Grant Plan: Harrisburg seeks input for next 5 years of HUD funding
Is there a nonprofit that’s doing good in your neighborhood? That’s one of the questions that city administrators will pose… Read More
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TheBurg Podcast: “G-Word” Edition
In this week’s episode of TheBurg podcast, editor in chief Larry Binda and city reporter Lizzy Hardison consider recent building… Read More
TheBurg Podcast: Budgets and School Board Edition
As the year comes to a close and holiday indulgences beckon, TheBurg editor Larry Binda and city reporter Lizzy Hardison… Read More
Yule of Yore: A Victorian Christmas touches down at Fort Hunter.
Christmas is a magical season, made even more charming with Victorian traditions. It could be the Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas… Read More
Property tax amendment mired in uncertainty ahead of November election.
Pennsylvania policy wonks Marc Stier and Bob Dick don’t agree on much these days, but there are at least two… Read More
The Landlord Vanishes: Harrisburg has tried to rein in absentee property owners, but the scourge of blight continues.
Two halves of a blighted duplex sagged side by side. Tri-County HDC, developer of affordable housing, bought one half and… Read More
In With the New: City hires business administrator
Mayor Eric Papenfuse announced on Monday that Harrisburg has hired a new business administrator, concluding a two-year search to fill… Read More
Harrisburg police pilot body camera program
Police body cameras have hit the streets of Harrisburg, signaling the Police Bureau’s first steps toward developing a city-wide body-camera… Read More
Playgrounds, rain gardens in the pipeline for water authority
Capital Region Water (CRW) will renovate four public playgrounds and one city street next spring, continuing its effort to beautify… Read More
Red Light, Green Light: City gets approval for Forster St. project, eyes funds for Chestnut St. improvements
Two busy thoroughfares in downtown Harrisburg could soon become more accessible to pedestrians, thanks to grant applications coming out of… Read More