld Companies

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Granite Ridge has sent an update with some answers to questions they’ve received. It is presented below. If you are planning to attend the meeting tomorrow evening, it would be very helpful if you read this message beforehand. The impression given is that they have not yet committed to the influx center, but many questions […]

Imagine North East if Granite Ridge Became Another Williamson College

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Down by Philadelphia there’s an amazing school, Williamson College of the Trades. The buildings and campus bear a strong resemblance to Granite Ridge and it makes you wonder, could we have a similar institution right here? For a lot of reasons, it wouldn’t be easy, but nothing worthwhile ever is. Williamson College trains students in […]

Has Granite Ridge Imagined All Possibilities Like These Homestead PA Developers Did?

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After struggling to find a profitable use for the former Mercyhurst North East campus, the current owners are floating the idea of housing illegal immigrants as a way to recover their investment. By contrast, in Homestead, PA, near Pittsburgh, three individual investors bought an old abandoned school building and turned it into Bowtie High containing […]

Granite Ridge Schedules Meeting with the North East Community

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Representatives of both Granite Ridge and Erie County have scheduled a meeting with members of the North East community on May 11th at 6PM in the former Ridge library. This location should provide plenty of room for everyone in what will likely be a very well attended meeting. They’re assuming there is sufficient room, but […]

We Need to Think Win-Win When Searching for Solutions to Granite Ridge

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Plans being considered by Granite Ridge for housing illegal immigrants in downtown North East present our community with a problem. The recent meetings in both the borough and the township made it abundantly clear the idea is extremely unpopular, but without an opportunity to question representatives from Granite Ridge or the Ehrenfeld Companies, the meetings […]

Granite Ridge Considering Housing Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors in Former Mercyhurst

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In their latest update, Granite Ridge announced potential plans to provide housing for unaccompanied immigrant children in the former Mercyhurst North East campus. One of the many considerations for campus activation and large economic impact could potentially include an organization that provides educational, recreational, case management, language and cultural acclimation services for unaccompanied children. In […]

All Properties Purchased by Mellon Heritage Foundation Now Listed in Property Transfers

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All of the individual properties included in the sale of the former Mercyhurst/Granite Ridge campus to the Mellon Heritage Foundation are now listed in the Erie County property transfers. The North East Borough properties include: Bank Street North Lake Street North Pearl Street The North East Township properties include: Bank Street 10943 Sunset Drive Freeport […]

Mellon Heritage Foundation Completes Purchase of Former Mercyhurst Property

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After M. Richard Mellon’s tour of the property earlier this month following his down payment of $2 million to purchase the parcel from the Ehrenfeld Companies, it was announced yesterday that the $3.3 million sale is now final. The Erie Times News reports they received an email from Mellon stating: “As of 10:23 (a.m.) today, […]