The deadline for Americans to respond to the 2020 U.S. Census is 16 months out, but efforts already are under way to ensure Western Pennsylvanians don’t miss it.
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“Bring the hoses?” In Arnold, a long road to recovery after a mayor’s terrible comment, and across Westmoreland, a hard lesson about choices for its future.
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The Revitalizing Westmoreland grants are meant to spur local investment in the projects for small-to-medium-sized capital projects
Pittsburgh Business Times
Delmont Borough will make electrical upgrades to its Shields Farm property thanks to its share of $143,000 in grants aimed at “Revitalizing Westmoreland.”
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“It's a tribute to the leadership of the Community Foundation that they're actually looking at the smaller communities,” said Smithton Councilwoman Karen Primm. Smithton, a tiny borough with a population of 400, learned that it was one of nine communities to receive the latest round of Revitalizing Westmoreland grants from The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County.
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There's so much art being made in Greensburg these days that it's even spilling out into the alleys — one alley in particular.
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In the first of what organizers hope will be many more such events, the Community Arts & Reintegration Project for Westmoreland County will hold a "Paint Day" for a mural on the side of a Mt. Pleasant building on Apr. 21.
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The Knead Community Cafe's pay-what-you-can model is working as intended after a year in operation, the downtown New Kensington restaurant's owners and volunteers say.
Pittburgh TribLive
Delmont Councilman David Piper is making the most of his work on the borough's grants committee, seeking funding that could potentially go toward electrical upgrades and drainage work at the Shields Farm property where several major events take place each year.
TribLive
The company also will pay a $1.5 million civil penalty for hundreds of air pollution violations, agreed to enhanced emissions monitoring, and will fund a $300,000 clean vehicles project through The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
