Could the Johnstown area be a destination for Afghan immigrants to relocate. That is the question posed by the vision together 2025 Group. Today, the vision tog
Could the Johnstown area be a destination for Afghan immigrants to relocate. That is the question posed by the vision together 2025 Group. Today, the vision tog
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Mike Tedesco, Vision Together 2025 president and CEO, is shown in a March 12, 2021, photo.. By Thomas Slusser
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Mike Tedesco, president and CEO of Vision Together 2025, said there is a creative element in the way American Rescue Plan money can be spent that does not usually exist in federal funding programs.
No guidelines are official yet.
But the U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued an interim final rule regarding the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan designed by President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats in response to the pandemic that disrupted the economy on a historic level and led to the deaths of more than 625,000 United States residents to date.
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Roger Brooks, of Destination Development holds up a brochure from another community that he says Johnstown needs to create, so to enhance the visitor s experience in Johnstown on Friday, July 23, 2021.
By Todd Berkey
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Community leaders listen to Roger Brooks, of destination development, assessment s findings and suggestions for Johnstown on Friday, July 23, 2021.
By Todd Berkey
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Roger Brooks and his Destination Development Association team recently took an in-depth look at Johnstown from an outsiderâs perspective.
They walked the streets, learned the history and current events, talked with people and took lots and lots of pictures.
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Amanda Perkins and Wayne Nash, formerly of Baltimore, Maryland pose with their pets Penny, Ramsy (cat) and Maddie in front of their new Wesmont home at 109 Fisk Ave. on Thursday, July 22, 2021.
By Todd Berkey
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With the Maryland license plate on their Rav 4, Amanda Perkins and Wayne Nash formerly of Baltimore pose outside of their new home at 109 Fisk, Avenue, Westmont on Thursday, July 22, 2021.
By Todd Berkey
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A Baltimore couple won the bidding war for this 109 Fisk Avenue home in Westmont on Thursday, July 22, 2021.
By Todd Berkey
Christian Beabes, 34, moved from California to the Johnstown area in June.