LATEST UPDATE: The Elm Street Project, in conjunction with Downtown Indiana, will host a public meeting on Wednesday, July 16, at 6 p.m. in Indiana Borough Council Chambers to provide residents with the Design Façade Guidelines and application forms for the first round of grant funding. Indiana Borough has designated for revitalization the area located adjacent to the Downtown District, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Mack Park. The project area is bounded by Church Street on the north, Carter and Grandview avenues on the south, on the east by Fourth Street (encompassing the rear property lines of homes on the east side of the street), and on the west by South Seventh Street (the rear property lines of homes on the west side the street). Property owners who want to make improvements to the front facades of their homes are eligible to receive matching grant funding from the state under the auspices of the Elm Street Community, the Borough of Indiana and Downtown Indiana, Inc. The Elm Street Program was created to strengthen the older historic neighborhoods that characterize many of the Commonwealth’s communities. Jeffrey W. Jones, Elm Street Project Manager, encourages residents and property owners to attend this vital meeting which will officially launch the “brick and mortar” phase of the five-component Elm Street Program. Property owners will learn how to apply to the program and of the deadline for application submission. Members of the Elm Street Design Committee, Borough Manager Ken Gabler, Planning Director and Code Enforcement Officer David Kirk, and other members of the borough’s Planning Commission will be on hand to answer questions. Funding for the program is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development (DCED) through Residential Reinvestment Grant dollars that will be spent on residential façade and landscape improvements, infrastructure and engineering. For more information contact Jeffrey Jones, (724) 463-6110.                                                                                               Elm Street Project Manager                                                                                                 Downtown Indiana, Inc.                                                                                                655 Philadelphia Street                                                                                              Indiana, Pennsylvania, 15701