Cory Puopolo, a physical education teacher in Port Jervis, told The Epoch Times that he ventured into building the tallest downtown hotel with charitable purposes in mind: to help young people in the community, especially those from challenging family backgrounds, while building a more promising city for them to grow up in.
The time is ripe for such a move, he said, as Port Jervis is experiencing an economic revival with a slew of new businesses moving in—and that momentum is soon to be multiplied by a historic $10 million downtown redevelopment grant from the state.
