radioNOVO News for NWPA 07-13-26

Good morning.A long-running legal battle over Crawford County’s property taxes is officially heading into its final phases following a high-profile civil trial in Meadville. New expert data presented before Senior Judge Oliver Lobaugh reveals that the county’s fifty-seven-year-old assessment tables have created an unconstitutional level of tax disparity, with over half of all area properties valued incorrectly. County commissioners cite the multi-million-dollar cost as a barrier to funding a total reassessment, noting it could spark a twenty-five percent tax increase. Both sides now have thirty days to submit their final briefs.Meanwhile, local housing nonprofit Common Roots has unveiled an innovative model cottage on Walnut Street designed to showcase affordable, self-help home construction methods for aspiring Meadville homeowners.And the nearly two-hundred-year-old historic Revere bronze bell is successfully ringing out across Diamond Park once again following a extensive three-year restoration project at the First Baptist Church.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News.