State Rep. Manuel Guzman, D-Berks, today commended more than $185,000 in funding for Reading through Pennsylvania\u2019s City Revitalization and Improvement Zone program, marking the city\u2019s first award through the initiative.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Secretary Pat Browne announced that Reading, Erie, Lancaster, Bethlehem and Tamaqua will receive funding through the program.<\/p>\n
Reading will receive $185,057.97. The program has helped participating cities advance downtown revitalization and economic development. Reading and Erie are receiving funding for the first time after Gov. Josh Shapiro reopened the program following more than a decade without new funding opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe funding is an important step, but revitalization does not happen overnight,\u201d Guzman said. \u201cIt takes consistent effort, collaboration and a long-term strategy. I\u2019m proud to have been part of the work that brought us to this point, and I\u2019ll continue working to strengthen Reading\u2019s economic future,\u201d Guzman said. The CRIZ funding is based on activity from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m proud to see that continued effort help bring this opportunity to Reading, where the funding can support downtown revitalization and put underutilized properties back to productive use.\u201d<\/p>\n
CRIZ zones can encompass up to 130 acres and are selected based on their potential to generate significant economic improvements. The Reading CRIZ is administered by the City of Reading Revitalization and Improvement Zone Authority Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State Rep. Manuel Guzman, D-Berks, today commended more than $185,000 in funding for Reading through Pennsylvania\u2019s City Revitalization…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-311000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311000","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=311000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}