Due to an overwhelming response to this microgrant opportunity, applications are closed as of July 22, 2020. As COVID-19 related restrictions continue to negatively affect our area businesses, McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation (MRCDC) is pleased to announce its COVID-19: […]
McKees Rocks – The entrance to the downtown McKees Rocks business district will be getting a revamp thanks to a $1.9 million PennDOT Multimodal Transportation Fund grant being awarded to the McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation (MRCDC). This money will […]
An application for the current round of PennDOT Multimodal Transportation Funding awards has been submitted on behalf of McKees Rocks by the MRCDC. If awarded, the funding would join $1.1 million in previously granted funds and go toward the first […]
Healthy food access financing available for local markets through Bridgeway
Bridgeway Capital is funding businesses that help grow healthier communities by improving access to affordable and nutritious food with flexible loans, micro-grants and business education opportunities. These opportunities are available to: Expand inventory to include healthy foods Renovate layout to […]
Fourth-grader Ella Kurschinske and fifth grader Daymire Spencer, both of Stowe, join instructor Erin McAuley of Gemini Children’s Theater. By Sonja Reis | MRCDC Students at the Sto-Rox Upper Elementary school are putting in extra hours with the start of […]
Sonja Reis | MRCDC The McKees Rocks Borough is the recipient of a $377,000 Green Revitalization of Our Waterways (GROW) grant through the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority. This grant is one of 32 matching municipal grants totaling $9 million that was […]
Year In Review: Great Strides In Development, Nutrition, Mental Health Initiatives During 2016
The second of our annual facade renovation projects nears completion. Taris Vrcek | MRCDC During the past year, the staff and board at McKees Rocks Development Corporation have fully embraced plans unveiled in 2015 for a ‘complete community’ strategy. In […]
Staff | MRCDC The McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation (MRCDC), in working with the Borough of McKees Rocks and other local partners, has been awarded a $750,000 Multimodal Transportation Fund grant through Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Finance Authority. The grant will be […]
