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$3.3M in Funding Awarded to 26 Projects in Erie County

A total of 26 projects across Erie County will receive over $3.3 million in tax credits to revitalize neighborhoods, expand access to education, enhance job training, and improve healthcare facilities and services.
The projects approved include $17,875 in tax credits for the Erie Cancer Wellness Center. Other tax credits include:
- $642,400 Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest PA
- $500,000 Renovation of Renaissance Centre, Erie
- $280,000 Bayfront East Side Taskforce
- $273,750 Minority Community Investment Coalition
- $220,000 Gannon University (West Bayfront neighborhood improvement)
- $206,250 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center
- $174,572 Two Penny Group, PSNERGY
- $160,000 SSJ Neighborhood Network (vacant lot maintenance)
- $136,000 Erie Center for Arts & Technology
- $101,625 Mercy Center For Women
- $79,500 Crime Victim Center of Erie County
- $75,000 Erie Downtown Partnership
- $71,500 Sarah A. Reed Children's Center
- $68,750 Erie Neighborhood Growth Partnership
- $63,750 Erie Dawn
- $52,500 St. Martin Center
- $41,250 SSJ Neighborhood Network (revitalization projects)
- $37,500 Climate Changers
- $35,750 Erie Playhouse
- $27,500 Erie United Methodist Alliance
- $27,500 Gannon University (Planting for Our Future Environmental Complex)
- $23,650 expERIEnce Children's Museum
- $18,945 United Way of Erie County
- $17,875 Erie Cancer Wellness Center
- $15,000 Our West Bayfront
- $11,475 Julia Hospice and Palliative Care
The projects were approved by the Department of Community and Economic Development through the Neighborhood Assistance Program.