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City committee forwards multiple Local Shares Account grant proposals — clinics, child care, housing and neighborhood projects
Summary
Committee heard a slate of Local Shares Account (LSA) grant applications from Union Community Care, Univision Childcare / Slaymaker Renewal, Thaddeus Stevens Foundation, South Ann Concerned Neighbors and Chestnut Housing; each application was moved to full council for further consideration.
City planning staff summarized the Local Shares Account (LSA) program at the Nov. 3 community planning committee and heard presentations from multiple applicants seeking LSA funds to support projects across Lancaster.
Program manager (CPED) said LSA reinvests casino/gaming revenues in community projects and that Lancaster has applied for many awards since 2022. Applicants that presented and received committee motions to move their applications to full council included:
- Union Community Care: requested $1,000,000 to renovate the first‑floor medical space at 625 South Duke Street to modernize an active clinic that serves more than 10,000 patients at that location.
- Univision Childcare / Slaymaker Renewal Project: sought $1,000,000 to support energy‑efficient systems, stormwater and facade work at the Slaymaker Lock building and to expand early‑childhood capacity at a second campus (applicant said the request covers critical needs rather than full project cost).
- Thaddeus Stevens Foundation / Student Home Construction Project: asked for $1,000,000 to support the final duplex in a student-built owner‑occupied housing project intended to produce eight owner‑occupied units.
- South Ann Concerned Neighbors (SACN): presented a mixed‑use neighborhood project at 615 Stevens Avenue that includes two three‑bedroom affordable apartments above retail spaces (applicant estimated total project cost about $3.5 million and said roughly half of the funding has been secured through state and other sources).
- Chestnut Housing: resubmitted a request of $1,000,000 to renovate the former Strawberry Hill restaurant site into 11 affordable apartments and two nonprofit office spaces; Chestnut said roughly $2.4 million of the estimated $3.8 million budget is already committed.
Representatives from each applicant gave brief project descriptions, noted other committed funding where applicable and asked the committee to forward their LSA applications to council for full consideration and any required matching or implementation steps. Committee members moved each resolution to the Nov. 11 full council meeting by voice vote.
Staff noted that the Commonwealth Finance Authority (CFA) awards sometimes lag and that some 2024 LSA awards had not yet been finalized by the state.
