Corbett Administration Announces Economic Growth Initiative Awards
Transparent and Objective Process Yields More Than 56,000 Jobs in 54 Quality Redevelopment Projects
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced the award of 54 new Economic Growth Initiative grants. Fifty-four projects, totaling nearly $125 million were selected for funding. These projects will create or retain more than 56,000 jobs in 28 counties across the state.
The program provides grants to local communities for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, and historical improvement projects.
Last year, Corbett reformed the state's method of funding redevelopment assistance capital projects with a significant redesign, making the process more transparent and objective. Projects are now selected based upon their job-creation potential, their economic impact, as well as their viability and construction readiness.
Prior to Corbett's taking office, the state's spending and borrowing for capital redevelopment assistance had become unsustainable for the state and its taxpayers, growing from $400 million in 1986 to slightly more than $4 billion in 2010. Corbett also said that the program had strayed considerably from its intended purpose of encouraging and assisting job growth through regional economic development projects.
Governor Corbett explained that the redesigned program has a clearly defined application process with published guidelines and procedures, a merit-based evaluation and selection system, and increased transparency. The new program will also maintain thorough monitoring, measurement and reporting, including posting all applicants and selected projects on the Office of Budget's website.
"Through transparency and well-established criteria, we can assure taxpayers that the projects we fund today will be of true benefit to their communities and will create jobs that Pennsylvania needs," Corbett said. "This newly improved program will allow us to pay down our existing debt instead of passing it onto our children."
Some of the projects selected include funding for the refineries in the Southeast, a pharmaceutical plant expansion in the Northeast, reconstruction along the waterfront of Lake Erie in the Northwest and extensive downtown redevelopment in the Southwest. The grants range in value from a minimum of $500,000 to a maximum of $5 million.
Because the applications submitted for this round of grants far exceeded the amounts available, those who didn't receive grants are encouraged to work with the Office of Budget to determine the likelihood of success in the next round.
For a full listing of selections and for more information, visit the Budget Office online at www.budget.state.pa.us and select the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program link.
Media contact: Jay Pagni, 717-265-8067
Editor's note: For statutory and legislative purposes, the program will continue to be known as the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program.
A full listing of selected projects is attached.
| Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program Grants Awarded by Governor Corbett Initial Funding Round Award Date: February 11, 2013 |
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| No. |
County |
Project Name |
Candidate (Applicant) |
Approved Funding Level |
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| 1 |
Allegheny |
Lower Hill Infrastructure Project |
SEA of Pittsburgh |
$5,000,000 |
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| 2 |
Allegheny |
Bakery Square 2.0 |
Bakery Square 2.0 LP |
$4,000,000 |
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| 3 |
Allegheny |
The Gardens at Market Square |
Millcraft Investments |
$4,000,000 |
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| 4 |
Allegheny |
Calgon Carbon UV Technologies Manufacturing Expansion |
Calgon Carbon Corporation |
$2,000,000 |
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| 5 |
Allegheny |
Heinz History Center Museum Support and Conservation Center |
URA |
$2,000,000 |
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| 6 |
Allegheny |
Schenley Place |
Elmhurst Company |
$1,000,000 |
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| 7 |
Allegheny |
Steamfitter Technology Center |
URA |
$750,000 |
||||
| 8 |
Armstrong |
Northpointe Entrance Development |
ACIDA |
$950,000 |
||||
| 9 |
Berks |
Berks Park 78 Domestic Water Supply |
BCIDA |
$500,000 |
||||
| 10 |
Bradford |
Guthrie Health-Troy Medical Office Clinic |
CBPA |
$2,000,000 |
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| 11 |
Bucks |
St. Mary Medical Center Surgical Services Expansion Project |
RDA of Bucks |
$3,000,000 |
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| 12 |
Butler |
Summit at Cranberry Woods |
Butler County CDC |
$3,000,000 |
||||
| 13 |
Butler |
Centre City Revitalization |
RDA of Butler |
$2,000,000 |
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| 14 |
Cambria |
JWF Industries-Cramer Pike Project |
JWF Industries |
$1,000,000 |
||||
| 15 |
Centre |
CPI Transportation Training Center Final Phase |
Cen Penn Institute |
$2,000,000 |
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| 16 |
Cumberland |
Holy Spirit Electronic Data Center |
Holy Spirit Hospital |
$3,250,000 |
