GREENSBURG – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is pleased to have announced the 10 grant winners of their new Fresh Paint Days Pennsylvania Program. Designed to provide community groups with paint and painting supplies, the program enables these groups to renew a community structure in need into something beautiful through the application of fresh paint and a lot of elbow grease. This annual event is held in partnership with support from PPG PITTSBURGH Paints and The Home Depot. During the month of September, the 10 grant winners will transform their structure utilizing up to 40 gallons of exterior paints and $200 in painting supplies.
The 10 grant winners are as follows:
Allegheny County – Bloomfield/Garfield Corp. for painting Kraymick’s Bike Shop in the Penn Avenue Arts Revitalization district.
Allegheny County – Tarentum Borough for painting the Chapman Building in the central business district.
Berks County –West Reading Elm Street for the “Let’s Paint the Town” project for historic row homes in West Reading Borough.
Clearfield County – Downtown DuBois Revitalization Group for painting the Tubbs Building in the City of DuBois.
Dauphin County – Penbrook Revitalization, Inc. for painting the Salvatore Pantano residence in the Borough of Penbrook as part of the “Paint Penbrook Beautiful” project.
Lancaster County – Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster to paint the Walker Clubhouse in the City of Lancaster as part of the “Paint it Pretty” project.
Philadelphia County – Project H.O.M.E for painting of businesses on Ridge Avenue as part of the City of Philadelphia and The Cecil B Moore Ridge Avenue commercial corridor revitalization initiative.
Westmoreland County – City of Arnold to repaint the Amphitheater at Roosevelt Park.
Westmoreland County – Greater Monessen Historical Society to paint the Museum Annex in the City of Monessen.
York County – Glen Rock Borough for painting the maintenance building as part of the downtown area revitalization effort.
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful received 48 applications, and grant winners were chosen based on their applications. Two of the awardees will receive an additional $500 from PPG Pittsburgh Paints and The Home Depot at the end of the project for community improvement projects, based on reporting and the winner of two criteria; best visual impact and best community revitalization story.
“We are proud supporters of Fresh Paint Days Pennsylvania,” said Dori Marks, senior marketing manager, PPG Industries. “It is a valuable new program and I really want to encourage community groups in Pennsylvania to take full advantage of this great opportunity.”
“Through our partnership with PPG Pittsburgh Paints and The Home Depot, Fresh Paint Days Pennsylvania empowers community groups to take a direct role in community revitalization efforts,” explains Shannon Reiter, President of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. “Something as simple as a fresh coat of paint on a public library or community center sends a strong message that we care about our communities.”