HARRISBURG – Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) today announced nearly $2.4 million in state funding will be used to redevelop the former Gettysburg Foundry site in Adams County.
The site will be redeveloped and prepared for a future employer to set up a business and hire workers.
“The Commonwealth is taking steps to make properties like the Gettysburg Foundry site viable and attractive to potential employers,” Mastriano said. “The goal is to get the Gettysburg Foundry site ready so an employer can acquire it, start a new business and staff it with local workers from the community.”
The Gettysburg Foundry site is a former metalworks factory that manufactured aluminum castings and conducted aluminum smelting until it closed in the 1990s due to improper disposal of hazardous materials on the property. The site sat vacant for decades until the Adams County Industrial Development Authority (ACIDA) took ownership in 2022. ACIDA continues to perform the required environmental assessments and remediation to restore and redevelop the nearly 50-acre site. It hopes to restore the blighted property to productive economic use as either a commercial or industrial site.
The combination of state grants and loans will be used to pay for engineering costs and sitework, including the demolition of existing structures, crushing concrete to be used as fill material, disposing remaining materials off site and grading the site for drainage.
The project calls for establishing sanitary sewer connections by installing the necessary infrastructure, including 70 manholes, thousands of feet of pipe and a pump station.
Funding for the projects is being provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Business in Our Sites program. The project will cost a little less than $2.4 million with part of the funding provided through a grant of nearly $1 million and the rest through a loan of more than $1.4 million. The Business in Our Sites loan has a 3% interest rate and a 20-year term.
Constituents of the 33rd Senatorial District can learn more about Mastriano by visiting his website at SenatorMastriano.com or following him on Facebook at Facebook.com/SenatorDougMastriano.
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