Dec 20, 2017 5 min read

The 2018 Local Share Account Recommendations are:

• Community Improvement:
• Total Recommended Funding: $1,739,713
• Total Leverage: $4,334,084
• Total Impact: $6,073,797
• Bentleyville Senior Center kitchen renovation, Aging Services of Washington County, leverage: $4,000; recommended funding: $60,000.
• Bentworth Community Center accessibility and Site improvements, excluding paving, Bentleyville Public Library, leverage: $26,040; recommended funding: $100,000.
• Exterior Renovation, Washington-Greene County Blind Association, leverage: $10,000; recommended funding: $25,000.
• Canonsburg Senior Center electrical upgrades, leverage: $15,000; recommended funding: $44,000.
• Crossroads public parking garage LED lighting, City of Washington Parking Authority, leverage: $5,375; recommended funding: $5,200.
• Fredericktown Front Street Gateway phase 1 project, ADA improvements only, East Bethlehem Township, leverage: $24,200; recommended funding: $24,200.
• Heritage Public Library, ADA accessibility project, McDonald, leverage: $8,124; recommended funding: $8,124.
• Monongahela accessible boat launch, leverage: $22,600; recommended funding: $62,500.
• Transitional Paths to Independent Living new headquarters and community center, flooring only, leverage: $58,580; recommended funding: $160,000.
• Tutor library development, Literacy Council of Southwestern Pennsylvania, leverage: $13,000; recommended funding: $10,000.
• Walnut Street extension, Dunlevy Borough, leverage: $410,000; recommended funding: $246,405.
• Washington Area Humane Society building project, leverage: $3,500,000; recommended funding: $300,000.
• Washington Business District Authority façade improvement project, leverage: $15,000; recommended funding: $30,000.
• Washington (city) Code Enforcement Demolition Project, leverage: $50,000; recommended funding: $200,000.
• Washington County Library System electronic network, van purchase excluded from award, leverage: $30,000; recommended funding: $65,000.
• Washington County research and education center, Washington County Historical Society, leverage: $20,000; recommended funding: $134,059.
• Washington Park Main Pavilion restoration phase II, Rotary International, leverage: $102,000; recommended funding: $200,000.
• West Brownsville Water Boulevard playground, leverage: $20,165; recommended funding: $65,225.
• Economic Development:
• Total Recommended Funding: $1,475,000
• Total Leverage: $13,127,517
• Total Impact: $14,602,517
• Former Canon Mac Metals bridge and access road, contingent upon project going through, Houston, leverage: $548,700; recommended funding: $200,000.
• Mid-Mon Valley economic and revitalization strategy, Mon Valley Alliance, leverage: $75,000; recommended funding: $75,000.
• Starpointe Business Park earthwork and infrastructure, contingent upon receipt of state RCAP grant; Washington County Council on Economic Development, leverage, $12,303,817; recommended funding: $1,000,000.
• Marketing initiative, Washington County Chamber of Commerce, leverage: $200,000; recommended funding: $200,000.
• JOB TRAINING:
• Total Recommended Funding: $85,000
• Total Leverage: $87,000
• Total Impact: $172,000
• Trinity Area School District-Intermediate Unit I solar and wind energy farm, leverage: $87,000; recommended funding: $85,000.
• Public Interest:
• Total Recommended Funding: $3,417,376
• Total Leverage: $12,433,424
• Total Impact: $15,850,800
• Pipe repair, Peters Creek Sanitary Authority, leverage: $182,000; recommended funding: $182,000.
• Country Club pump station rehabilitation, Carroll Township Authority, leverage: $150,500; recommended funding: $300,000.
• Combined sewer overflow control, phase 2, Authority of the Borough of Charleroi, leverage: $10,100,000; recommended Funding: $350,000.
• Donora pump station screenings improvements, Mon Valley Sewage Authority, leverage: $357,750; recommended funding: $285,250.
• Aeration blowers, East Bethlehem Municipal Authority, leverage: $15,000; recommended funding: $79,000.
• Ultra-violet disinfection, East Bethlehem Municipal Authority, leverage: $15,000; recommended funding: $153,000.
• Overlook sewage and sanitary Sewer extension, Union Township, leverage: $40,000; recommended funding: $250,000.
• Pump station, Centerville Borough Sanitary Authority, leverage: $25,000; recommended funding: $275,000.
• Centerville Clinics Inc., radiology equipment replacement and enhancement, leverage: $36,709; recommended funding: $110,126.
• Charleroi infrastructure improvements mapping, leverage: $10,000; recommended funding: $75,000.
• Home Ownership of Washington County, the Blueprints organization formerly known as Washington-Greene County Community Action Southwest, leverage: $130,000; recommended funding: $75,000.
• Reimaging Washington home rehabilitation, City of Washington Community Development Corp., leverage: $173,500; recommended funding: $200,000.
• Three-dimensional digital mammography, Mon Valley Hospital and Washington Health System, leverage: $435,223; recommended Funding: $500,000.
• Washington County Home Rehabilitation, Access and Homebuyer programs; redevelopment authority; leverage: $501,450; recommended funding: $501,450.
• Washington Regional SWAT protective vests, leverage: $261,292; recommended funding: $81,550.
• 2018 Total Recommended Funding: $6,717,089
• Total Leverage: $29,982,025
• Total Impact: $36,699,114