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Article: Students pitch future development ideas to Latrobe, Derry
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- April 9, 2009
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On a National Honor Society trip to Chicago last week, Greater
Latrobe High School senior Ryan Dudik learned of the Windy City's
revered, century-old development plan.
"That really closed the deal on what I want to do," said Dudik,
18, who will study architecture this fall at Virginia Tech. "I fell
in love with the ways of all the big cities I've been to, and right
now I'm trying to use them to help make Latrobe better overall."
Dudik did so Wednesday with 54 other students from Greater
Latrobe and Derry Area high schools at "Economic Exchange Day," an
annual event organized by the Latrobe Area Chamber of Commerce.
Participants at the Greater Latrobe Center for Student Creativity
spent the ...