Bringing Resources to the District

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has wide variety of programs that support the projects and services that can build better communities. Playgrounds, parks, job training programs, senior centers, after-school programs, community organizations, non-profit groups and businesses are all eligible for state assistance of different kinds. State money is available for streetscape improvements and medical centers; for public transportation and roads and for schools. We can use these resources to make our neighborhoods clean and safe and a good place to raise our children. But to get these resources, we need a State Representative who will find out what is available and fight for our fair share. We don’t have that now.

We also need a Representative who will also protect what we have. The greatest threat to the 198th District right now is the loss of our public transportation lines, the R8 train and the C bus and others. The R8 line runs right down the middle of the 198th district. And it must get more money from the state. (Click here to learn about my work as the leader of the NCPT, the Northwest Campaign for Public Transportation.)

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