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Sunbury's Fight Against Blight

The City of Sunbury established the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Sunbury (otherwise known as the “Sunbury Redevelopment Authority") by Resolution on September 7, 1965 under the Urban Redevelopment Law, 35 P.S. 1701, as amended. The Sunbury Redevelopment Authority, in partnership with the City of Sunbury, strives to revitalize and mitigate blight in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.

Since 2009, the City of Sunbury and the Sunbury Redevelopment Authority have worked together to acquire and sell more than 65 vacant, abandoned, and blighted properties through the eminent domain process, returning these properties to the tax rolls. All proceeds from the public auction of these properties return to the Sunbury Redevelopment Authority blight removal program to be used for the next round of blighted properties.

Today, the following Board Members

oversee the efforts of the Sunbury Redevelopment Authority:
Aimee Buehner, Co-Chair & Treasurer
Clay Rowe, Co-Chair & Secretary
Jeff Balestrini, Vice-Chair
Adam C. Purdy, Member
David L. Persing, Member

For questions, contact Solicitor Brianna Apfelbaum Kula, Esq. at (570)286-0210 or contact us here.

“The success of the Sunbury Redevelopment Authority is the result of a collaborative effort between the Sunbury Redevelopment Authority and City of Sunbury Officials, including the Mayor and his office, City Council and the City Code Department, as well as Seda Council of Governments and the Housing Authority of Northumberland County (through their Keystone Grant Program). Our process of identifying, acquiring, and re-purposing blighted properties has a number of positive impacts within the community by way of removing the blight, improving safety in and around the blighted property, increased property values to surrounding neighbors, and increased tax revenue for the City.”

Adam C. Purdy, Immediate Past Chair
Sunbury Redevelopment Authority

Current City of Sunbury
Public Nuisance Property List
(approved by City Council on November 25, 2024)

Note, the Sunbury Redevelopment Authority only works with vacant,
blighted properties on the City of Sunbury's Public Nuisance List.

25 N. 5th Street
49-51 N. 4th Street

100 N. 4th Street
108 N. 6th Street
115 Fairmount Ave.
124 S. 4th Street
125 N. 12th Street
134-136-138, 745 Packer Street

154 N. 4th Street
156 N. 4th Street
160 Lombard Street

178 Lenker Ave.
203 S. 4th Street

227 S. Awl Street
229 Linden Street
241-243 S. Awl Street

244 Church Street
246 Church Street

253 Pine Street

259 S. 4th Street

301 S. 4th Street

320 S. 4th Street
321 Chestnut Street
340 Linden Street
341-343 PA Ave.
344-346 S. 4th Street
351 S. 4th Street
370 Market Street
401 S. 2nd Street
420 N. 4th Street
420 Chestnut Street
422 Chestnut Street

434 Fairmount Ave.

444-446 Market Street
452 N. 7th Street
457 N. 2nd Street
462 Catawissa Ave.
500 N. Front Street
618-620 N. 5th Street
618 Reagan Street
630 Susquehanna Ave.
700-702 Susquehanna Ave.

724 Market Street Rear
725 N. 5th Street
750 N. 8th Street
833 Line Street
877 S. 2nd Street
879 S. 2nd Street
916 Walnut Street
925 Reagan Street
940-942 Reagan Street

953 Reagan Street

964 S. Front Street
1041 Line Street

1056 Reagan Street

1066-1068 Miller Street

1106 Susquehanna Ave.

1122 E. Chestnut Street

1126-1128 Miller Street

1135 Court Street

1249 Market Street

1253 Highland Ave..