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A preliminary rendering of the community center by the architectural firm Buell Kratzer Powell. (Courtesy of Upper Darby Township)
Upper Darby has received a $1 million grant from the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program to fund the first phase of a new community center to serve the state’s sixth-largest municipality.
“We’re just really excited that we got the awards … This might be one of the first projects that’s purely of this administration, which is really exciting,” Mayor Barbarann Keffer said.
The grant will go toward the feasibility phase of the project, during which the township will work on planning for and design of the prospective new center, as well as gauging community interest and evaluating costs. When construction is eventually completed, the facility will replace an older multipurpose building at 7000 Walnut St. Local officials hope that it will bring revitalization to the area.