Jessica Bair covers retail, tourism, small business and York and Lebanon counties. She has been with the Central Penn Business Journal since 2006. 
York is set to begin construction at the end of the month on a redevelopment project along the 600 block of West Princess Street.
The first phase of the Salem Square community development project involves rehabilitating 11 single-family homes. The second phase will involve demolishing six deteriorated residential units along the 100 block of South West Street and constructing five single-family homes in their place. About $1 million of federal money will be invested in the project.
The 16 new housing units will be sold to low- to moderate-income buyers.
The Salem Square project has been in the works since 2007. It is an initiative being spearheaded by groups including the City of York, the Y-Community Development Corp., an affiliate of the YMCA of York and York County, York County and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency.
