Office
of Public Information
Phone: 610-782-3001
Fax: 610-820-3615
Donald T. Cunningham, Jr.,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:
Date: April 23, 2007 Frank Kane
(610) 782-3001
Lehigh
Borough of Macungie, Lower Milford, Upper Milford, Alburtis to receive
MACUNGIE: Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham today announced the first grants awarded under the county’s newly-created Main Street Initiatives Fund and Regional Partnerships Fund.
“We created
these two new grant funds to help
The Borough of Macungie received a $24,000 grant from
“This grant will help
fund the planning process for our next Transportation Enhancement Grant which
is for a Main Street Streetscape in our
Lower and Upper Milford Townships and the Boroughs of Macungie and Alburtis also received $1,000 from Lehigh County’s Regional Partnerships Fund for the development of a board of appeals for Uniform Construction Code compliance.
The Regional Partnerships and Main Street Initiatives Funds were proposed by Cunningham last year and adopted by the Board of Commissioners
to supplement municipalities’ community and economic
development activities. In the next few
weeks,
The deadline for municipal applications for the next round
of funding is May 31, and information for all of
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