Funds available for exterior building improvements

The PA Route 6 Facade Program in the Pocono Mountains will award grants of up to $5,000 (with one-to-one matching funds required) to Wayne and Pike County commercial building owners or businesses and nonprofits with property-owner approval, for the completion of updates and improvements to the facades of commercial buildings throughout the communities of the two-county region.

Eligible improvement projects may include, but are not limited to, exterior painting, new signage, and canvas awning replacement.

More information can be obtained at a meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 18, at Historic Forest Hall, located at 214 Broad St. in Milford Borough.

Additional meetings are as follows:

• 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, at Historic Forest Hall, located at 214 Broad St. in Milford

• 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, at the Boiler Room at the Settlers Inn, located at 4 Main Ave. in Hawley

• 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, at the Community Room at the Greater Honesdale Partnership, located at 32 Commercial St. in Honesdale

• 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, via a virtual Zoom meeting (You must register to receive the email link.)

To register for a meeting, visit paroute6.com/pocono-mountains-facade-program. For more information, contact Facade Program Coordinator Abbie Pritchard at facade@paroute6.com or 814-435-7706.