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Article: Mount Joy tries for slice of revitalization pie ; Edge of downtown could blossom in state's $5 million Elm Street program
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- Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- July 14, 2004
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Mount Joy officials are among the first statewide to compete for a
share of a $5 million grant to revitalize the area around the
borough's downtown.
In a public hearing Monday, Mount Joy officials gave an overview
of the state's new Elm Street Program, which is designed to
compliment the Main Street Program's focus on downtown
revitalization. Officials will work now to file the grant application
requesting as much as $250,000, with a minimum local match of 10
percent required.
The Elm Street Project "encourages people to live and work near
the downtown," said Jennifer Luciani, borough community development
director. Mount Joy's proposed Elm Street revitalization area is
bordered by Marietta ...