![]() ![]() Steelton could get additional state money, borough officials said. Mayor Tom Acri called the 22 projects "a benchmark in our downtown revitalization efforts." An architect recommended several changes, including old fashioned-style street lights, trees along the sidewalks, and dramatic lighting for several churches and an Islamic temple. Steelton received a $115,000 grant from the state Department of Community and Economic Development to improve Front Street from Gibson to Mohn streets. She hopes property owners will tackle more serious, or "more aesthetic" improvements, in the future, she said.īorough officials hope it's the beginning of a face-lift for Front Street, where quaint old buildings have suffered from neglect and an over-abundance of vinyl siding over the decades since layoffs silenced the steel mill along the thoroughfare. Many of the grants will pay for fresh paint, power washing and new windows and doors, said Christina Fackler, manager of the borough's Main Street Program. Owners must pay for 50 percent of the improvements to qualify for a grant. ![]() Steelton has awarded grants of up to $2,500 to the owners of the buildings, the first action under a state-funded program to revive Front Street. Twenty-two buildings along Steelton's main street will be repainted, washed or improved in other ways as part of an effort to revitalize the town's business district. ![]()
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