The next phase in Zelienople's Main Street beautification project will be funded in part by a $400,000 state grant.

The office of state Sen. Elder Vogel, R-47th, announced Friday the borough's receipt of a Commonwealth Financing Authority grant for Phase 3 of Zelienople's streetscape improvements project. Zelienople, said the state legislator whose district includes much of western Butler County north of Cranberry Township, was one of four recipients in Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties.

Borough Manager Don Pepe said the upcoming phase will stretch along Route 19 — Zelienople's central business district — from New Castle Street through the Four Corners Park area, which is situated at the intersection of Routes 19 and 68.

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