Results
Perkasie Borough – 2013 to Present
- $308,000,000 in Real Estate Sales = $!,540,000 RETT to Boro
- Rebuilding Town Center District - vacant 27 years
- $7.5 Million in Town Center investment and construction
- $250,000 County Economic Development Loan - Town Center
- 300+ New Homes
- $100,000,000 new housing construction
- $20 million in new disposable income
- Repurposed blighted factory buildings, one vacant 9 years
- $60 Million Pennridge Airport Industrial Park & Regional Airport
Perkasie Borough - Economic Impact
- Real Estate Transfer Taxes on $100,000,000 in new homes = $500,000 (1x fee)
- New Median Disposable Income of 300 new families = $19,200,000 annually
- Development Impact Fees: $450,000 (1x fee to Parks and Recreation)
- Annual New Tax Revenue = ($1,680,000 total tax per year)
- Annual New Earned Income Tax = $46,000 per year
- Borough Electric Department Tapping Fees: $450,000 (1x)
- Annual New Electric Use = $288,000 of which $72,000 to General Fund
- New Tapping Fees to the Water Authority = $1,650,000 (1x fee)
- Annual Water Use Revenue @ $1,100 per home = $330,000
New Britain Borough – 2013 to Present
- $600,000 Mutli-Modal Grant Award - University Village
- $100,000 DVRPC Economic Planning Grant - Main Street Plan
- Retained largest employer w/ 300+ employees
- Developed partnerships with largest employers and University
- Improved Town Center Shopping Center
- Creating “University Village” with Delaware Valley University & Developers
- Created Inter-Municipal Joint Planning Collective
- Gained final easement for Safe Ways to School Sidewalk Grant
Main Street Hatboro – 2010 to 2018
- Commercial Occupancy +22% (76% to 99%)
- 1,200+ jobs
- 170+ new businesses
- $6 million Governor’s Action Team Award
- $100,000 County Revitalization Loans
- $40,000 County Wayfinding Signage Grant
- $50,000 State Historic Restoration Matching Grant
- $30,000 DVRPC State Matching Grant for Park Master Plan
- Filled 6 of 7 vacant anchor stores in downtown (vacant more than five years)
Revitalization Awards
2019 - Community Cares Award - Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 - Special Needs Student Program - Perkasie Borough
2013- Citation - Hatboro Community Revitalization - PA House of Representatives
2013- Letter of Recognition - Service to the Public Award - PA State Senate
2013- Honored Citizen Medal - Borough of Hatboro
2013- Service to the Public Award - Greater Hatboro Chamber of Commerce
2011- Outstanding Citizenship Award - Borough of Hatboro