In the first half of 2020, the MRCDC embarked on a large-scale community engagement initiative, with the intention of gaining insight into what the community’s priority goals are for the group’s downtown property holdings. This process included the use of […]
PROPERTY SURVEY — The McKees Rocks Community Development Corp. (MRCDC) is coordinating a vacant property survey in the Borough. The purpose is to determine how many properties are currently vacant and blighted. To complete the survey, neighborhood volunteers will be […]
Gov. Tom Wolf has announced a $2.3 million investment to support blight remediation in McKees Rocks. The announcement was made Aug. 20, when Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Dennis Davin joined Sen. Wayne Fontana, County […]
QUICK SHARE WITH MRCDC Join us on zoom at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 18 as we continue our ongoing series entitled Quick Shares with MRCDC. This installment will focus on discussing a new employment opportunity with the MRCDC: Community […]
This week: August 3rd, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Writing Workshop with Karen Howard Karen Howard will be helping teens read and review their poetry together, and will help them build on their strengths and improve on their writing. Karen […]
Community leaders take part in the Launch Sto-Rox Incubator: Remixer event. GROW STO-ROX To open an NAACP chapter, 100 signatures are needed, each accompanied by $30 for the annual membership fee. In distressed communities that membership fee can become the […]
July 21 Quick Share: Community Standards for Downtown Development of MRCDC-owned properties
COMMUNITY SURVEY In the first half of 2020, the MRCDC embarked on a large-scale community engagement initiative, with the intention of gaining insight into what the community’s priority goals are for the group’s downtown property holdings. This process included the […]
The approximately 50,000 square foot former Linder’s Fine Furnishings and Rugs complex located between Thompson Avenue and Yunker Street in McKees Rocks has found a new lease on life thanks to the work of the McKees Rocks Community Development Corp. […]
Simple it’s not… The stabilization and ultimate redevelopment of the former Bank of McKees Rocks building located at 602 Chartiers Ave. in McKees Rocks is just one of several downtown development projects being tackled by the McKees Rocks Community Development […]
McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation Executive Director Taris Vrcek with BlackTea BrownSuga Network CEO Eszquire Harris during the Little Viking's flag football event at Rangers Field. Youth Advisory Board BlackTeaBrownSuga Network CEO Eszquire Harris also spoke April 3 to the […]
