To help cope with COVID, Impact Harrisburg distributed more than $1.5 million in its Neighborhood Business Stabilization Program.
For the past seven years, Impact Harrisburg has been quietly doling out millions of dollars to stimulate economic development in a city that sorely needed a financial boost.
And what is even more remarkable, it gave away millions of dollars without scandal, malfeasance, shady dealing, or pursuit of a political agenda. They include Executive Director Sheila Dow Ford and a board of directors that includes Neil Grover, Doug Hill, Brian Hudson, Brittany Brock, Dale Laninga, Russ Montgomery, Jacqueline Z. Parker, Gloria Martin-Roberts, and Karl Singleton. They spent the past seven years focused on three major goals:· To create permanent jobs within the city with a focus on creating jobs for city residentsIt’s fair to say Impact Harrisburg made significant inroads on all three.
In July 2016, it awarded $2.7 million to help the City of Harrisburg repave some heavily traveled streets and Capital Region Water upgrade underground pipes and install “green” stormwater infrastructure in the work area.and announced the start of the Harrisburg Business Opportunity Fund, a loan fund dedicated to supporting business and commercial development in the city.
Gov. Tom Wolf visits Hamilton Health Center, the location of an upcoming public vaccination clinic, to highlight partnerships established to ensure an equitable vaccine distribution across the commonwealth and encourage eligible Pennsylvanians to get vaccinated. October 06, 2021 Sean Simmers |[email protected]
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