Series 7. Somerset Industrial Center Records, 1980-1987.

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Series 7. Somerset Industrial Center Records, 1980-1987.

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Series 7 details the Spanish Merchants Association's attempt to rehabilitate an industrial building in Spanish-speaking North Philadelphia and rent space to small manufacturers in order to stabilize employment in the area. Subseries 1, General Business Records, 1983-84, includes mortgage closing and acquisition documents, correspondence between SMA officers and representatives of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, Local Initiatives Development Authority, the William Penn Foundation, and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development concerning funding of the project. Subseries 2 is made up of correspondence of project manager Louis E. Pasaminick concerning site operation and maintenance. Subseries 3 contains Pasamanick's personal papers dealing with the latter's participation in community organizations such as the American Street Business Corridor Association and the Philadelphia Mayor's Anti-Graffiti Task Force; correspondence between Pasamanick and Robert Wagman (1984-85) concerning interest in industrial redevelopment schemes involving prison inmate labor; and files relating to Pasamanick's involvement in Republican Party organizations including election campaigns such as the [Ronald D.] Castille for District Attorney Committee, 1985-86, the Bob Rovner Campaign for Republican Candidate for Congress (1986), and the Ovidio [Jack] Ortiz for State Representative committee (1984), for which Pasamanick seved as business officer.

8 ln. ft.

eng,

spa,

Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Library

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