The Dauphin County administration building in downtown Harrisburg
The Dauphin County commissioners shelled out some $6 million to dozens of projects yesterday in the annual disbursal of gaming grant money.
The commissioners spread the money around to municipalities throughout the county, with the largest sums, by state law, going to those nearest to the Hollywood Casino at Penn National in Grantville.
In and around Harrisburg, grants to governments included:
* City of Harrisburg: $229,724 for police equipment, the engineering bureau and for Fire Bureau dive team equipment
* Susquehanna Township: $159,900 for sanitary sewer system extension, for Progress Fire Co. vehicle replacement and for Wedgewood Hills Swim Club heat pump installation
* Lower Paxton Township: $82,825 for Devon Manor pool improvements, Koon’s pool improvements and Ranger and George park soccer upgrades
* Hummelstown: $58,471 for municipal building debt service
* Highspire: $57,200 for roadway rehabilitation
* Steelton: $43,000 for Fire Department apparatus and Skate Park debt reduction
* Swatara Township: $13,000 for Police Department K-9 and training
Grants to Dauphin County entities included:
* MDJ Court Administration: $200,000 for construction of MDJ buildings
* Dauphin County Industrial Development Authority: $137,000 for solar farm project debt reduction
* Dauphin County Parks & Recreation: $101,000 for Detweiler Park master plan and Fort Hunter Station planning project
* Dauphin County Redevelopment Authority: $100,000 for project on former State Hospital grounds
* Dauphin County Land Bank Authority: $100,000 for renovation of vacant homes
Grants to organizations included:
* Camp Curtin YMCA: $100,000 for conversion of indoor pool into recreational area
* Central Dauphin School District: $75,600 for school safety improvement project
* Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg: $75,000 for emergency generator project
* Penn FC (Harrisburg City Islanders): $72,562 for field conversion project
* Humane Society of Harrisburg Area: $70,000 for expansion of veterinary services
* Salvation Army: $50,000 for new headquarters and services facility
* Harrisburg Rugby Food Club: $50,000 for Perseverance Field improvements
* Homeland Center: $40,000 for emergency generator project
* The Nativity School: $40,000 for furniture purchase and building renovations
* Open Stage of Harrisburg: $32,000 for facility and equipment upgrades
* Capital Region Literacy Corp.: $30,000 for books in schools and clinic program
* Habitat for Humanity: $28,000 for weatherization project
* Heinz Menaker Senior Center: $25,000 for ADA-compliant restrooms
* Midtown Action Council: $13,652 for historic marker renovation and expansion
* Beacon Clinic: $5,000 for HVAC installation and renovations
Click here for a complete list of all recipients.
