Community Outreach

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Logan Town Central Business District Comprehensive Service Program (CSP)

Programming in Logantown study circles, monthly community meetings, workshops, training programs, energy assistance programs, job & employment services, housing opportunities, family self-sufficiency program, special projects, Lexington Avenue tot-lot, motion sensor light, targeted weatherization, neighborhood cleanup, neighborhood planning, city of Altoona code compliance, project housing rehabilitation, and Chestnut / Lexington / Howard streetscape project.

 

Goals

CSP is seen as a magnet project which has established 3 goals to serve as over-acting guides for the project:

1. Foster the development of personal and family resources for low-income people living within the target areas.
2. Increase business growth within the target area as a method of creating employment opportunities for low-income residents.
3. Improve the physical and economic environment in the target neighborhoods.

Special Issues

• Substantially improve housing
• Revise educational and job readiness
• Build the capacity of community and neighborhood organizations
• Encourage and assist neighborhood based community development
• Create job training and training referral service
• Develop an educational program for drug prevention
• Encourage every individual to become an active and effective citizen
• Improve personal safety
• Identify and develop open green space and recreation areas

Sponsored by:

M&T Bank 301 W. Plank Rd Altoona, PA 16602	Reliance Bank 1119 12th St Altoona, PA 16601
Investment Savings Bank 1201 8th Ave Altoona, PA 16602

In cooperation with:

The Greater Altoona Economic Development Corporation (GAEDC) & Blair County Community Action Agency a Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Project.