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Rep. Joe Petrarca
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Petrarca announces $40,000 in state funding for local farmers' market
HARRISBURG, Oct. 9 – State Rep. Joe Petrarca, D-Westmoreland/Armstrong, announced that a $40,000 grant was awarded to the Vandergrift Improvement Program through the Commonwealth Financing Authority.
The funding will be used to study the feasibility of expanding the Vandergrift Farmers' Market. The market is held every Thursday from July to October.
"Expanding both the size of the market and its hours are both possibilities that will be studied with the use of the planning grant," Petrarca said. "The fresh and nutritious foods offered and the economic opportunities benefit the community immensely."
The grant is provided through the First Industries Fund, a state program aimed at strengthening Pennsylvania's agriculture and tourism industries by helping them acquire capital to begin, continue or expand business.
The Commonwealth Financing Authority administers and finances projects included in the First Industries Fund program. The CFA also oversees the state's Building PA program, Business in Our Sites program, PennWorks, New PA Venture Capital Investment, New Pennsylvania Venture Guarantee, Tax Increment Financing Guarantee and Second Stage Loan programs. Each of these programs is aimed at using targeted state investment to attract private capital for economic development in all regions of the state and for all types of industries.
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