York County projects get $14 million in RACP money 

State Rep. Carol Hill-Evans, D-York, announced Tuesday that six York County projects will receive $14 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grants. 

Overseen by the state’s Office of the Budget, the program helps with cultural, economic, civic and historical projects that create jobs and economic growth. 

The projects and their grant amounts: 

• York County Economic Alliance – $5 million for the current phase of the Codorus Greenway in York city. Construction will include repair and reconstruction of flood walls to expand levee system capacity and create riparian buffer areas next to the creek and allow for an American with Disabilities Act-compliant access point; remediation of contaminated soil; and in-channel improvements that enhance water quality and mitigate flooding.
• York County Industrial Development Authority – $2 million for its Ballpark Commons Northern Gateway project. The money will be used to demolish blighted and underutilized properties, construct a new building and improve PeoplesBank Park. The project previously received $2 million in RACP grants in December.
• York County History Center’s York County History Campus Library and Archives – $2.5 million to create climate-controlled, high-density storage housing 400,000 two-dimensional artifacts. The funds will also be used to complete the third-floor coal bin exhibit gallery and transform the garage into a workshop that supports the campus’ facilities and maintenance functions.
• York County Food Bank – $1.5 million for its “Building Hope and Fighting Hunger” program. The funds will expand the food bank warehouse to a new facility on King Street – enabling the acquisition, storage and distribution of a greater quantity and better variety of fresh, nutrient-rich foods – and renovate the hunger-free client-choice pantry on West Princess Street.
• The Children’s Aid Society SOPA COB Inc. – $2 million for its Children’s Aid Society Childcare Center. The funds will go toward the construction and related costs of a two-story, 7,500-square-foot footprint, 15,000-square-foot building with associated parking areas and a 7,500-square-foot fenced-in outdoor play yard.
• LogosWorks – $1 million to construct a large addition to its building to provide kitchen space, dining hall, art gallery, health and wellness center, full-court gymnasium with locker rooms, and storage.