The DePetris mixed use residential and commercial buildings in Coatesville PA will go up.

Progress:

Demolition on Fleetwood Street for the new Coatesville Train Station. (07/09/2015)

1st Avenue and Lincoln Highway is next (07/09/2015)

Plans coming together for big Coatesville project

Jan 23, 2015, 12:15pm EST Updated Jan 23, 2015, 12:42pm EST

Natalie Kostelni

Philadelphia Business Journal

Sign on Lipkin Building, Coatesville, PA (07/12/2015)

The Coatesville City Council may be dysfunctional. The robberies here may still make it dangerous for business owners, shoppers and residents. 

City Council could hire a city manager that recommends laying off police again and "business" would be "good again in C'ville". All in the game, yo. 

That could happen but as far as Coatesville's redevelopment, this time it won't matter. 

Coatesville's redevelopment has begun. This time it will not grind to a stop. 

What is different this time is Senator Dinniman pushing hard for the new train station. A big part of that new station is downtown development. Downtown meaning between 3rd Avenue and 1st Avenue on Lincoln Highway. 

What's different this time is the county is not putting $6 M into a Section 8 remodeling project at Roymar Hall at 10th & Lincoln Highway to benefit political cronies. The Chester County government is 100% on board with Coatesville's downtown development and new train station. 

What is different this time is the DePetris development project has no one actively trying to stop it. 

Maybe,  just maybe, someone like Bart Blatstein of Tower Investments would again take an interest in building an office & condo tower on the "Flats" and bring in an upscale restaurant.  

What's different is, Richard Legree is gone and I believe most of the effective links between organized crime and public officials went with him. So I think our Police Department is relatively safe. 
SEE:

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009

Lieutenant Gordon and "Lieutenant Legree"

Ernie Campos followed Richard Legree. RIP.

What's different is State Representative Tim Hennessey and his drug dealer office manager Lisa Johnson are gone from Coatesville. 

What's different is Coatesville is part of a legislative district that doesn't extend into Cracker country near the Berks County border. 

What's different is our new State Representative Harry Lewis is a well known and well liked teacher from Coatesville who does not have a crack cocaine dealer working in his office. 

What's different is, Coatesville's White Nationalist, John Birch Society Chapter Leader, Pat Sellers moved to Texas and can no longer bring John Birch Society money and influence together to stop "Smart Growth" redevelopment. 

Concerning the Coatesville Marriott Courtyard Hotel in Coatesville, Don Pulver said, “People were trying to stop us every day. You had to fight to do the work.” 

SEE:

TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011

The revitalization of the City of Coatesville is beginning. There was a concerted effort to kill it before it was born.

AND:

Mr. Pulver, “Everything’s touch and go today. Everybody’s trying to stop us every inch of the way. But we refuse to be stopped.”

From:

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Mr. Pulver, “It has to happen, now or never.”

And this, about the empty lot at 3rd. Avenue and Lincoln Highway where the Chetty Builders Pennock Place building was supposed to be built: 

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2010

Was Ernie Campos at Chetty Builders Headquarters in December of 2005?

 It's been a long time coming: