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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Six local communities are among the eighteen recipients who recently earned more than $3 million in grants from the Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund, which uses funds from gaming revenues to support community and economic development projects in Allegheny County. Leetsdale and Sewickley were two of the six that received funding. According to the Beaver County Times, here is more information about these grants and what communities earned them:

Bell Acres: $200,000 for phase two improvement projects at the borough park, which includes the addition of new pickleball and multi-use courts, upgrades to the basketball court, adding rubber mulch at the playground, installing new benches and making improvements to the parking lot and walkways.

Edgeworth: $251,000 for the Academy Avenue traffic signal project, which includes the installation of new traffic signal equipment at Beaver Road and Academy Avenue to improve safety and traffic flow.

Leet Township: $75,150 to build a salt storage building at its municipal complex to support snow and ice removal in the township.

Leetsdale: $139,500 for an emergency exit study and design project, which includes planning and design work to convert an early 1900s steel and concrete railroad bridge into a one-lane emergency evacuation route.

Sewickley Heights: $84,125 for the Fern Hollow Nature Center addition project, which renovates the center’s historic Sears Roebuck kit home and adds a 1,200-square-foot addition to allow the center to expand its environmental education and community programming.

Sewickley: $150,000 for its Beaver and Broad streets upgrade project, which replaces ADA accessible ramps and crosswalks and includes milling and paving work to improve accessibility and roadway conditions.