CLARION \u2013 The Clarion County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) announced Tuesday 11 awards through its Regional Fa\u00e7ade Improvement Program, representing a total investment of $221,455 in downtown properties across Clarion, Foxburg and New Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Supported by a $100,000 Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Main Street Matters grant, the program is leveraging an additional $121,986 in private investment from participating property and business owners. Together, these investments will support fa\u00e7ade improvements that enhance downtown properties, support local businesses, and contribute to continued community revitalization.<\/p>\n
\u201cClarion County\u2019s downtowns are foundational to business, tourism, and local quality of life. Recognizing their importance, supporting and strengthening our downtowns has become a key pillar of our economic development strategy,\u201d said Jarred Heuer, CCEDC executive director. \u201cThis fa\u00e7ade program puts that priority into action by partnering with property and business owners to invest directly in their communities. I am very pleased to see the program take shape and hit the street, and I believe these investments can build momentum, encourage further private investment, and contribute to stronger downtowns across Clarion County.\u201d<\/p>\n
The recipients are:<\/p>\n
Clarion<\/p>\n
\u2022 Logue & Urik, P.C.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Clarion Community Center.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Beauty on Main, Blended Nutrition and George\u2019s Barber Shop.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Clarion River Brewing Co.<\/p>\n
New Bethlehem<\/p>\n
\u2022 NB Fitness Studio.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Valley Flowers.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Union Hall.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Southern Clarion County Regional Police Department.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Leatherwood Academy and Laurel Eye Clinic.<\/p>\n
Foxburg<\/p>\n
\u2022 Allegheny Grille.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Red Brick Gallery & Gift Shop.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a pleasure working with local business and property owners through the application and design process and helping bring their ideas for these properties to life,\u201d said Sharon DeAndrea, CCEDC community development manager. \u201cI am excited to see these projects move forward and the visible impact they will have in each community. These improvements will help preserve and enhance important downtown properties while creating more welcoming business districts for residents and visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Regional Fa\u00e7ade Improvement Program is one of several initiatives being implemented through CCEDC\u2019s Regional Main Street Initiative, a collaborative effort focused on strengthening downtown business districts and community vitality throughout Clarion County.<\/p>\n
Through the initiative, CCEDC is working alongside local municipalities, businesses, property owners, and community partners to identify and advance opportunities for continued downtown revitalization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLARION \u2013 The Clarion County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) announced Tuesday 11 awards through its Regional Fa\u00e7ade Improvement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,8119,524,1160,61,116449,1718,28,82],"class_list":["post-278136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-clarion-county","tag-community","tag-economic-development","tag-economy","tag-faade","tag-investment","tag-pennsylvania","tag-property"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278136","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=278136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}