Local Government Academy

The Local Government Academy is pleased to announce that $500,000 in grants have been approved since 2002 in support of multimunicipal comprehensive planning. Recipients are:

Armstrong County, 45 municipalities
Connoquenessing Township and Connoquenessing Borough, Butler County
Jefferson Morgan COG, 4 municipalities
The boroughs of Slippery Rock and West Liberty and the townships of Brady, Worth and Slippery Rock, Butler County
The City of Greensburg and Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County
The City of Monongahela and New Eagle Borough, Washington County
The municipalities of Ambridge, Baden, Economy, Harmony, Leetsdale, South Heights; Beaver County
The municipalities of Avalon, Bellevue and Ben Avon, Allegheny County
The municipalities of Big Beaver, Homewood, and New Galliee, Beaver County
The municipalities of Brownsville Borough and Brownsville Township, Fayette County
The municipalities of Buffalo and Clinton, Butler County
The municipalities of Canonsburg and Cecil Township, Washington County
The municipalities of East McKeesport, North Versailles and Wall, Allegheny County
The municipalities of Greene, Hanover, Independence, Potter, Raccoon; Beaver County & Koppel, Lawrence County
The municipalities of Lancaster and Muddy Creek; Butler County
The municipalities of Mahoning, Pulaski, and Union, Lawrence County
The municipalities of Middlesex and Richland; Butler and Allegheny Counties
The municipalities of Sewickley, Aleppo and Osborne, Allegheny County
The municipalities of Swissvale, Rankin and Edgewood, Allegheny County
Twin Rivers COG, 13 municipalities
Butler Township, Butler City, Penn Township, East Butler Borough, Summit Township, and Butler County
City of Connellsville, Connellsville Township, South Connellsville Borough
East Pittsburgh and North Braddock
The municipalities of Vandergrift and East Vandergrift Boroughs
The municipalities of Zelienople and Harmony Boroughs
Blairsville Borough
Char West COG, 3 municipalities
The municipalities of Donegal Township and Claysville Borough

The recipients have all provided a local match for the grant and have also been successful in obtaining Land Use Planning and Technical Assistance grants from the state.

The Local Government Academy is pleased to join these partnerships in support of smart land use planning. It is the aspiration of the Local Government Academy that these plans will stimulate development in existing places while preserving our region�s natural heritage.

2002 marked the first year of the Academy's Multi-Municipal Planning Grant Program, which is supported by the Heinz Endowments. The program is designed to encourage local governments to take advantage of the tools provided in state law to prepare and implement good planning.

The success of the program has resulted in the Academy's plans to continue the program through 2008. Municipalities may contact LGA for further details.