Dauphin County Commissioners at a legislative session on Wednesday
A long list of Harrisburg businesses and nonprofits are set to receive millions of annual gaming grant dollars.
On Wednesday, the Dauphin County Commissioners approved the allocation of over $8 million to local projects funded each year by the county’s share of revenue from Hollywood Casino at Penn National.
The money largely supported infrastructure, emergency services, health and public safety, and public interest projects, among others, across Dauphin County, East Hanover Township and several contiguous municipalities.
Harrisburg-based projects that received grant money include:
- Dauphin County Library System: $100,000 for integration of historic property into main library (McCormick Riverfront Library)
- Breaking the Chainz: $50,000 for repairing an apartment building for displaced families working with Dauphin County Children & Youth
- Bethel Village Association LLC: $75,000 for constructing a 49-unit affordable rental community (conditioned on full funding)
- Camp Curtin YMCA: $50,000 for Phase II of Cornerstone Uptown Project-rehab of 6th Street homes (conditioned on PHARE grant)
- Catholic Charities: $13,000 for Saint Samuel Center upgrades-door replacement
- Civic Club of Harrisburg: $14,500 for restoration of Overlook Mansion
- Community Aid: $45,000 for debt relief for Harrisburg facility
- Downtown Daily Bread: $20,000 for emergency shelter/meals
- Ecumenical Community of Harrisburg: $35,000 for installing swipe card security system on exterior doors
- Fox’s Wash & Go: $75,000 for purchasing new washer/dryer equipment
- Gamut Theatre: $30,000 for debt reduction on building renovations
- GreenWorks Development: $50,000 for mixed-use redevelopment project in Midtown Harrisburg (conditioned upon matching funds obtained after 3/1/22 and no future grant application submission for soft costs, only for construction)
- Harrisburg Riverboat Society: $75,000 for repairing/refurbishing the pride of the Susquehanna (conditioned on full funding)
- Harrisburg University of Science & Technology: $50,000 for HUE Festival for E-sports
- Historic Harrisburg Association: $75,000 for installing new HVAC system
- Homeland Center: $35,000 for installing interior security equipment
- Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church: $32,500 for restoration and repair of church facility (conditioned on match)
- The National Civil War Museum: $15,000 for reduction of long-term debt
- The Nativity School: $40,000 for completion of Phase III renovation project
- Penn State University-Harrisburg: $50,000 for Phase III of innovation park planning project
- Keystone Human Services: $75,000 for Capital Area Head Start outdoor education space
- RB Development: $150,000 for Cornish Heights 30-unit, mixed-income housing in Allison Hill (conditioned on full funding/city funding)
- The Salvation Army: $60,000 for service and worship center facility renovation project
- Shalom House: $25,000 for two-phase church conversion project with elevator installation
- Stephen’s Episcopal School: $35,000 for Phase III of security upgrades-install intercom system
- Summit Terrace Neighborhood Association: $10,000 for upgrading/revitalizing community building and funding technology upgrades
- Community Action Commission d/b/a Tri-County Community Action: $75,000 for installing sprinkler system at cyber school learning academy
- Veteran’s Outreach of Pennsylvania: $50,000 for construction of tiny homes community (conditioned upon obtaining matching funds within one year)
- Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts: $50,000 for debt reduction for laser projector
- PA STEAM Academy charter school: $12,850 for comprehensive literacy program
“I think this is the most comprehensive list to date,” said Commission Chair Mike Pries at the legislative session. “The big winners are the municipalities.”
Last year, the county awarded $6.2 million in grants to local projects.
The Hollywood Casino at Penn National’s gross terminal revenue increased in 2020, from $120 million to $176 million. A surge in iGaming (online gambling) helped boost the amount of received funds.
This year’s projects will provide an estimated $43.8 million in additional investment related to the funded projects and over 13,524 jobs will be created or maintained in conjunction with the projects, according to the county.
