Rep. Doyle Heffley, R-Carbon, along with Sens. John Yudichak, I-14, and David Argall, R-29, announced Friday the awarding of more than $1 million in state funding for community improvements in Carbon County.

“It is always wonderful news when state money comes back to Carbon County to fund worthwhile community enhancements such as the ones approved today,” Heffley said. “I was happy to work with my colleagues in the House and Senate to advocate on behalf of our local governments and organizations to help them obtain the funding.”

“Today’s state investment in economic development, recreation, infrastructure and public safety will enhance the quality of life for every resident in Carbon County,” Yudichak said.

Grants include:

• Beaver Meadows Borough – $90,000 for improvements to Memorial Park.

• Bowmanstown Borough – $52,271 for the purchase of a new generator at the water treatment facility.

• Carbon Chamber and Economic Development Corporation – $34,400 for a sidewalk project in Jim Thorpe Borough (Old Jail Museum and Heritage Center).

• Carbon Chamber and Economic Development Corporation – $150,000 for the purchase of breast cancer imaging equipment at St. Luke’s Lehighton Campus.

• Carbon Chamber and Economic Development Corporation – $48,716 for the purchase of groundskeeping equipment for the Valor Clinic Foundation.

• Franklin Township – $181,501 to pave the parking lot at Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1.

• Jim Thorpe borough – $30,000 to upgrade the community center’s public address system; $25,714 for improvements to the Jim Thorpe Little League’s McGarvey’s Field, and $64,423 for improvements to Memorial Park.

• Lehighton Borough – $93,000 for the purchase of security cameras.

• Nesquehoning Borough – $82,662 for improvements to Johnson Park and $74,431 for construction of a pavilion at Nesquehoning VFW Post 8008.

• Weatherly Borough – $88,150 for the purchase of a new police vehicle.

“I’m pleased to see this number of projects across all these communities,” Argall said. “I know that the competition for this funding is very competitive, and I congratulate all of the successful applicants.”

The grants were approved and awarded today by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, which was established as an independent agency that holds fiduciary responsibility over the funding of programs and investments in Pennsylvania’s economic growth.