Robinson Township

==Onorato Opens Newest Community Center in Allegheny County - 8/9/2006==
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY
Dan Onorato, Chief Executive
101 Courthouse
436 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: (412) 350-6500
Fax: (412) 350-6512
Web: www.county.allegheny.pa.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 9, 2006
CONTACT:
Kevin Evanto
412-350-3171 office
412-352-4075 cell
Onorato Opens Newest Community Center in Allegheny County
PITTSBURGH - Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato today joined
Allegheny County Housing Authority (ACHA) Executive Director Frank Aggazio
and community members for the grand opening of the Groveton Village
Technology Center in Robinson Township.
"This is another example of what we can do when we pool public, private and
non-profit funding," said Onorato. "This is a $1.1-million facility that
will offer people in this neighborhood computer programs, Head Start, food
bank services, Summer Breakfast and Lunch Program, among other services."
The Center was built with $1.0 million from ACHA and $112,261 through a
Federal Economic Development Initiative Grant. Programming will be provided
by Family Resources of Western Pennsylvania, the [[Allegheny County Library
Association]], Allegheny Intermediate Unit, [[Allegheny County Department of
Human Services]], Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"Groveton Village Technology Center will provide a positive economic impact
to the greater Robinson Township and Coraopolis communities," said Aggazio.
"The Center will provide opportunities for residents to achieve
self-sufficiency through the development of their individual skills and
abilities."
Following the Groveton ribbon cutting, the Chief Executive toured Pleasant
Ridge Technology Center in Stowe Township where he visited with children
participating in the First Tee of Pittsburgh Program, which teaches urban
youth life skills through the game of golf. Onorato also toured Meyers Ridge
Technology Center in McKees Rocks.
In the last two years, ACHA and the [[Allegheny County Department of Economic
Development]] (ACED) have collaborated to open five community centers to serve
children, young adults and seniors in some of the County's most distressed
areas. Currently, five additional centers are in various stages of
development in Tarentum, Natrona Heights, East Pittsburgh, Clairton and
Millvale.
The County has taken a community-focused approach in planning and building
these centers by listening to residents in each targeted area and
structuring each building to meet identified programmatic and service needs.
Construction costs were covered in full through a combination of Housing and
Urban Development grants from ACHA and Community Development Block grants
from ACED. The County has turned over daily operations of the centers to
community non-profit organizations, which not only provide the needed
programs and services, but also maintain the facilities.
To date, Allegheny County has opened five centers: Meyers Ridge Technology
Center in McKees Rocks; Expansion of the Rankin Christian Center in Rankin
Borough; Walnut Avenue Boys & Girls Club in the City of Duquesne; Pleasant
Ridge Community Center in Stowe Township; and Groveton Village Technology
Center in Robinson Township. Five additional centers are in the design and
planning stages of development. These include: Tarentum Senior Housing
Community Center in Tarentum; Park Sheldon Community Center in Natrona
Heights; Prospect Terrace Community Center in East Pittsburgh; South Side
Community Center in Clairton; and additions to the North Hills Community
Outreach Center in Millvale.
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* Mike Ditka to open restaurant, Ditka's in Robinson Township, from September 2008
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