PRESS RELEASES
The City of Harrisburg and the Office of Mayor Stephen R. Reed provides news information from time to time to all media outlets. For further news information, contact Randy King at 717.255.3040.
Recent Press Releases
Two New Specialty Bookstores And New Gourmet Thai Cafe Open In Historic Midtown
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today conducted dual grand opening services for two distinctive new specialty bookstores and an in-store gourmet Thai cafe in the growing Midtown Market District. The unique stores, The Midtown Scholar Bookstore and Ted L. Canaday Old & Rare Books, are located within a few seconds walk of each other and both are now open to the public.
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Habitat For Humanity Kicks Off Permanent Headquarters Fund Drive; New And Expanded Services To Be Offered To Midstate
Mayor Stephen R. Reed and officials from the Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area today launched the capital fundraising campaign, “A Home For Habitat”, to help establish a permanent headquarters facility for the organization in the City of Harrisburg. To be located at 100 N. 13th Street in the City’s Allison Hill neighborhood, the new Habitat headquarters will provide office and storage space, as well as an innovative new retail store that provides low-cost home building and rehabilitation materials.
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City Website www.harrisburgpa.gov Logs One Millionth Visitor
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced that the City of Harrisburg’s official website, at www.harrisburgpa.gov, hosted its one millionth visitor last Thursday. The comprehensive Internet site first went live in mid-2002.
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Harvard’s Education and Business Schools Engage Harrisburg Schools in Partnership to Boost Student Success
The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Harvard Business School (HBS), and nine urban school districts today announced the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a joint venture, collaboratively designed to dramatically improve the educational outcomes of these school systems. Harrisburg Schools join eight other districts; representing more than a million students, including many of the urban hubs across the nation such as Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, and San Francisco.
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School District Improvements Noted At Harrisburg High School
Harrisburg High School is experiencing a dramatic rebirth as a result of city school district improvements, Mayor Stephen R. Reed reported today in an extensive listing of some of the current accomplishments at the school. Higher attendance, improved academic performance and a return of school spirit are all making one of the region’s largest high schools better.
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New ‘Just 4 Kids’ Afterschool Program Opens In South Harrisburg
City children living in South Harrisburg will have a free new after-school program to attend, Mayor Stephen R. Reed and Harrisburg City Councilwoman Vera White Reynolds today announced during dedication services for the ‘Just 4 Kids’ headquarters offices at 1408 S. 18th Street. The new program will offer sports, recreation, computer training, lifeskills development and more.
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Harrisburg University Of Science And Technology Signals New Era In Higher Education For Pennsylvania
Signaling a new era in higher education and job creation for Pennsylvania, Harrisburg’s nationally unique education and economic-development enterprise now has a new name—Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. The name replaces Harrisburg Polytechnic Institute, and more accurately describes the comprehensive, technology-focused university, which integrates an affiliated regional math and science magnet high school and job-creating business incubator within its university programs.
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3 Left Homeless & 2 Firefighters Injured After Early Morning Arson Fire In 1400 Block Of Mayflower St.
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced that an early morning 3-alarm fire that destroyed four homes in the 1400 block of Mayflower Street was caused by arson. Three persons have been left homeless and two city firefighters sustained minor injuries as a result of the extensive Allison Hill blaze.
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City Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Picked For $3 Million In Federal Funding
Harrisburg’s award winning lead poisoning prevention program is receiving a new $3 million Lead Hazard Control grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD), Mayor Stephen R. Reed announced today, allowing for the significant expansion of the city’s efforts to do further housing rehabilitation and other actions to prevent childhood lead poisoning. First begun by the Mayor in 1995, Harrisburg’s Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control program received $1.2 million in 2002 from the same federal grant program, and was selected for HUD’s top national ‘best practice’ award for innovative programming, which other cities across the Nation have now begun copying.
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Mayor Presents Fire Rescue And Service Awards During Harrisburg Fire Safety Month Ceremonies
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today recognized the extraordinary efforts of city firefighters, rescue personnel and private citizens for their life-saving actions over the past year. The awards program kicks off the city’s observances of Fire Safety Month.
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City Trick Or Treat Night Set For Thursday, October 30, From 6:00 P.M. To 8:00 P.M.
Mayor Stephen R. Reed today announced that Trick or Treat Night in Harrisburg and most of Dauphin County’s other communities will be held on Thursday, October 30, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The date and time for the fun-filled evening is annually set by the Dauphin County Chiefs of Police Association.
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