DEC 07
In December of 2007, Borough Manager Larry Morley met with
representatives from the Community Development Program, Pittsburgh
History and Landmarks Foundation, and Town Center Associates, and
walked the Elm Street Neighborhood to discuss potential projects and
take pictures. This information will be used by PHLF to assist with
an application to DCED for possible project funding.
JUNE 08
Our Beaver County Elm
Street project team, including
representatives from Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation
(PHLF), Town Center Associates (TCA) and Community Development
Program of Beaver County, visited
New Brighton
on November 29, 2007. We met with Larry Morley, Borough Manager who
gave us an interesting tour of the area. The project selected
includes crosswalk signs and signals, way finding signs, and
lighting. Mr. Morley expressed an interesting idea regarding the
use of street lamps which he hoped could be located in the front
yards of the area’s private homes. We plan to return to New Brighton in the next
few days to discuss again the project with Mr. Morley and hopefully
community representatives to determine if Mr. Morley's idea of
street lamps is feasible and to discuss project costs. Mr. Morley
was going to contact home owners to discuss his idea for lighting
the area.
For
the latest update, please click on "Proposed Improvements" above
the aerial map at the top right of this page. Here you will
find the final Elm Street proposed project and drawings for our
community.
SEPTEMBER 09
The following is a correspondence
from PHLF’s Eugene Matta to the nine Beaver County
Municipalities:
I have put in the mail to each
Municipality the following documents:
1 - Letter with the current status and
information on requirements to complete the Single Application;
2 - Pgs. 43, 44, and 45 of the DCED New
Communities, Program Guidelines, for Residential Reinvestment
Grants;
3 - A copy of the Elm Street Plan for
each of the nine Municipalities, prepared by Town Center
Associates with the collaboration of The Beaver County Community
Development Plan.
As you may be aware, originally I was asked
to prepare one consolidated Single Application for all nine
Municipalities. That did not work, and it was not until recently
that DCED's Ed Geiger, in consultation with his staff, decided
that the proper way of doing this was to prepare nine different
Single Applications, one for each Municipality. In my letter to
you I cite Mr. Geiger's comment and the requirements that each
Single Application must include.
The Program Guidelines I included in the
package include the specific requirements, and the Elm Street
Plan for each Municipality contain all the information needed to
meet those requirements. You need, however, review the Elm
Street Plans and update any information as needed.
I'll be happy to assist you in putting this
information together, and once we have all we need I'll prepare
the nine Single Applications. Although PA State still has no
budget, and many predict cuts that may or may not affect Elm
Street and Main Street programs, I think we should be prepared
just in case. And if not this year, given the budget foes, maybe
next or the following.
Sincerely,
Eugene Matta
Director of Real Estate & Special Development Programs
Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation