PITTSBURGH, PA – Today, Senator Jay Costa announces $11 Million in RACP funding benefitting Senate District 43.
“I am so proud to live in a community with organizations doing incredible work to improve the lives of our friends and neighbors, and I’m honored to do my part to deliver the resources to keep them going,” said Senator Costa. “I look forward to seeing these critical projects come to fruition and continue to beautify Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.”
With State Representative Dan Frankel, Senator Costa announces that Temple Sinai in Pittsburgh City was awarded $1,000,000 for system maintenance and repairs. Some of the operating systems in the building are over fifty years old and need to be replaced with modern technology.
Further with State Representative Dan Frankel, Senator Costa announces that Tree of Life was awarded $4,000,000 for Phase II of construction. The core goals for the project include: preserving the historic spaces; modernizing and right-sizing the main sanctuary; and designing an innovative and interactive Holocaust and modern anti-Semitism exhibit.
“These dollars show our commonwealth’s commitment to the historic Tree of Life project,” said Frankel. “I am proud to help ensure that the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in America will stand as a monument to tolerance, education and resilience.”
Finally with State Representative Dan Frankel, Senator Costa announces that Walnut Capital Mckee LP was awarded $6,000,000 for Oakland Crossings – Urban Center Mixed Use District (UC-MU). The First Phase of Oakland Crossings includes costs associated with land acquisition, site work, infrastructure, and utilities for the Urban Core-Mixed Use (UC-MU) District.
Per the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget, “RACP projects are authorized in the Redevelopment Assistance section of a Capital Budget Itemization Act, have a regional or multi-jurisdictional impact, and generate substantial increases or maintain current levels of employment, tax revenues, or other measures of economic activity. RACP projects are state-funded projects that cannot obtain primary funding under other state programs.”
Learn more about Senate Democrats’ commitment to thriving communities every Pennsylvanian here.
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