<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0OY1RL_1H1BFlcI00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0OY1RL_1H1BFlcI00" width="640" height="507" ><figcaption>Jeannette city hall photographed on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. (TribLive)</figcaption></figure>A proposed commercial and residential development at the former Monsour Medical Center property is on hold while the developer gathers feedback from nearby residents.A letter was sent to about 130 households in Jeannette this month seeking feedback which will drive how the project moves forward.“The gist of the letter is ‘We hear you,’” said Donald Tarosky Jr., president and chief operating officer of The Colony Company.The move was in response to a contentious public hearing in August regarding a proposed zoning change for the property and subsequent petition signed by about 150 people.Commercial and residential developments had been proposed by the owner of the now-vacant Route 30 property that was the site of a $2 million demolition project funded by local and state dollars. The lot has been empty since the former Monsour Medical Center was demolished by the Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corp. and sold to Jayhawk Commons LLC, through local developer The Colony Company.Last year, the projects proposed by developers included Jayhawk Commons for the retail complex along Route 30 and Jayhawk Landing for more than 30 nearby town homes on property near the highway’s intersection with Pennsylvania Boulevard.An amendment to existing zoning would have allowed town homes under the regional commercial zoning as well as changing zoning of four parcels off Pennsylvania Boulevard from traditional neighborhood to regional commercial. The proposed retail complex site is zoned regional commercial, as is a strip of land on the opposite side of Pennsylvania Boulevard.Numerous residents voiced concerns during the August public hearing that if a section of a residential neighborhood is changed to a commercial zoning designation to accommodate the proposal, it could open the area up to unwanted development beyond homes.The comments prompted council members to reevaluate the proposed zoning change.Neither Jayhawk Commons nor Jayhawk Landing have been approved by city officials.Resident Randy Bair, who organized the petition, said he’s cautiously optimistic at Tarosky’s efforts to consider concerns in the neighborhood. The petition included signatures of the vast majority of those who live close by, he said.“Everybody feels a lot better now than they did before,” Bair said. “We’re grateful for the correspondence.”Jeannette manager Ethan Keedy said city officials are looking at different options for town homes to be included in zoning to make sure any changes don’t impact the city overall but help the project move forward.“We’re hopeful that we’re able to work with the residents of Paruco Park and we’re able to work with the developer,” he said, referring to the neighborhood just off Route 30 behind the former hospital site.Responses to the resident survey are coming in, Tarosky said. Questions included concerns about the previous re-zoning effort and how respondents would prefer learning about future development plans. Tarosky said he planned to send any future information in writing to residents and have a town hall-style meeting.“We’re going to take the constructive criticism through the holidays here … and see how we can accommodate the questionnaire data and how we can potentially redesign this in a way that is palatable to the Paruco Park residents,” Tarosky said.The Monsour Medical Center’s nine-story cylindrical hospital had been a landmark at the city’s entrance since 1971 until it closed in 2006 after failing a series of state inspections. The county land bank bought the dilapidated 6.4-acre property in 2014 at a judicial sale for about $15,000. The demolition project was finished in 2017. The sale was finalized in 2019.</div></body>

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A proposed commercial and residential development at the former Monsour Medical Center property is on hold while the developer gathers feedback from nearby residents. A letter was sent to about 130 households in Jeannette this month seeking feedback which will drive how the project moves forward. “The gist of the...

Developer seeks input on proposed Jayhawk Commons development in Jeannette

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A proposed commercial and residential development at the former Monsour Medical Center property is on hold while the developer gathers feedback from nearby

Developer seeks input on proposed Jayhawk Commons development in Jeannette

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