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Gas stations · Pennsylvania

Former gas station for WOKW

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedRetrofit builtClearfield, PA

Gas station retrofit to housing/office in Clearfield, PA, with 74 units permitted in 2024; housing market shows modest growth but long-term decline. · summary, model-written

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Place
Shrinking countyThis site: -1.6% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: The building was completely renovated with office space being leased next door and an apartment on the top floor. record · all sites with this
New use
HousingThis site: …y renovated with office space being leased next door and an apartment on the top floor. newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
OfficeThis site: The building was completely renovated with office space being leased next door and an apartment on the top fl newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusRetrofit builtnewtypes-extraction reported
StrategyReinhabitedWikipedia no source
New useshousing, office, otherWikipedia no source
What is there nowThe building was completely renovated with office space being leased next door and an apartment on the top floor.newtypes-extraction reported

History and original facts

CountyClearfield County
Census division2 · Mid-Atlantic
NotesDraft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: A former gas station in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, was purchased by Mark Harley in the late 1990s and renovated to house the WOKW radio station, office space, and an apartment.

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Planning

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Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
Sold—HarleyWikipedia

Site context

Housing permits, Clearfield County (PA), 202410 units in 5+ unit buildings, 4 in 2–4, 74 single-family; 2023: 14 in 5+Census BPS
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)4,266 jobs in 302 establishments; average annual pay $34,296; employment location quotient 1.48; employment -2.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022534 jobs; 61 in retail trade, 58 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 42033331200)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 43rd income percentile as adults; 1.7% incarcerated at the 2010 count (294 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 1% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 15.8%; median family income $59,702; 245 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsClearfield Area School District (KG-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation1,105 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025144 county-logged events: 125 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 4 flood, 4 hail; $8,461,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 16830, 2026-09median list price $176,150 (+41.2% on the year); 28 active listings; median 58 days on market; 23% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023331 establishments (-4%); 4,535 jobs (-5%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $144,352 (+4% 1 yr, -10% 5 yr); typical rent $968/mo, 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)9,454 vehicles a day on SECOND ST (minor arterial); 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Former gas station at 102.9 FM radio station WOKW location (purchased by Harley in 1990s) was renovated into office space (leased next door) and apartments (top floor).

Why. Strategy: reinhabit (retrofit already built). Housing market shows 4.3% annual growth (ZHVI $144k, 2026-09), but 9.7% 5-year decline. 74 housing units permitted in Clearfield County 2024.

Where it stands. Status: built. Traffic: 9,454 ADT on minor arterial (SECOND ST). Retail establishments down 4.3% (2012-2023).

For a planner

  • 74 housing units permitted in 2024
  • traffic volume 9,454 ADT
  • retail decline (-4.3% establishments)

For a developer

  • ZHVI growth (4.3% YoY)
  • mixed-use retrofit completed
  • peer comparisons: 5 PA sites with 'reinhabit' strategy

What we do not know yet

  • No current vacancy rates
  • Renovation timeline unknown
  • No pedestrian traffic data
  • Radio station history not relevant to site use

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Background

WOKW (102.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Curwensville, Pennsylvania, serving Clearfield County with an adult hits format. WOKW’s studios are located in Clearfield, while the transmitter resides in Lawrence Township. == History == WOKW signed on the air on August 1, 1989, at 10:29 am. That exact time and day was chosen as they numerically reflected the new station's frequency of 102.9. The station was initially assigned the call letters WWWS, but those were changed shortly before the station went on the air.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 1990 Harley moved WOKW to its permanent location in the late 1990s to a former gas station location he purchased

Sources

  • WOKW · CC BY-SA 4.0
    2 quoted sentences
    a former gas station location
    Harley moved WOKW to its permanent location in the late 1990s to a former gas station location he purchased along Clearfield/Curwensville pike near a local shopping center.

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