State recognizes Aliquippa for economic improvement
ALIQUIPPA A high-profile Beaver County underdog is among those honored by the governor s office for local excellence this year.
Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development named the City of Aliquippa a 2021 recipient of the Governor’s Award for Local Government Excellence. Each year, municipalities and elected leaders are applauded for improvements made to their communities.
“After being faced with an unprecedented pandemic that impacted communities across the state, this year’s awards truly speak to and honor the resilience and proactive efforts of the inspiring Pennsylvania community leaders and groups that we are celebrating today,” DCED Secretary Dennis Davin said in a statement.
Support for Pennsylvania Communities Now Available Through Neighborhood Assistance Program
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Harrisburg, PA – Today, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Davin announced that the Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) is now accepting applications for community revitalization projects across the commonwealth. NAP promotes community participation and collaborations among nonprofits, businesses, and residents while producing outcomes that assist a distressed area or the low-income population in a neighborhood. The Neighborhood Assistance Program demonstrates the value of developing robust public-private partnerships and the significant impact those partnerships can have on communities, said Sec. Davin. Through their participation in this critical program, our private sector partners improve quality of life each and every day for the cities, towns, and neighborhoods they call home.
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The Fayette County Cultural Trust is adding two more organizations to their list of recipients for funding through a state program.
Over the past six years, the Neighborhood Partnership Program (NPP), a program through the state Department of Community and Economic Development, has provided money to various local organizations through the cultural trust.
Those organizations are selected because their missions are to help the low and moderate income residents of Connellsville.
Daniel Cocks, the executive director of the FCCT, said this will be the second term that the trust has been accepted into the NPP with each term lasting for six years of funding to those organizations.