Community Revitalization Desktop Guide

Key State Urban Revitalization Programs PENNDOT Program NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (NAP) Tax credit program to encourage businesses to donate capital that can be used to provide eligible services to low-income persons or distressed neighborhoods. Eligibility: Nonproﬁts; For proﬁt businesses. Uses: A project must serve low-income persons or residents of economically distressed neighborhoods. Projects must fall under one of the following categories: community services, crime prevention education, job training or neighborhood assistance. Where To Apply: Ofﬁce of Community Services, 717-787-1984. Amounts: Amounts vary based on project cost and commitments. Terms: For use by nonproﬁt corporations for fundraising campaigns or for proﬁt businesses that provide services such as work site day care directly. Refer to the Program Brochure. DCNR Program COMMUNITY CONSERVATION AND PARKS PROGRAM Community Grants are awarded for local recreation, park and conservation projects. These include the rehabilitation and development of parks and recreation facilities; acquisition of land for park and conservation purposes; and technical assistance for feasibility studies, trails studies, and site development planning. Grants require a 50 percent match except for some technical assistance grants and projects eligible as small community projects. DEP Program INDUSTRIAL SITES REUSE PROGRAM (ISRP) Grant and low-interest loan ﬁnancing to perform environmental site assessment and remediation work at former industrial sites. Eligibility: Public entities, private nonproﬁt economic development entities, and companies involved in reuse of former industrial land; Entities that did not cause or contribute to environmental contamination. Uses: Phase I, II and III environmental assessments; Remediation of hazardous substances. Where To Apply: Letter of Intent, Customer Service Center, Single Application for Assistance. Amounts: Grants and loans up to $200,000 for environmental assessments; Grants and loans up to $1 million for remediation. Terms: Interest rates of 2%; Terms up to 5 years for assessments and 15 years for remediation projects; A 25% match is required for grant and loan projects. HOMETOWN STREETS/SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS This program was developed as part of a joint, statewide program designed for Governor Edward G. Rendell’s initiative, Home Town Streets and Safe Routes to School on 2004. TE money was used to fuel the program. The program encouraged the reinvestment in and redevelopment of our downtowns in addition to providing safe walking routes to school for children. PENNVEST Program WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM (PENNWOKS) A program to ensure safe water supply and proper wastewater infrastructure. Eligibility: Municipalities; Industrial Development Corporations; Municipal Authorities; Investor-owned water or wastewater enterprise. Uses: For water and sewer projects not used solely for residential purposes: Land and building acquisition; Demolition; Water/sewer project construction costs; Engineering and other fees associated with project. Where To Apply: Customer Service Center, Single Application for Assistance . Amounts: Grants and Loans: Grants: $5 million maximum or 75% of the total eligible project costs, whichever is less. Loans: $5 million maximum per project. 2% interest rate; may have repayment term of up to 20 years. Additional limitations apply. Refer to guidelines. Terms: The project must serve a site or sites being prepared for economic development activities which involve the investment of capital in Pennsylvania enterprises and communities or which results in the creation of new or the preservation of existing jobs. REVITALIZATION ASSISTANCE CAPITALIZATION PROGRAM (RACP) Redevelopment Assistance Capital Projects are primarily Economic Development Projects, authorized in the Redevelopment Assistance section of a Capital Budget Itemization Act, have a regional or multi-jurisdictional impact, and generate substantial increases in employment, tax revenues or other measures of economic activity. Included are projects with cultural, historic, or civic signiﬁcance. Redevelopment Assistance Capital Projects are State funded facilities that cannot obtain PRIMARY funding under other State or Federal programs. Projects that can normally obtain primary funding from PADOT, PENNVEST, the Department of Community and Economic Development, or other state agencies are generally restricted from participating in the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. GOAL TWO: PREPARE REDEVELOPMENT AREA FOR MARKET step three: ﬁnd public ﬁnancing resources and create incentives 34

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PA Community Revitalization Desktop Guide Table of Contents How To Attract High Impact Investment to Core Communities Goal One: Choose One Asset-Rich Redevelopment Area Interviews with Pennsylvania Mayors Goal Two: Prepare Redevelopment Area for Market Interviews with Developers who Have Invested in Pennsylvania Cities and Towns Goal Three: Welcome Investment Interviews with Developers who Have Invested in Pennsylvania Cities and Towns Goal Four: Apply Strategies That Work Conclusion

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