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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 18, 2005

Senator Browne Helps Get Grant for City
Will Allow Irving Pool to Remain Open 

State Senator Pat Browne, R-16th District, along with state Representatives Steve Samuelson, D-135th District, and T. J. Rooney, D-133rd District, and Allentown Mayor Roy Afflerbach, held a press conference today, Wednesday, May 18, to announce a state grant that will allow Irving Street Pool to remain open.

Senator Browne and Representatives Samuelson and Rooney requested a community revitalization grant of $25,000 from the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to underwrite the cost of keeping open and maintaining the Irving Park Pool for the summer of 2005.

"Given the city's financial constraints, it was important for the state to help in the effort to keep the pool open this summer for the children and families of East Allentown," Senator Browne said. "Without this grant money, the pool would have been closed this summer."

The Irving Park Pool – located at Irving Street and East Tilghman Street – was to be closed this summer due to the city's budget constraints, but Senator Browne, Representatives Samuelson and Rooney and Mayor Afflerbach have worked to make sure the residents of East Allentown have a recreational place to go this summer.

For more information, contact Senator Browne's Allentown District Office at (610) 821-8468.

CONTACT:

Matt Moyer
(610) 821-8468