Governor Corbett: Industrial Sites Reuse Grant to Provide Funds to Assist Clean-Up and Spur Economic Development in Mifflin County

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Governor Tom Corbett today announced that the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) awarded an Industrial Sites Reuse Program (ISRP) grant to SEDA-COG Housing Development Corporation for environmental remediation and assessment of the former Mann Edge Tool property in the Borough of Lewistown, Mifflin County, to develop additional affordable housing.

"We are transforming old and abandoned industrial sites into areas of opportunity for new development," Gov. Corbett said. "By collaborating with local partners we are supporting remediation efforts and the construction of more affordable housing in Lewistown."

SEDA-COG Housing Development Corporation (SCHDC) has been awarded a $210,171 ISRP grant to remediate a former Mann Edge Tool property in the Borough of Lewistown, Mifflin County.

In 2013, SCHDC completed construction on a facility for elderly housing, Mann Edge Terrace, on a portion of the 3.08 acre subdivided site. SCHDC intends to develop a second an affording housing project for the elderly, Mann Edge II.

ISRP funds will be used for an updated Phase I Environmental Assessment and for the remediation of the site with a concrete floor slab and removal of contaminated materials.

ISRP provides grants and low-interest loans for environmental assessments and remediation. The program fosters the cleanup of environmental contamination at industrial sites, thereby brining blighted land into productive reuse. The program is administered by DCED.

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