Rep. Goodman was pleased to help announce the recent awarding of a $1 million state grant to Schuylkill Women in Crisis from the Redevelopment Capital Assistance Program. SWIC will use the funding to expand and modernize its facilities. The announcement was made at The Grateful Thread, the Pottsville business SWIC operates. Pictured from left are Goodman; Wendy Wheeler, SWIC board president; Sally Casey, SWIC executive director; Judy Schmidt, SWIC vice president; and state Rep. Tim Seip.

Rep. Goodman visited with the New Jersey, faith-based J.U.N.E. Project ’08 volunteers on Aug. 7 at the Barefield Community Center in Pottsville. The 100-plus volunteers spent a week in Schuylkill County working on several projects for Schuylkill Community Action and the community. Those projects included tackling landscaping and stream restoration efforts in Pottsville’s Elm Street Community while painting windows at the YMCA there. The group also gutted a home for rehabilitation in Mahanoy City. Rep. Goodman also toured the various on-going Pottsville Elm Street Community revitalization projects situated in his district.

Rep. Goodman attends the opening of the Trio Salon, a new hair salon in Pottsville. He has been working with the Wilkes University Small Business Development Center to attract new businesses into the area, like Trio Salon and Peace Frog Natural Foods, which sells natural foods, body care items and nutritional supplements. Pictured left to right are Ben-David Kaminski, Wilkes University Small Business Development Center; Goodman; Lori Kane, Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce; Shannon Brennan, owner of Trio Salon; Katie Coleman, stylist at Trio Salon; and Congressman Tim Holden.