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Berwick Area, Bloomsburg Airport, Milton site, Shamokin, Butler/Hazle Township, Hazleton, Crestwood, Nanticoke, Hanover, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, "Green Acres," McAdoo, Packerton Yard
These tax abatement incentive development programs are focused on abandoned mine sites and industrial sites.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County Board of Commissioners; Telephone (570) 825-1500; Susquehanna Economic Development Agency; Telephone (570) 823-3355
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$10,000,000
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County
The Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry has commissioned Educational Marketing Concepts to perform a feasibility study to design a proposed visitors center for the Susquehanna Landing of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. This center will serve to educate the attendees in an interactive and technology-based fashion. The facility's theme is designed around the Susquehanna River, its history, and its future. The facility is expected to house a visitor/welcome center, the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Landing, an IMAX Theater, interactive displays, and associated retail development. The feasibility study was completed in late 1998 and the chamber is continuing to work with the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Commission.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Economic Development Initiative, the Economic Development Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Steve Barrouk, Executive Director, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry; Telephone (570) 823-2101
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$20,000,000
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County
The Hotel Sterling project consists of two vacant multi-story structures located in downtown Wilkes-Barre, adjacent to the Susquehanna River. These structures have been closed and are currently in bankruptcy, with several million dollars owed to local utilities and taxing bodies. The city is working with potential developers interested in either renovating or constructing a new complex for office space and upper end housing. The city successfully included the Hotel Sterling in a Keystone Opportunity Zone.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Economic Development Administration, Keystone Opportunity Zone, Small Business Administration, Federal Highway Administration
Tom McGroarty, Mayor, City of Wilkes-Barre; Telephone (570) 821-1170
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$16,000,000
$5,000,000 from Federal Highway Administration and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County
The City of Wilkes-Barre has initiated this project to combine the various modes of transportation into one central hub. The major aspects of the project are a public / private bus terminal, a police station, and a parking garage. A portion of the parking garage will accommodate a national movie theater company and tie into a major downtown office building. This intermodal project is expected to spawn an additional $20 million in downtown investment.
Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tom McGroarty, Mayor, City of Wilkes-Barre; Telephone (570) 821-1170
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$750,000
Berwick, Columbia County
Formally owned by the Eagles service club, this structure is located on Market Street overlooking the Susquehanna River. Potential uses include a combination municipal building, community college outreach center and/or housing.
Rural Development Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Economic Development Administration, Appalachian Regional Commission, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Matt Kulhanek, Borough Manager, Borough of Berwick; Telephone (570) 752-2723
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$3,000,000
$500,000 from PA DECD
Pittston, Luzerne County
Pittston has chosen to become one of the leaders in riverfront development. This project includes a marina, fishing pier and riverfront walkway that will connect with a rails-to-trails project, linking the river communities of Wilkes-Barre, Pittston and Duryea.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Economic Development Administration.
Mike Lombardo, Mayor, City of Pittston; Telephone (570) 654-4501
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$14,000,000
$14,000,000
Wilkes-Barre/Kingston, Luzerne County
As part of the mitigation plan for the Wyoming Valley Levee raising project, an inflatable dam is proposed to be constructed approximately one mile south of Wilkes-Barre. This will provide a recreational pool approximately 6 miles long, to the Borough of Forty Fort. The estimated cost for the levee itself is $7 million. An additional $7 million is included to construct parks and marinas to service the recreational lake. Currently, Gannet Fleming is conducting a feasibility study on the project for Luzerne County.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Luzerne County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Jim Brozena, Luzerne County Engineer, (570) 820-6305; Luzerne County Commissioners, Telephone (570) 825-1500;
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$6,000,000
In kind services by Camp, Dresser, McKee
Nanticoke, Luzerne County
The City of Nanticoke has requested that a study be undertaken to determine the feasibility of establishing an inflatable dam at the site of the old Nanticoke dam. This dam would complement the proposed dam at Wilkes-Barre by providing an additional recreational pool of over 600 acres.
Corps of Engineers, Department of Agriculture
John Toole, Mayor of Nanticoke; Telephone (570) 735-1160
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$7,000,000
CDBG Funds / matched appropriately
City of Shamokin, Northumberland County
The project would entail placing a cover or a bridge over the creek from Rock Street to Market Street. A portion from the city line to Rock Street is already covered. Finishing this project would greatly enhance the downtown area of Shamokin by removing blight and reducing a costly maintenance burden. It would also enhance the entire downtown area by connecting two public parcels of land which could then be landscaped to form a park area, suitable for any number of civic functions.
James Zurick, Esq., Shamokin City Solicitor; Telephone (570) 644-0403
$1,425,000
City of Shamokin, Northumberland County
The Housing Authority of the City of Shamokin has designed plans to renovate tis structure to turn efficiency apartments into one-bedroom units to better accommodate the needs of handicapped residents. The construction of 40 one-bedroom units will enhance the lifestyle of current tenants and provide a more complete occupancy pattern for the future of the structure. The preliminary architectural plans indicate the building lends itself to the requested design modifications, without relocating or inconveniencing current residents.
HUD
Ronald Miller, Housing Authority of the City of Shamokin; Telephone (570) 644-0431
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$2,500,000
$700,000
City of Sunbury, Northumberland County
The city has dedicated a parcel of land to this project to build a new library in Sunbury to serve all of Northumberland County. A major fund-raising campaign is about to begin. Architectural designs have been made with final design work to be based on total funding. There is a December 1999 deadline.
Gail E. Broome or J. R. Kauffman; Telephone (570) 286-2461
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$50,000
First Time Homebuyer Program
City of Sunbury, Northumberland County
Recognizing the importance of attracting first-time homeowners into the downtown, the City of Sunbury plans to purchase historic buildings and refurbish them into first class commercial units on the first floor and condominiums on the second and third floors. Revenues from the sale of these buildings would allow further renovation of additional buildings.
HUD
Daniel R. Yaglowski, Jr., City of Sunbury Authority; Telephone (570) 286-7768
$500,000
$100,000 Community Development Block Grants from HUD
City of Sunbury, Northumberland County
The City of Sunbury seeks to complete its downtown improvement project by 2001. An additional $500,000 is needed to install new sidewalks and curbing, street lighting, and underground utilities.
Daniel R. Yaglowski, Jr., City of Sunbury Authority; Telephone (570) 286-7768
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$1,000,000
Danville, Montour County
Danville’s shopping district lacks available parking. To avoid demolishing historic buildings, the Danville Borough Council seeks to construct a multi-level parking garage on an existing parking lot, increasing the availability of parking spots by 300% in the Central Business District.
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Community Development Block Grants from HUD
Tom Graham, Danville Borough Secretary; Telephone (570) 275-3091
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$500,000
Danville, Montour County
The Penn State Geisinger Medical Center would like to donate an old Ward School to the Borough of Danville. The Borough intends to rehabilitate and convert the 15,000-square-feet building into a center for local non-profit organizations (American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, United Way, food pantry, etc.). The Borough intends to name the facility after Abigail Geisinger, the founder of Geisinger Medical Center. However, the building is in need of major repairs before it can be occupied. For example, the roof needs to be replaced, and the second floor needs heating, wiring, and handicapped accessibility. It is the Borough’s and the non-profits’ vision to house the organizations under one roof so that resources and expenses can be shared and so that delivery of services can be enhanced. Everyone realizes the economies to be had by housing the organizations under one roof.
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Federal Community Development Block Grant Program, Foundations
Tom Graham, Danville Borough Secretary; Telephone (570) 275-3091