$30,000 Grant Awarded for Downtown Johnstown Pocket Park Project The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority (JRA) is excited to announce the recent award of a $30,000 Capacity and Community Development Program grant from the People, Parks & Community Foundation to support the…
The Franklin Street Corridor/Gateway application was awarded to JRA on behalf of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies for the year 2017. This application was for a $25,000 grant. The project will develop a strategy for strategic investment of multiple…
JOHNSTOWN, PA – The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority announced today that an agreement has been reached between the Authority and Pipelines Inc. of East Liverpool, Ohio for the company to open a Johnstown based location. Their new location will be at…
JOHNSTOWN, PA – The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority announced today that Hanging Gardens LLC has been awarded a permit to grow and process medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. Hanging Gardens LLC entered into a lease agreement several months ago with the Johnstown…
JOHNSTOWN, PA – The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority has announced that the Center for Metal Arts has leased property at 106 Iron Street for their school. Currently, the school resides in the Florida, New York. Their intent is to not only…
JOHNSTOWN, PA – The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority has recently purchased a property located at 414-418 Main Street in Downtown Johnstown. The property was most recently known at the headquarters for the Greater Johnstown / Cambria County Convention & Visitors Bureau…
The Cambria City neighborhood was one of the original boroughs incorporated into the City of Johnstown in 1889. This historic neighborhood has been called the Ellis Island of Johnstown. It served as the local entry for thousands of Europeans who…
In 1960, while the Cambria City Project was being implemented, Dr. Walters, then Mayor, and the new Redevelopment Authority began to work on a plan for the revitalization of the Downtown area. The initial redevelopment project encompassed 11.8 acres of…
The Main Street East Project was to anchor uptown development on approximately three acres of land, embracing 17 parcels. It was proposed as a “major revitalization to a much-ignored sector of the center city”. Work proceeded on demolition, with plans…
In 1991 the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority became the FIRST agency in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to use the newly authorized Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District to fund acquisition, demolition, and public infrastructure improvements for a redevelopment project. The TIF provided…
