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Lewisburg PA Pride

From the outside perspective, I did not understand the appeal of living in a small town in Central Pennsylvania. However, Lewisburg's beauty, culture, and sense of community quickly showed me a different point of view. One Lewisburg event that I have come to look forward to each Spring is the Lewisburg Arts Festival. This festival features a fabulous assortment of original art, crafts, entertainment, and food, and brings in a huge array of artists, art enthusiasts, local residents, and visitors from near and far. While strolling from vendor to vendor down Market Street, I was struck by the friendly atmosphere…

Keystone Community Program Moving Forward in Lewisburg

The Elm Street Program (ESP) began in Pennsylvania in 2007, modeled on the successful National Main Street Program (MSP). Both programs seek to promote volunteer driven sustainable revitalization and historic preservation efforts related to targeted downtown (commercial) and neighborhood (residential) areas. The Main Street Program has been around for years and is active in all fifty states, the Elm Street Program is unique to Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) is responsible for administering and funding both programs, with technical support and training provided by the Pennsylvania Downtown Center (PDC). The ESP originally offered limited financial…

LNC making an impact in Lewisburg neighborhoods

The LNC has worked very closely with neighborhood residents and the Borough of Lewisburg to bring about two significant streetscape improvement projects within the Bull Run Neighborhood. Improvements have been completed along both South 5th and South 7th Streets. These improvements include repaving, streetlights, street trees, curbs, sidewalks and utilities and came in at a cost of nearly two million dollars. The costs were born by the Elm Street Program grant funding from the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Borough, Bucknell University and neighborhood property owners. The project budgets also included monies for neighborhood facade improvements; these matching…