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Focus on Community Development |
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Summer 2007 |
Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority |
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Lancaster County
Redevelopment Authority
Board of Directors:
Cindy Stewart, Chairman
Neil Kinsey, Vice Chairman
Ralph Murray, Sr., Treasurer
James Shultz
Miriam Fletcher
Lancaster County Commissioners:
Dick Shellenberger, Chairman
Molly Henderson
Sharron Nelson
Executive Director:
Matthew T. Sternberg
The preparation of this newsletter was financed through a
Community Development
Block Grant
from the U. S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development.
Any questions or comments concerning information printed in this
newsletter should be addressed to:
Steve Glatfelter,
Community Development
Assistant
Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority
202 North Prince Street, Suite 400
Lancaster, PA 17603-3528
Phone: (717) 394-0793
Fax: (717) 394-7635
Email: sglatfelter@lchra.com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Authority
Enters into Borough Revitalization Collaborative
Executive Director's Message
Focus On:
James Shultz
We’ve
Moved!!
Fairview Meadow Apartments Open
Help Us, Rhonda
Fiscal Year 2007
Proposed Funding
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Authority Enters into Borough Revitalization Collaborative
The Lancaster
County Redevelopment Authority launched a new initiative called the
Borough Revitalization Collaborative. Partnering with three other
Lancaster County organizations, the team will provide technical
services for targeted renewal efforts in the County’s downtown
areas. The other three members of the Collaborative are: the
Lancaster County Planning Commission, Economic Development Company
of Lancaster (EDC) and the Building Industry Association of
Lancaster (BIA).
The goal of
the Collaborative is to assist boroughs and villages that may lack
the resources or expertise necessary to move projects from planning
to reality. The Collaborative will focus primarily on projects that
result in meaningful change in the economic base of the downtown.
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Executive Director’s Message
It’s a
great pleasure for me to write this message as I approach
the first anniversary of my tenure as Executive Director.
Since coming to the Authorities in July, 2006, I have gotten
to know the leaders and residents of a truly great
community. As an outsider coming in, the first thing that
struck me about Lancaster is the depth of commitment to
maintaining the County’s quality of life. Issues and
challenges abound, as they always do, but Lancaster seems
eager to engage the future. In this regard – the spirit to
move forward and seek solutions - Lancaster has exceeded all
expectations, and it is a privilege to be a part of it.
It’s
easy for an executive director to be full of ideas but
nothing gets done without clear vision on the part of a
board of directors and solid follow-through on the part of
staff. Our Authorities have been blessed with both. I want
first to extend my thanks to the board – Cindy Stewart, Neil
Kinsey, Ralph Murray, Jim Shultz and Miriam Fletcher – for
their support as I explore new directions. And the staff has
been terrific, welcoming the “new guy” and redoubling their
efforts to make the Authorities the best they can be. I
couldn’t ask for a better team.
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Focus On:
James Shultz
Member of the Redevelopment Board
Bringing with him over thirty years of experience in Community
Development, Urban Affairs and Housing, Jim returned to the
Redevelopment Authority Board after an absence of several years
FOCUS:
How did you get re-involved with the Lancaster County
Redevelopment
Authority?
SHULTZ: I had served on the Board back in the
nineties, from about 1994 to 1998. Randy
(Patterson, the
former Executive Director of the Housing and
Redevelopment
Authorities) asked me to come back onto
the Board before he left for a position
with the City of Lancaster, so
I was re-elected to the Board in February of 2006.
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WE’VE
MOVED!!
As
of Monday, June 11th, the Redevelopment Authority of
Lancaster County (as well as the Lancaster County Housing
Authority) has moved its offices to:
202
North Prince Street, Suite 400
Lancaster. PA 17603-3528
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Fairview Meadows Apartments Open
Construction was completed
on Friday, May 4, 2007. The next day at 8:00 a.m., the doors opened to admit
the first residents-to-be. By 8:10 a.m., all 60 one-bedroom apartments were
“claimed,” set to be occupied by senior individuals, some who had been waiting
in the rain for several hours and who all met the federal qualifications to
live in the low-income housing structure. Subsidized by the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Fairview Meadows joins Village Garden
Apartments at Brethren Village in Manheim Township as critically-needed
affordable housing sites for the elderly.
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Help Us, Rhonda . . .help, help us Rhonda . . .
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Even if
you can’t reach the high-note falsetto in the Beach Boys’
classic that her name often brings to mind, getting to know
the Redevelopment Authority’s newest employee Rhonda Lapp
will give you something to sing about!
Rhonda
recently returned to the Lancaster area after living down in
Virginia since 1993. Although she spent her early years in
Chester County, Rhonda, a graduate of Lancaster Mennonite
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Fiscal Year 2007 CDBG Funds
Allocated to
Human Services Projects
The
citizens’ allocation process for the County Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) was completed on April 18,
2007. A total of $560,000.00 in CDBG funds were allocated to
20 different human service projects that serve low- and
moderate-income persons in Lancaster County. These 20
projects, their funding levels, and a brief description of
each are listed below. Contracts began July 1, 2007.
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