The following is a complete list of the projects that will receive gaming grant funding this year:
Host & Contiguous
- East Hanover Township: ($700,000 Grantville Vol. Fire Co. fire hose and nozzles, improvements to East Hanover Township community park, annual road maintenance and repair)
- South Hanover Township: ($300,000 municipal complex debt reduction)
- West Hanover Township: ($300,000 debt reduction on new fire station)
- Derry Township: ($157,070 police and public works radios, $100,000 Hershey Volunteer Fire Co.—radio replacement, $75,000 Derry Township School District—Safe School renovation project, 50,000 Cocoa Packs—food and supplies, $75,000 Linlo Governor Crossing, LLC—traffic and roadway improvements for mixed-use commercial business park)
- Middle Paxton Township ($124,000 Potato Valley Road debt service for DCIB loan, $70,000 installation of elevator at municipal building, $55,000 Dauphin Middle Paxton Fire—debt service on emergency response vehicle)
Other Awards
- Berrysburg Municipal Authority: $34,000 for debt service for sewage treatment plant system project
- Conewago Township: $90,000 for construction of two pickleball courts
- Court Administration for Magisterial Districts: $175,000 for debt reduction on construction of new MDJ facilities
- Dauphin County Court Appointed Special Advocates: $50,000 for operations-equipment, recruiting and training
- Dauphin County Crisis Response Team: $153,000 for acquiring a mobile command center (conditioned upon exhausting all standard funding sources first)
- Dauphin County General Authority: $141,200 for golf course irrigation system debt payment
- Dauphin County Library System: $100,000 for integration of historic property into main library (McCormick Riverfront Library)
- Dauphin County Parks & Recreation Department: $150,000 for Fort Hunter Park—design/construct inclusive playground (conditioned on full funding)
- Dauphin County Sheriff’s Office: $50,000 for debt reduction on portable/mobile radios
- Elizabethville Borough: $72,000 for Reliance Hose Co. No. 1—replace self-contained breathing apparatus
- Gratz Fire Company/Lykens Township: $72,000 for replacing self-contained breathing apparatus
- Halifax Borough: $100,000 for upgrading Deppen Park restrooms
- Halifax Swim Club: $42,200 for construction pavilion
- Halifax Township: $100,000 for Fort Halifax Park improvement at railroad crossing
- Hummelstown Borough: $59,960 for debt reduction on municipal building
- Hummelstown Borough: $40,000 for Bullfrog Valley Stream restoration project
- Hummelstown Chemical Fire Co.: $50,000 for replacing ladder truck
- Jackson Township/Fisherville Fire Co.: $37,000 for debt service of fire station addition construction
- Londonderry Township: $150,000 for final component of water/sewer extension project
- Lower Paxton Township/Parks & Rec. Department: $150,000 for master plan and renovations to Brightbill Park
- Lower Swatara Township: $122,000 for annual DCIB loan/PennVEST repayments
- Lower Swatara Township Vol. Fire Department: $75,000 for debt reduction on pumper/tanker
- Lower Swatara Lions Club: $25,000 for refurbishing kitchen/bathrooms and repairing roof/windows
- Lykens Borough/Lykens Borough Authority: $100,000 for Phase II of water system improvements
- Liberty Hose Co. No 2/Lykens Borough: $30,000 for replacing 15 sets of turnout gear
- Middletown Swim Club: $10,000 for repairs/upgrades to pool facility
- Middletown Volunteer Fire Department: $75,000 for debt reduction on pumper truck
- Millersburg Area School District: $25,000 for security and accessibility upgrades
- Penbrook Borough: $40,000 for Little Valley Park revitalization—ADA accessible, and $100,000 for debt reduction on Asylum Run Sewer Project
- Citizen’s Fire Co. No. 1 of Penbrook: $25,000 for debt reduction on 2021 Pierce fire engine
- Reed Township/Duncannon Vol. Fire Co. No. 1: $46,000 for debt reduction for aerial unit and radio replacement
- Royalton Borough: $150,000 for debt reduction on 2020 roadway/drainage project
- Steelton Borough: $75,000 for construction of Brickyard Community Park
- Steelton Volunteer Fire Dept.: $17,585 for purchasing radio equipment and saw
- Steelton-Highspire School District: $75,000 for revitalizing War Memorial Field for community use
- Susquehanna Township: $150,000 for playground rehab project and public safety radios
- Susquehanna High School Baseball Team: $7,500 for field safety improvements
- Swatara Township: $179,800 for Bishop Park pickleball courts/pavilion project
- Washington Township: $75,000 for municipal building improvements
- Wiconisco Fire Engine Co. No. 1: $33,000 for debt reduction on new fire rescue vehicle
- Williamstown Borough: $83,875 for purchasing 2021 F-550 truck with spreader and plow
- Williamston Borough/American Legion Post 239: $26,000 for renovations to restrooms and install air conditioning
- 3Actrical Productions LLC: $75,000 for marketing initiative “Film Dauphin County” (conditioned on full funding)
- Affordable Housing Assoc. of Dauphin County: $60,000 for purchasing and installing back-up generator at Cherry Orchard Place
- Breaking the Chainz: $50,000 for repairing an apartment building for displaced families working with Dauphin County Children & Youth
