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Manager details grants and capital borrowing; staff announce new businesses and spring events
Summary
Manager and grant staff listed multiple awards and matches, reported total grant receipts and remaining capital-borrowing funds; community-development staff announced two new businesses in Clifton Commons and Clifton Heights Plaza and council discussed upcoming community events including an April egg hunt and a March 22 bingo fundraiser.
Borough Manager and grant staff briefed council on an array of grants awarded to Clifton Heights and on the borough’s capital-borrowing balances, and community-development staff announced two incoming businesses and upcoming community events.
Grants and capital: staff listed multiple grant awards across departments and programs and said the borough’s total grant receipts were approximately $5,585,000.682 (as reported in the meeting). Specific awards cited included an $80,000 East DCDI economic-development award for Glenwood Avenue Park Improvements (no match), a $200,000 DCD multimodal grant for Route 2009/Carter improvements (phase 2, pending confirmation of match waiver), a $425,000 small water and sewer award for West Madison Avenue storm sewer replacement with a stated match of $162,600, and a $1,300,000 PennDOT award for the Springfield Road corridor phase 2 (with a referenced $390,000 match that staff believes may be waived using adjacent highway work as match). Manager also said Clifton Heights received a $519,000 DOJ COPS hiring award (no match), a DEP recycling grant ($15,988 with a $1,770.60 match), and other smaller awards including LSA patrol vehicle funding and a PCCD recruitment incentive.
Manager said the borough’s capital-borrowing balance from a 2022 borrowing was approximately $589,500 remaining for projects such as playgrounds, pickleball and other improvements.
Business openings and events: Community Development/Code Enforcement staff said two new businesses are coming to town: a nail salon at 570 Clifton Commons on East Baltimore Avenue and a store replacing Big Lots at 713 East Baltimore in Clifton Heights Plaza (described in the transcript as “Bartletton code factories replacing the big lots,” reported by staff). Staff also reminded council of upcoming community events: an egg hunt planned for the Sunday before Easter (April 13), and a bingo fundraiser March 22 (doors open at 6 p.m.; event starts at 7 p.m.) at the Today’s Child gym.
Other notes: Manager and staff confirmed the borough will send April 30 letters to earlier ARPA grant recipients to certify closeout documentation. Police staff were noted to run a vacation-check program residents can register for on the borough website; councilmembers praised the service.
Why it matters: the grants and remaining capital funds determine what projects the borough can advance in the near term; announced business openings affect local commerce and retail footprint.
