Six projects in Berks County have received a combined $6.5 million in grant funding through Pennsylvania\u2019s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program.<\/p>\n
The mission of the program is to provide money for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, recreational and historical improvement projects.<\/p>\n
The following grants were announced Thursday:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wyomissing received $2 million for facility upgrades to borough hall, the police department and other borough operations.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Exeter Township Volunteer Fire Department was awarded $1.5 million to establish a new, centralized emergency services building to streamline operations and allow for faster response times.<\/p>\n
\u2022 South Heidelberg Township received $1 million to complete interior and exterior improvements to the township municipal complex.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Alvernia University was awarded $750,000 to support the American House project, the renovation of a history building into a community-based health center on Penn Street in Reading in partnership with the Berks Community Health Center.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Next Gen Distribution Hub in South Heidelberg Township received $750,000 to construct a new concrete warehouse. This state-of-the-art facility will consolidate two existing business units into a single distribution hub.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 The Rose Corporation was awarded $500,000 to expand its large-scale industrial metal fabrication facility in Reading to meet growing demand.<\/p>\n
Local lawmakers applauded the major investment by the state in these projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s my priority to see that the investments we make at the state level have an impact in Berks County,\u201d state Sen. Judy Schwank said in a release. \u201cWe have no shortage of projects in the pipeline, which speaks to the fact that our businesses, educational institutions and local governments are experiencing growth.\u201d<\/p>\n
State Rep. Manny Guzman said he was proud to have helped secure funding for Alvernia University and the Rose Corporation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese investments reflect my commitment to advancing the health, growth and prosperity of the families, workers and communities I represent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
State Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz said she was happy to see Wyomissing receive help through the grant program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be an exciting development for both the government and residents of Wyomissing,\u201d she said. \u201cThis will provide our local law enforcement with new opportunities to continue serving our community, while also expanding opportunities for the borough to support our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to the new police department building, Cepeda-Freytiz said there will be renovations to house reception, offices and council chambers in the current borough hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six projects in Berks County have received a combined $6.5 million in grant funding through Pennsylvania\u2019s Redevelopment Assistance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-245972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}