The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced yesterday $81 million in new Community Conservation Partnerships Program grants, and some of that money is coming to Indiana County.
The grants are meant to support 306 recreation and conservation projects across the state, and will go toward park and playground improvements, creating and maintaining trails, conserving open space, restoring rivers and watersheds and growing local economies through outdoor recreation. In a statement, DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said that investing in the projects will increase opportunities for people to experience the parks, rivers and trails of Pennsylvania.
Two grants are coming to Indiana County. One is for $248,500 and will go to White Township for work at the Rec Complex on the construction of a pavilion, internal walking loop, pedestrian walkway and fishing platform; installation of ADA accessibility items; landscaping; project signs and other related site improvements. The other grant is going to Allegheny Ridge Corporation for interpretive panels for Saltsburg Borough among other projects. The corporation will receive $413,900.
