{"id":113678,"date":"2022-09-20T20:34:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T00:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113678"},"modified":"2022-09-20T20:34:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T00:34:40","slug":"boscola-announces-100000-for-city-of-eastons-vanderveer-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113678","title":{"rendered":"Boscola Announces $100,000 for City of Easton\u2019s Vanderveer Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bethlehem, September 20, 2022 &#8211; &#8211; <\/strong>State Senator Lisa Boscola announced the approval of a $100,000 state grant for the City of Easton\u2019s Vanderveer Park Greenspace project through the Act 13 Greenways, Trails and Recreation Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen space and providing recreational opportunities in urban settings are important in providing an improved quality of life for the residents of Easton,\u201d Boscola said. \u201cThe Vanderveer Park Greenspace project will improve Vanderveer Park and add much needed new greenspace for passive recreation in the City\u2019s West Ward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an important green space in our most densely populated neighborhood,\u201d state Sal Panto, Mayor of Easton. \u201cIt will give the people of the area an opportunity for exercise and fresh air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The City of Easton has for some time desired to further improve Vanderveer Park and add new greenspace in the City\u2019s West Ward. Along with adding greenspace for passive recreation, the project will improve the crosswalk across North 12th Street.<\/p>\n<p>The grant was approved today by the state Commonwealth Financing Authority Board in Harrisburg. Funding from the Greenways, Trails and Recreation Program uses revenue generated through Act 13 of 2012 that imposes an impact fee on the state\u2019s unconventional natural gas wells.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKurt J. Derr<br \/>\nOffice of Senator Lisa Boscola<br \/>\nOne East Broad Street, Suite 120<br \/>\nBethlehem, PA 18018<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethlehem, September 20, 2022 &#8211; &#8211; State Senator Lisa Boscola announced the approval of a $100,000 state grant for the City of Easton\u2019s Vanderveer Park Greenspace project through the Act &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113678\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Boscola Announces $100,000 for City of Easton\u2019s Vanderveer Project<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/boscola-news.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}