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2005 Press Release

MEDIA ADVISORY

ATTENTION: EDITORS / ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

Contact: Kathy Bordner, Mid Penn Bank, 717-692-2133
Neil Cotiaux, FHLBank, 412-288-2851, Cell: 330-703-0753

PICCOLA, HOUSING AUTHORITY, BANKERS TO BREAK GROUND ON $5 MILLION PROJECT: LARGEST PUBLIC HOUSING REHAB PROJECT UNDER WAY

STEELTON, PA, April 20, 2005 — The Housing Authority of the County of Dauphin (HACD) will break ground Monday, May 2, at 11 a.m. for the largest public housing rehabilitation project in its history.

Joining HACD at Cole Crest Apartments in the borough of Steelton will be State Sen. Jeffrey E. Piccola (R-15) and representatives of Mid Penn Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank) as well as county commissioners and borough officials.

During the combined groundbreaking and site tour, HACD will receive a check for $4.4 million from Mid Penn Bank to help finance the two-year, $5.1 million renovation project that will benefit the low-income families, elderly and disabled individuals who live at the 39-year-old complex.

The comprehensive rehabilitation project involves improvements to numerous interior and exterior features, including siding, roofs, sidewalks and curbing, lighting, parking spaces and landscaping as well as new kitchens and bathrooms, electrical wiring and the installation of energy-efficient appliances including water heaters, furnaces, central air conditioning and refrigerators. A renovated laundry room to accommodate tenants with disabilities is also being constructed. Cole Crest features 78 apartments for low-income families, 17 for low-income elderly and five apartments that are handicapped-accessible.

By utilizing low-cost bank financing instead of a more traditional bond issue, coupled with a capital grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), HACD will be able to address renovation work at other public housing sites it manages that otherwise would have been delayed. HACD owns and operates approximately 750 public housing units at 16 sites across Dauphin County.

Directions

From Points East:

• Take PA Turnpike (I-76) W to Exit #247 (Harrisburg East)
• From tollbooth, take I-283 N several hundred yards to Highspire Exit
• Directions continue below

From Points West:

• Take PA Turnpike (I-76) E to Exit #247 (Harrisburg East)
• From tollbooth, take I-283 N several hundred yards to Highspire Exit
• Directions continue below

From Points North/Northwest:

• Take I-80 E to Route 15 S to I-81 N to I-83 Interchange
• Take I-83 S to I-283 S to Highspire Exit (just before PA Turnpike entrance)
• Directions continue below

From Points Northeast:

• Take I-81 S to I-83 Interchange
• Take I-83 S to I-283 S to Highspire Exit (just before PA Turnpike entrance)
• Directions continue below

From Points South:

• Take I-95 N to I-695 N to I-83 N to PA Turnpike (I-76) E to Exit #247 (Harrisburg East)
• From tollbooth, take I-283 N several hundred yards to Highspire Exit
• Directions continue below

Directions continue from all points:

• Take right onto Highspire Exit and follow to first red light (Eisenhower Blvd)
• Turn left onto Eisenhower Blvd and follow to next red light (Intersection with Route 230)
• Turn right onto Route 230 and follow for two miles (look for Family Dollar Store on right)
• Turn right onto Chambers Street
• Cole Crest housing site immediately on right