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Government & civic lifeAn $811,000 Grant Is Reported for Bunker Hill
By March 24, 1977
The March 24, 1977 Daily Item described HUD funding for acquisition, demolition, rehabilitation, and planned street improvements.
Some details remain uncertainThe Daily Item reported on March 24, 1977, that Shamokin had received an $811,000 grant for the Bunker Hill Urban Renewal Project. The money came from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The brief announcement placed another funding milestone in the city's continuing renewal program.
The Shamokin Redevelopment Authority was to use the grant for acquisition, demolition, and rehabilitation. Mayor Harold Thomas said some funding would also go toward street improvements in the city's east end and other areas. The announcement joined property work with improvements to the surrounding streets.
The report presented the grant within a five-year urban-development program and described money for 1978 work as belonging to third-year projects. It placed funding in a continuing program, speaking both of how the money was to be used and of another year of work ahead.