Pa State Rep. Rob Matzie: Aliquippa to receive $400,000 from state’s NAP

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Aliquippa, Pa.) Tax credits totalling  $400,00 from the state’s Neighborhood Assistance program  have been awarded to the Aliquippa Economic Development Corp, State Representative Rob Matzie announced last night.  The funding will be used to  remove blight in the West end of Franklin Avenue, and rehab a house there, part of the business district will be revitalized , residents will receive food, rent, and job training assistance, too. The program  is part of the public-private partnership  with the commonwealth and BNY Mellon, Rep. Matzie said.