Ellwood City Area Chamber of Commerce http://ellwoodchamber.org Serving the business community of the Ellwood City Area Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:45:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Groundbreaking for Community Project in Downtown Ellwood City http://ellwoodchamber.org/2012/01/10/groundbreaking-for-community-project-in-downtown-ellwood-city/ http://ellwoodchamber.org/2012/01/10/groundbreaking-for-community-project-in-downtown-ellwood-city/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:45:27 +0000 Chamber http://ellwoodchamber.org/?p=354 Continue reading →]]> January 5, 2012– The Borough of Ellwood City and the Ellwood City Revitalization hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for theEllwoodCityCommunityPlazaand Farmers’ Market onMonday, January 9, 2012 at10 AM at the construction site on Lawrence and Beaver Avenues inEllwoodCity.

Representatives participate in the Community Plaza Ground Breaking ceremony

The Community Plaza will serve as a venue for a 40 foot diameter preforming stage and community gathering place that includes a unique water feature.  The plaza will help connect an under-utilized public parking lot with the main business district.  The parking area will be reconfigured and re-graded to accommodate a very successful weekly Farmers’ Market and provide seating for over 1000 people when large events are held at the preforming stage.  Combine Construction of Sharon has been awarded the contract with a bid of about $1.75 million and is expected to complete the project by December of 2012.

The private/public project is the first phase of a comprehensive revitalization project for the entire downtown district inEllwoodCity.  The project’s concept and design was formulated by the public’s input from February 5, 2008 meeting.  The participants at the meeting were asked to share their opinions regarding the type of improvements and enhancements that they would like to see implemented in their downtown. 

A common theme of the meeting was the community’s desire for a green space gather place that would provide family entertainment and activities for the area residents.  Locating a farmers’ market in the downtown business district and improving pedestrian safety.  Overall the community wanted to create a high quality environment for the businesses and residents while preserving and promoting our small town character.

The project’s funding sources for design, engineering and construction are  a mix of private, local, county, state and federal sources. To learn more about Ellwood City Main Street Project Revitalization, Inc. please visit our website at www.ellwoodcityrevitalization.org.  

Invited Guests:

Governor Tom Corbett, Congressman Jason Altmire, Senator Robert P. Casey, Senator Patrick J. Toomey, State Senator Elder Vogel, State Senator Bob Robbins, State Representative Jaret Gibbons, DCED – Secretary Alan Walker,

DCNR – Secretary Richard Allen, Lawrence County Commissioners, Beaver County Commissioners, Ellwood City Borough Council, Ellwood City Mayor, Ellwood City Chamber of Commerce, Ellwood City Revitalization and EG&G

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