Grant Awarded To County Food Bank By Gov. Wolf

November 28, 2019 4:10 am

BROWNSVILLE, Pa. — Thanksgiving came early to the Greater Washington County Food Bank. On Wednesday, Dennis Davin, Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development dropped by to announce a $190,000 grant to help the Food Bank create an electrical system to allow them to save on the electric bill. Connie Burd, Executive Director of the GWCFB says the Ground Mount Solar Array will cost nearly $400,000 but should provide means for the Food Bank to eliminate their electric bill by generating their own power. After the announcement, Davin toured the facility seeing the 26,000 square foot warehouse, hydroponics containers, greenhouse and 24 acre farm. This is not the first time the Wolf Administration has been here. Davin stated that during their administration the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has granted over $1,000,000 for site acquisition and build out up to today’s grant for the first phase of the solar array.