Recent and Current Developments
Recent and Current Developments
Local Food/Local Places (Jan 22, 2016)
The Redevelopment Authority was the recipient of Technical Assistance through the White House Initiative of Sustainable Communities.
The Redevelopment Authority in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, will receive technical assistance to attract more producers to the farmers market, expand cultivation of specialty crops, develop a flexible kitchen space facility, and establish a restaurant corridor reflective of the area’s historically diverse cultures
to entice people to downtown.
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Playground Improvements by Employee Volunteers of the Williams Company
Before and After
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Sheetz Gas Station Expansion
Route 119 & Crawford Avenue
2015
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New Businesses Opened 2015
New Haven Trailside Treats
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Planters, Benches, Streetscape, City Hall & Community Center 2015
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New Sidewalk Curbs and Handicapped Ramps
Crawford Avenue Paving 2015
PennDOT
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Connellsville Carnegie Free Library
New Roof, Windows, Heating Cooling
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New Play Ground Equipment
South Side Park
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New Sidewalks
West Gibson & Johnson Avenues
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New Road Surface & Storm Drains
McCormick & Francis Avenue
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Aaron's Building undergoing restoration to become
Event Center
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Somerset Trust Company purchases
former P&LE Train Station
2014
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New Shelters
Great Allegheny Passage
2014-2015
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Great Allegheny Passage Parking Lot Project
(Behind Martin's)
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Youghiogheny River Park Development
2013 Includes New Play Ground Equipment, Water Fountains, Mister, Updated Bathroom Facilities, & Updated Outdoor Seating Spaces!
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Connellsville East Park Improvements
New Playground Equipment, Upgrades to Stone Walls
2012-2013
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New Fact Bus Shelters
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Rotary Club of Connellsville donates City Plaza Clock
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Amtrak Station: $1.25 million investment in new station
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Streetscape improvements on Pittsburgh Street: $200,000
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