{"id":52,"date":"2011-09-30T10:54:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T14:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=52"},"modified":"2011-09-30T10:54:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T14:54:56","slug":"modena-picked-for-county-revitalization-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"Modena picked for county revitalization grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Seven county boroughs receive funds, Modena to get $38,000 for sewer improvements<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/ChescoGraphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-54\" style=\"border: 2px solid gray; margin: 4px;\" title=\"ChescoGraphic\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/ChescoGraphic-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/ChescoGraphic-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/ChescoGraphic.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>WEST CHESTER \u2014 The Chester County Commissioners approved $2.6 million in Community Revitalization Program grants, this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese grants will improve communities across Chester County, focusing on urban areas,\u201d said Commissioner Chair Terence Farrell. \u201cSeven boroughs will use the money for the \u2018downtown\u2019 areas \u2013 including improvements to sidewalks, crosswalks, street lights and landscaping \u2013 all helping to increase pedestrian safety.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Oxford is receiving $367,467 for streetscape work; Spring City is receiving $594,000 for Main and Bridge Streetscape work and infrastructure improvements; Elverson is receiving $368,440 for its Brick Lane sewer upgrade; Kennett Square is receiving $512,000 for South Walnut Streetscape; Malvern is receiving $512,000 for Powelton Avenue and King Streetscape; West Grove is receiving $248,175 for its pump station upgrade; and Modena is receiving $38,000 for its South Brandywine Avenue emergency sewer improvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe projects are all in line with our award-winning Ladscapes2 plan and the priorities of our strategic plan,\u201d said Commissioner Kathi Cozzone. \u201cNot only does it address safety and encourage more pedestrian and cycling traffic, it also supports growth and development in the County\u2019s more populated areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Ryan Costello added, \u201cEconomic conditions have impaired the ability of local governments to fund improvements on their own.\u00a0 Not only do these grants help municipalities by providing direct funds, they have also, over the years, leveraged millions of dollars more in investment, and they remain instrumental in revitalizing our urban centers into more attractive places to live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the Community Revitalization Program began in 2002, the County has awarded almost $46 million in Community Revitalization program and Community Development Block Grant program grants to the sixteen urban centers (City of Coatesville and the 15 Boroughs) for infrastructure improvements, according to Pat Bokovitz, director of Chester County Department of Community Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven county boroughs receive funds, Modena to get $38,000 for sewer improvements WEST CHESTER \u2014 The Chester County Commissioners approved $2.6 million in Community Revitalization Program grants, this week. \u201cThese grants will improve communities across Chester County, focusing on urban areas,\u201d said Commissioner Chair Terence Farrell. \u201cSeven boroughs will use the money for the \u2018downtown\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[20,22,23,21],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-chester-county","tag-grant","tag-landscpaes2","tag-modena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}