Bethlehem, May 21, 2024 – – State Senator Lisa Boscola today announced state funding totaling $2,814,118 for projects in Northampton County through the Local Share Account – Northampton and Lehigh Counties and the Local Share Account-Monroe County.
“Through the approval of these state funds, communities will be able to expedite important projects that will improve the quality of life and increase community safety,” Boscola said. “The local share account funds coming to important community projects throughout the Lehigh Valley demonstrate the positive impact we have seen through the state gaming act,” Boscola added.
Boscola said she was pleased to work with her colleagues in the Lehigh Valley legislative delegation to secure the state funds, approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA), for investment in the following projects:
Bangor Borough – $150,000 Liberty Fire Company #2 building renovations
City of Bethlehem – $370,000 Business District Sidewalk Replacements
Bethlehem Redevelopment Authority – $87,215 Blight project 4th Street
Bethlehem Redevelopment Authority – $49,382 Steelworkers Veterans Memorial
Bethlehem Township – $41,860 Purchase of Cardiac Monitor
Bethlehem Township – $65,055 Purchase of stretcher and loader
Bethlehem Township – $24,042 Purchase of CPR device
Bethlehem Township – $19,288 Purchase of laryngscopy equipment
Bethlehem Township – $172,411 Purchase of police vehicles
Bethlehem Township – $27,699 Firefighter Radios Nancy Run
Bethlehem Township – $27,699 Firefighter Radios Station 17
Easton – $176,600 Health Facility for the Mill at Easton
Easton – $10,000 Weather Shade for Scott Park Ampitheater
Easton Redevelopment Authority – $25,000 Downtown Dog Park
Freemansburg $185,000 Community Ampitheater Seating
Forks Township $80,000 Police Department Records Management System
Hellertown – $160,501 Dewey Fire Co. Stormwater Improvements
Lower Mount Bethel – $22,020 Construction of Cinder Shed
Lower Mount Bethel – $80,000 Sandt’s Eddy Fire Company Truck Replacement
Lower Nazareth – $27,096 Colonial Regional Police Department Desktop Computers
Lower Nazareth – $84,917 Colonial Regional Police Vehicle
Lower Nazareth – $66,899 Hecktown Fire Company Breathing Air Compressor
Lower Saucon – $99,199 Southeastern Park Playground
Nazareth Borough – $40,000 Gracedale Patient Transport Vehicle
Nazareth Borough – $50,000 ADA compliant bathrooms at __ Park
Nazareth Borough – $50,000 Public Safety Vehicle Grant proposal
Northampton County – $60,000 Recovery Revolution Client Space expansion
Palmer Township – $75,000 Ambulance for Suburban EMS
Pen Argyl – $142,395 Purchase of Fire Apparatus
Portland Borough – $90,000 Firefighting Personal Protective Equipment
Roseto Borough – $40,000 New Police Vehicle
Roseto Borough – $50,000 municipal park upgrades
Upper Nazareth – $49,840 police car
Wilson Borough – $25,000 bucket truck purchase
West Easton Borough – $50,000 New Public Works Truck
Wind Gap Borough – $40,000 Slate Belt Regional Police Ford Explorer
The Local Share Accounts (LSA) were established by the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act. The funds are generated by the state’s gaming facilities and may be used for economic development, community development and public interest projects in Northampton, Lehigh and Monroe County and its contiguous counties.
The grants were approved today by the state Commonwealth Financing Authority Board in Harrisburg.