|
|
Article: City Seeks Se Funds ; Expands Area For Elm Street Program To Help Get State Grants.
- Article from:
- Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- March 11, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2009 Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
The old neighborhoods of southeastern Lancaster City have a lot
of potential, city officials believe.
What the area needs is money.
To help address the problem, city officials on Tuesday voted to
expand the area of the Elm Street program, the state-funded program
that targets urban residential areas for renewal.
The original Elm Street boundaries were set in 2004, said Randy
Patterson, director of the city Economic Development & Neighborhood
Revitalization department.
City Council members voted unanimously to extend those boundaries
to the south, along South Queen Street and Strawberry Street to
Dauphin.
The extension will help the city seek state grant funds for the
facade and streetscape ...