We have just been awarded a $250,000 Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant from the state of Pennsylvania to help us implement our expansion plans. We will be launching a major fundraising campaign to match these grant dollars. In addition, we have been fortunate to receive a grant of $150,000 from the Community Infrastructure and Tourism Fund (CITF) of the Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority to begin work on Phase I of the expansion project. Learn more .
Plans and engineering drawings have been drawn up. Demolition of the adjacent dilapidated buildings is now underway and should be complete by the end of September 2011.
The Bulgarian Center has been a familiar fixture in West Homestead since 1935. Through the years we've worked hard to renovate our facility, making it safer, more comfortable and attractive, and more handicapped-accessible for the thousands of people who visit us each year. Grants from organizations such as the Allegheny Regional Asset District, the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation, and the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation helped make these improvements a reality and we are grateful to all who contributed. Now we will finally be able to fulfill the final part of our strategic plan, and to help the Borough of West Homestead in its redevelopment programs.