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| 17 |
Cumberland |
Redevelopment of the IAC Brownfield Site |
Carlisle Productions |
$2,000,000 |
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| 18 |
Dauphin |
Pinnacle Health Cardiothoracic Intensive Care |
Pinnacle Health |
$1,640,000 |
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| 19 |
Dauphin |
Spring Creek Road Improvement |
Bishop McDevitt High School |
$710,000 |
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| 20 |
Delaware |
Project Clarity-Marcus Hook Splitter |
Braskem America Inc. |
$5,000,000 |
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| 21 |
Delaware |
Ridley Mixed-Use Development Phase II |
MGM Ridley Parking LP |
$2,500,000 |
||||
| 22 |
Delaware |
Neumann University Phase II |
Neumann University |
$1,000,000 |
||||
| 23 |
Erie |
West Slip Sheet Pile Dock Repair |
EWPPA |
$5,000,000 |
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| 24 |
Fayette |
Dunbar Township Business Park Development |
Fay-Penn |
$1,000,000 |
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| 25 |
Franklin |
Borough of Chambersburg CNG Refueling |
Boro of Chambersburg |
$500,000 |
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| 26 |
Indiana |
Indiana Economic Development Project Segment C |
Boro of Indiana |
$3,250,000 |
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| 27 |
Jefferson |
Punxsutawney FQHC Anchored Multi Service Facility |
Primary Health Network |
$2,000,000 |
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| 28 |
Lackawanna |
Marywood University |
Marywood University |
$4,000,000 |
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| 29 |
Lehigh |
Hamilton Crossings |
TGG/TCH-Hamilton Crossings |
$2,500,000 |
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| 30 |
Lehigh |
Sacred Heart-6th Tower Patient Floor Renovations |
City of Allentown |
$500,000 |
||||
| 31 |
Luzerne |
Hayden Tower at the Markle Building |
HDC Inc |
$750,000 |
||||
| 32 |
Monroe |
Route 611 Corridor Gas Line II |
Sanofi-Pasteur |
$5,000,000 |
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| 33 |
Monroe |
PMC Medical Home |
Pocono Medical Center |
$3,000,000 |
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| 34 |
Monroe |
CBK Lodge |
CBK Lodge |
$3,000,000 |
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| 35 |
Monroe |
Arcadia New Ventures |
Pocono Mt. EDC |
$1,500,000 |
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| 36 |
Montgomery |
Lankenau Hospital Master Facility |
Main Line Hospitals |
$2,500,000 |
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| 37 |
Montgomery |
Madison Avenue Parking Lot Redevelopment |
BPG Properties |
$2,500,000 |
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| 38 |
Montour |
Geisinger Hospital for Advanced Medicine |
Geisinger Clinic |
$2,400,000 |
||||
| 39 |
Northampton |
Majestic Bethlehem Center-Commerce Center Blvd. North |
City of Bethlehem |
$5,000,000 |
||||
| 40 |
Northampton |
Lehigh Valley Charter High School for Performing Arts |
LV Charter |
$3,000,000 |
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| 41 |
Philadelphia |
Philadelphia Energy Solutions Catalytic Cracker Turnaround |
Philadelphia Energy Solutions |
$5,000,000 |
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| 42 |
Philadelphia |
Philadelphia Museum of Art-Art Handling Facility |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
$5,000,000 |
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| 43 |
Philadelphia |
Central Green Project |
PAID |
$4,000,000 |
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| 44 |
Philadelphia |
Ambulatory Care Center and Parking Garage |
Children's Hospital of Phila |
$3,000,000 |
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| 45 |
Philadelphia |
McNeil Science and Technology Center-Phase II |
University of the Sciences |
$2,500,000 |
||||
| 46 |
Philadelphia |
Hamilton Family Children's Zoo |
Philadelphia Zoo |
$1,300,000 |
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| 47 |
Philadelphia |
Clinical Learning and Assessment Center |
PCOM |
$1,000,000 |
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| 48 |
Philadelphia |
Center for Culinary Enterprises |
Enterprise Center of Phila |
$500,000 |
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| 49 |
Schuylkill |
St. Luke's Miners Surgical Center |
St. Lukes |
$750,000 |
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| 50 |
Somerset |
Myersdale Medical Office |
Conemaugh Health System |
$1,000,000 |
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| 51 |
Washington |
Starpointe Business Park Phase 1B |
WCCEDC |
$1,500,000 |
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| 52 |
Westmoreland |
City of Latrobe Parking Garage |
City of Latrobe |
$1,000,000 |
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| 53 |
Westmoreland |
Westmoreland County Airpark |
WCIDC |
$1,000,000 |
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| 54 |
Westmoreland |
Western PA Operating Engineers |
Western PA Operating Engineers |
$500,000 |
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| TOTAL |
$124,750,000 |
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SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor
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