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NeighborWorks receives Pennsylvania's newest Elm Street designation for West Scranton

Together with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Mayor of Scranton Paige Cognetti, Pennsylvania Downtown Center and Senator Marty Flynn, we recently celebrated West Scranton receiving Pennsylvania’s newest Keystone Communities Program Elm Street designation. This will open the door for additional state funding to revitalize areas of West Scranton.

As a DCED-designated Elm Street, we will now receive priority consideration under several programs for various funding applications submitted to the DCED for the next five years. We are looking forward to using these future funds together with our partners to reinvest into the priorities outlined in our West Scranton Neighborhood Plan.

For more information about the Elm Street designation and what this means for West Scranton, you can read the official DCED press release here.

NeighborWorks welcomes Shane Powers as new Chief Operating Officer

Pease join us in welcoming our newest team member, Shane Powers! She's coming aboard as our new Chief Operating Officer, a newly-established role to enhance our overal operating and strategy execution capacity. She brings over 20 years of operations and logistical experience to the role, and NeighborWorks is excited for her to bring her wealth of knowledge to the team.

To learn more about Shane and her background, please click here to read our blog profile about her.

NeighborWorks launches "Be a Neighbor" podcast

We are excited to announce the launch of our official podcast focused on our work in West Scranton: Be a Neighbor! We are hosted on Anchor.fm, and are also available on Spotify, Apple, Google, YouTube and more!

With your hosts Parker Dorsey and Gerard Hetman, this show seeks to host guests from within and around the local community in West Scranton and beyond to highlight community initiatives, news, events and more. There is a lot going on in this great neighborhood, and we hope you join us as we take a deep dive into all that makes West Scranton special.

Included above is a short video preview of our first episode. To listen to the full episode, you can listen directly by clicking on this link or any of the links above. Episodes will be released on Friday afternoons triweekly.

NeighborWorks accepts contribution from Honesdale National Bank for Neighborhood Assistance Program

NeighborWorks Northeastern PA recently received a $10,000 contribution from The Honesdale National Bank to be used through the Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP). The contribution will support the Scranton Beautiful Blocks Program for 2022. Beautiful Blocks, which is jointly sponsored by NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania and the City of Scranton, provides matching grants of up to $1,000 to each member of a group of at least five Scranton residents to help them make exterior improvements to their homes. Grants are awarded annually through a competitive application process. Thanks HNB!

NeighborWorks gearing up for next Beautiful Blocks cycle

Our Beautiful Blocks program to date has funded 275 residential exterior improvement projects, contained in 34 block groups in Scranton and Carbondale. Our organization has awarded over $230,000 in funding support for Beautiful Blocks projects, with residents contributing an additional $500,000 in matching funds, representing a massive investment in community improvement.

For a firsthand look at the positive impact of Beautiful Blocks, check out the video above, featuring residents who participated in our inaugural Beautiful Blocks cycle in the City of Carbondale in 2021 sharing their experiences as part of the program.

Our next Beautiful Blocks cycle (in Scranton and Carbondale) will open for pre-applications during the month of February. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks on how to register.

Ellen Holden receives Aging in Place certification

Ellen Holden, our Aging in Place Specialist, recently received her Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) designation. The CAPS designation program teaches the technical, business management, and customer service skills essential to competing in the fastest growing segment of the residential remodeling industry: home modifications for the older adults. This certification earned by Ellen is the culmination of a three-day training program and will greatly enhance the capabilities of our Aging in Place program.

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