2 state grants to help fight blight

POTTSTOWN » The borough has received two grants worth more than $120,000 that will be used to tear down a blighted property on King Street and replace it with an expansion of the YWCA TriCounty Area building next door.

The announcement was made by the two state legislators representing Pottstown in Harrisburg, state Rep. Joe Ciresi, D-146th Dist., and state Rep. Tim Hennessey, R-26th Dist.

Pottstown Area Industrial Development Inc. was awarded $92,049 and the Borough of Pottstown was awarded $28,000 for blight remediation projects.

PAID and the YWCA TriCounty Area are partnering on a project for the demolition and cleanup of two blighted properties at 323 and 325 King Street in Pottstown, which will be replaced by a structure to serve youth empowerment programming, early childhood education, community meeting space and administrative offices.