Westmoreland County officials and guests gathered Wednesday at the main entrance and plaza in front of the courthouse on Main Street in Greensburg for the dedication of the renovated plaza.
The redesigned plaza allows for the return of outdoor recreation and programs and is once again a gateway into the courthouse.
It features a separate area for permitted events at the corner of Otterman and Main streets and aluminum lettering that spells out “Westmoreland.” Newly installed lighting will enable the county to color coordinate the decorative lettering with the colors used to illuminate the courthouse dome.
A parking garage serving county employees was reconstructed beneath the plaza.
The county commissioners closed the two-level garage in March 2022 after engineers reported the structure was in danger of a potential collapse. Architects designed a rebuild that replaced the garage and reconfigured the courthouse plaza atop the parking structure as part of a $7 million project paid for from the county’s covid relief funds.