- Bethel Village Association LLC: $75,000 for constructing a 49-unit affordable rental community (conditioned on full funding)
- Camp Curtin YMCA: $50,000 for Phase II of Cornerstone Uptown Project-rehab of 6th Street homes (conditioned on PHARE grant)
- Campbell Associates: $75,000 for Lykens Cottages—constructing four to eight cottages (conditioned on full funding)
- Catholic Charities: $13,000 for Saint Samuel Center upgrades-door replacement
- Civic Club of Harrisburg: $14,500 for restoration of Overlook Mansion
- Colonial Park Fire Co. No. 1: $36,000 for new electronic sign for public safety messages
- Community Aid: $45,000 for debt relief for Harrisburg facility
- D&H Distributing: $25,000 for reimbursement for Flex-Forward Employment Program
- Driven From Within/Next Level Preparation LLC: $8,700 for support for after school programs, youth tutoring, college tours and classes (no salaries)
- Downtown Daily Bread: $20,000 for emergency shelter/meals
- Ecumenical Community of Harrisburg: $35,000 for installing swipe card security system on exterior doors
- Fox’s Wash & Go: $75,000 for purchasing new washer/dryer equipment
- Friends of Midland Cemetery: $25,000 for restoring/preserving cemetary
- Gamut Theatre: $30,000 for debt reduction on building renovations
- Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania: $65,000 for Camp Small Valley—construction of two yurt platforms
- Greenworks Development: $50,000 for mixed-use redevelopment project in Midtown Harrisburg (conditioned upon matching funds obtained after 3/1/22 and no future grant application submission for soft costs, only for construction)
- Habitat for Humanity of Greater Harrisburg Area: $75,000 for home construction in Steelton Borough
- Hamilton Health Center: $130,000 for creating satellite medical office in Steelton Borough
- Harrisburg Riverboat Society: $75,000 for repairing/refurbishing the pride of the Susquehanna (conditioned on full funding)
- Harrisburg University of Science & Technology: $50,000 for HUE Festival for E-sports
- Hawthorne SPE: $75,000 for development of Susquehanna Union Green
- Heroes Fund, Inc.: $75,000 for construction of welcome building with accessible restrooms and concessions
- Hidden Still: $75,000 for construction of restaurant/distillery/tasting room/tour area
- H.I.S. Ministry: $43,000 for providing behavioral health services to men/fathers in a permanent location and transportation
- Historic Harrisburg Association: $75,000 for installing new HVAC system
- Homeland Center: $35,000 for installing interior security equipment
- Hospice of Central PA: $20,000 for family bereavement and training room renovations
- Keystone Human Services: $75,000 for Capital Area Head Start outdoor education space
- Koons Memorial Park Swim Club: $30,000 for relocating and replacing diving board
- Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church: $32,500 for restoration and repair of church facility (conditioned on match)
- The National Civil War Museum: $15,000 for reduction of long-term debt
- National Coalition of 100 Black Women: $15,000 for funding for “Together, We Rise! Empowering and Educating Women and Girls for Success” project
- The Nativity School: $40,000 for completion of Phase III renovation project
- Panther Ram Foundation: $50,000 for CDSD Nutripacks
- Partnership for Hope: $15,000 for purchasing two vans (conditioned on full funding)
- Penn Colonial Swim Club: $10,000 for repairing/replacing waste water disposal system
- Penn State University-Harrisburg: $50,000 for Phase III of innovation park planning project
- Phase 4 Learning: $42,000 for van acquisition and equipment upgrade
- Pop’s House: $15,000 for debt reduction on property at 316-318 Carlisle St.
- The Program, It’s About Change: $75,000 for debt reduction on Phase II renovations of 16-bed transitional housing facility
- RB Development: $150,000 for Cornish Heights 30-unit, mixed-income housing in Allison Hill (conditioned on full funding/city funding)
- The Salvation Army: $60,000 for service and worship center facility renovation project
- SCOPE: $26,000 for free mobile clinic operated by Penn State Medical students
- Shalom House: $25,000 for two-phase church conversion project with elevator installation
- Stephen’s Episcopal School: $35,000 for Phase III of security upgrades-install intercom system
- Summit Terrace Neighborhood Association: $10,000 for upgrading/revitalizing community building and funding technology upgrades
- Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority: $22,000 for purchasing fire dept. equipment and turnout gear
- Community Action Commission d/b/a Tri-County Community Action: $75,000 for installing sprinkler system at cyber school learning academy
- Veteran’s Outreach of Pennsylvania: $50,000 for construction of tiny homes community (conditioned upon obtaining matching funds within one year)
- Vision Resources: $15,000 for purchasing a used forklift
- Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts: $50,000 for debt reduction for laser projector
- WITF, Inc.: $100,000 for upgrading primary broadcasting tower
- PA STEAM Academy charter school: $12,850 for comprehensive literacy program
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