Greater Scranton YMCA officials will use $230,000 of Local Share Account funding to replace roofs and upgrade the facility’s security in Dunmore.
Earlier this month, state Sen. Marty Flynn, D-22, Dunmore, announced $7,645,810 in LSA funding for 50 projects throughout Lackawanna and Luzerne counties.
The Local Share Account program — funded through gaming revenues and administered through the Commonwealth Financing Authority — provides funding for projects in the public interest that improve the quality of life in communities across Pennsylvania, including investments in infrastructure, community facilities, public safety equipment and other community improvement projects, state officials said.
Flynn also credited state Reps. Bridget Kosierowski, Kyle Donahue, Kyle Mullins, Eddie Day Pashinski, and Jim Haddock for advocating for projects in the district.
Colleen Burns Ecklund, director of marketing and development for the YMCA, stated the nonprofit will use the grant funding, in conjunction with the organization’s operating budget to replace the two roofs in critical need of repair.
“One is our high pool roof — that one is 50-years-old and original to the building,” she said. “We have another one that covers a few critical parts of the building including our universal locker room, women’s locker room, central hallway, teaching kitchen and community kitchen, and was replaced in the late 80s.”
Additionally, a portion of the funding to support the replacement of security doors, Burns Ecklund added.
“We have seven security doors protecting our early learning center and childcare programming,” she said. “Those all currently have one access code that allows folks to go in and out of the childcare facility. We’re looking to replace it with a new system that would allow each parent to have their own individual code per family. It also allows us to run more detailed reports so we can better protect the students. Our number one priority is and continues to be the safety of the children in our care.”
Additional Lackawanna County awards include:
• Abington Regional Wastewater Authority: $181,250 to replace its washing compactor and auger in South Abington Twp.
• Dickson City, on behalf of Eagle Hose Company No. 1: $37,785 for garage floor repair and epoxy coating
• Lackawanna County, on behalf of The Boys and Girls Club of NEPA: $220,000 to purchase four new passenger vans for use in Scranton
• Lackawanna County, on behalf of Civic Ballet of Scranton: $73,363 for a furnace renovation project
• Lackawanna County, on behalf of The Connell Park Little League: $75,000 for an upgrade project at the park in Scranton
• Lackawanna County: District Attorney’s Office Forensic Science Training Project: $82,367 to implement a forensic science initiative for use in Scranton
• Lackawanna County: $320,000 to purchase mobile pantry vehicles for Friends of the Poor and the Catherine McAuley Center in Scranton
• Lackawanna County, on behalf of The Humane Society of Lackawanna County: $43,860 to purchase a humane officer vehicle for Griffin Pond Animal Shelter in South Abington Twp.
• Lackawanna County, on behalf of the Holy Rosary Basketball Association: $75,000 for window replacements in Scranton
• Lackawanna County, on behalf of Lackawanna Blind Association: $205,000 for utilities construction in Scranton
• Lackawanna County: Lackawanna County Lakeview Commons Montage Mountain Roadway Extension: $500,000 for construction of an access road in Scranton
• Lackawanna County, on behalf of Moosic Little League: $75,000 for a field lighting system
• Lackawanna County, on behalf of South Scranton Little League: $75,000 for stormwater and drainage improvements at Harmon Field
• Lackawanna County, on behalf of St. Joseph’s Center: $350,000 to complete Phase II of the center’s building facade restoration in Scranton
• Moosic: $29,207 to purchase and upfit a multi-band digital consolette for the police department
• Old Forge: $77,724 to build a dog park in the borough
• Scott Twp.: $150,000 for roadway reconstruction and resurfacing of Novitsky Road
• Scranton, on behalf of Discovery Multiple Intelligences Preschool d/b/a Discovery Montessori: $175,000 for building renovations of the Discovery Montessori building
• Scranton, on behalf of Providence Pregnancy Center: $82,412 for building renovations as part of a roofing project
• Scranton: $198,170 to purchase a vehicle barrier system for the police department
• Scranton, on behalf of The Arc of Northeastern PA: $76,500 for renovations to the Arc facility
• Scranton: $75,000 to rehabilitate softball fields in Tripp Park in Scranton City for the Miss-E League
• West Abington Twp.: $150,000 for road paving
The Luzerne County awards include:
• Avoca: $121,735 to purchase of a dump truck
• Avoca, on behalf of The Avoca Hose Co No. 1: $250,000 for renovations of the fire station
• Dupont: $100,000 to purchase a Diamondback Rear Loader with related appurtenances
• Duryea: $284,081 to replace the municipal building roof and construct a parking lot
• Laflin: $250,000 to replace a dilapidated pedestrian bridge
• Luzerne County: $100,000 to upgrade the Millennium Circle and Northampton Street portals in Wilkes-Barre
• Luzerne County Convention Center Authority: $100,000 for the HVAC air handler unit supply fans at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Twp.
• Luzerne County Convention Center Authority: $100,000 for a surveillance system upgrade at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre Twp.
• Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority, on behalf of The Salvation Army Wilkes-Barre (PA) Corps: $105,213 for a refrigerated truck acquisition in Wilkes-Barre
• North East Pennsylvania Land Bank: $75,000 for demolition and rehabilitation of properties in Dupont, Pittston, and Plains Twp.
• Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance, on behalf of Keystone Human Services: $171,743 to purchase three disability vehicles in Plains Twp.
• Pittston: $300,000 for an elevator construction project at Fuji
• Pittston: $289,200 to construct an outdoor stage on Main Street
• Pittston Twp.: $25,075 to upfit and purchase equipment for their emergency management utility vehicle
• Pittston Twp: $87,170 to purchase and install an emergency generator at their municipal building
• Plains Twp.: $77,300 to replace two DPW dump trucks
• Plains Twp.: $92,695 to replace the leaking roof of their municipal building
• West Side Council of Governments: $250,000 to purchase a new waste grinder, tar kettle, and bucket truck for maintenance work in Edwardsville, Forty Fort, and West Pittston
• West Wyoming Borough, on behalf of Wyoming Area Regional Police Department: $250,000 for the Multi-Agency Building Reconstruction Project in Wyoming
• Wilkes-Barre City: $250,000 for renovations to city hall
• Wilkes-Barre: $58,960 to purchase a new defibrillator for its Emergency Medical Services department
• Wilkes-Barre: $250,000 for improvements at the downtown public square
• Wilkes-Barre, on behalf of King’s College: $100,000 to update the technology in the Walsh, Snyder, and Fitzgerald conference rooms in the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center
• Wilkes-Barre, on behalf of Wilkes University: $200,000 to purchase equipment for a nursing simulation lab
• Wilkes-Barre, on behalf of Catholic Youth Center of Wyoming Valley: $100,000 for renovations of the CYC
• Wyoming: $100,000 to purchase a new compact track loader for its public works department