Story by Amanda Fries of Spotlight PA

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WYOMISSING — Berks County officials will meet today to consider formally designating the former Crowne Plaza hotel as blighted after three years of vacancy.

Doing so would allow county officials to seize the large event space and hotel at 1741 Paper Mill Road in Wyomissing through eminent domain.

A committee of the Berks County Redevelopment Authority will meet via Zoom at 2:30 p.m. to consider the certification .

The property is owned by Lockwood Hotels , a development group with other hotels in Alabama, Florida, and New Jersey. In the past month, th

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