Erie County Council has approved a resolution that green lights a Property Development Agreement between the County of Erie and the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Erie. 

The resolution will allow them to develop the first Erie County business park in 25 years. 

The proposed development is a 194-acre property in Fairview and Girard Townships.

County Council said he development will help solve one of Erie County's biggest challenges, the lack of shovel ready sites. 

“This is an exciting day for Erie County,” said Erie County Redevelopment Authority
CEO Tina Mengine. “Special thanks to County Executive Davis who had the vision and
understood the pressing need to fill the gap we have for shovel ready sites. Thanks to
council’s vote tonight we can quickly begin to get to work on our first new business park
in more than two decades."

The project will be able to get started thanks to $4.5 million ARPA grant provided by the County for infrastructure development.