FY 2003 Urban Development Program [34 Pa.B. 587] The Department of Community and Economic Development announces the availability of guidelines for the FY 2003 Urban Development Program (Program). The Program provides grants to promote and encourage the prosperous development of business in this Commonwealth, industry and commerce, to expand markets and promote and develop new markets for products made in this Commonwealth, encouraging the location and development of new business, industry and commerce within this Commonwealth, to aid in restoring employment in communities affected by unemployment and to assist persons, firms, associations, political subdivisions, corporations, cooperative associations and other organizations to assist various public safety, recreation, senior citizens or other community service organizations.
Assistance from the Program is in the form of grants from the Commonwealth to eligible applicants for projects which conform to the eligibility criteria detailed in the Program guidelines.
Program grants are made in two funding rounds during the fiscal year. Application deadlines and tentative announcement dates for each round are outlined in the following chart.
Funding Round Application Deadline Date Target Announcement Date Round 1 Friday, February 13, 2004 April 2004 Round 2 Friday, April 16, 2004 June 2004 Applications and requests for guidelines should be directed to the Department of Community and Economic Development, Customer Service Center, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Fourth Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0225, (800) 379-7448, ra-dcedcs@state.pa.us.
DENNIS YABLONSKY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-185. Filed for public inspection January 30, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
