Salisbury: $2.5 million secured for new Homewood medical center, Swissvale library renovations
Rep. Abigail Salisbury October 10, 2024 | 2:28 PM
BRADDOCK, Oct. 10 – New grant funding of $2.5 million from the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority will support construction of a new medical center and office building in Homewood and renovations to the Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale, state Rep. Abigail Salisbury announced today.
Salisbury said the funding includes $2 million to Primary Health Care Services Inc., for construction of a 44,000-square-foot medical center and offices facility.
“This is an extremely exciting project because the new center is going to generate a lot of additional activity for the area,” Salisbury said. “In addition to expanding health care access, jobs, high-speed broadband and other opportunities for residents, the new complex will serve as an anchor for other commercial tenants, drawing new businesses and new pedestrian traffic to support them.”
Salisbury said additional funding of $500,000 to the Woodland Hills School District will support renovations to the Carnegie Free Library.
“The new funding to Swissvale Library will provide needed upgrades to a beloved place that has been serving our community for more than a century,” Salisbury said. “The renovations will improve service for neighbors in Rankin, Swissvale and surrounding areas by ensuring folks have strong broadband service connecting to important services and comfortable, user-friendly spaces to take advantage of the library’s many programs.
“I can’t wait to see both projects take shape.”
The funding was awarded through the Multi-Purpose Community Facilities Program. More information about the funding is available at https://dced.pa.gov/covid-19-arpa-pennsylvania-multi-purpose-community-facilities-program-grant-approvals?wpdmdl=125147 and more information about the program is available here: https://dced.pa.gov/programs/covid-19-arpa-pa-multi-purpose-community-facilities-program/.