Main Street Gettysburg Receives $20,000 for Challenge Grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Main Street Gettysburg, Inc.
Jill Sellers, President & CEO
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MAIN STREET GETTYSBURG RECEIVES $20,000 FOR CHALLENGE GRANT
FOR GETTYSBURG WELCOME CENTER PROJECT

Gettysburg, PA (November 1, 2023) – Main Street Gettysburg is honored to receive $20,000 from the Adams County Community Foundation for matching the Challenge Grant.

Main Street Gettysburg successfully raised $20,000 in new donations to support the Gettysburg Welcome Center Project thereby meeting the Adams County Community Foundation Challenge Grant requirement. By achieving this fundraising total, Adams County Community Foundation awarded the project an additional $20,000.

“Main Street Gettysburg is incredibly grateful to our generous community for helping us meet this challenge,” said Main Street Gettysburg President Jill Sellers. “The Gettysburg Welcome Center Project will benefit our business community as it will create accessibility and walkability of our downtown district. Donors included ACNB Insurance, Lark Gifts, Gettysburg Goods, Ragged Edge, Dobbin House, and many other individuals who generously invested in this project and the future of our community.”

Gettysburg Welcome Center is a $1.5 million public facility project, which will create greater accessibility and walkability throughout the historic district. The project is in the center of downtown and will provide tourism, transportation, and event information, as well as public restrooms. Plans include new ADA-compliant facilities and will also be a place for information and directions – for tourism, local events, transportation, volunteer opportunities, and more. The building site at 340 Baltimore Street was generously donated to the Borough for this purpose.

To donate toward the Gettysburg Welcome Center, donations can be made to Main Street Gettysburg #65 at the Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree on November 9, 2023 in person at the Gettysburg Area Middle School from 3:00-7:00 p.m., or online at www.accfgivingspree.org.

ABOUT MAIN STREET GETTYSBURG
Main Street Gettysburg (MSG) was founded in 1984 as a non-profit organization to unite and lead the Gettysburg community in successful economic- and community-development projects to enhance the quality of life for Gettysburg and Adams County residents. The Main Street Gettysburg mission is to work with community partners for the historic preservation, economic revitalization, and overall enhancement of Gettysburg, and the organization oversees ambitious initiatives and economic-development strategies. Major accomplishments include a 10-year interpretive plan for historic preservation in the Borough of Gettysburg, which resulted in more than $55 million of downtown projects; the $7.5 million Steinwehr Avenue Revitalization Project, resulting in 29 new businesses in a five-year period that offered new jobs, additional ADA improvements and a safer and more beautiful neighborhood with updated infrastructure; the Main Street CARES Program that helped businesses reopen during the pandemic by providing free toolkits with handmade masks; latex gloves; homemade sanitizer; informational posters and social-distancing floor stickers to over 140 businesses; the Baltimore Street Project and the Gettysburg Welcome Center, which are both currently under consideration for federal funding. www.mainstreetgettysburg.org

ABOUT ADAMS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GIVING SPREE
The Adams County Community Foundation was created to promote and facilitate charitable giving and to build a permanent civic endowment for Adams County. The 2023 Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree provides the opportunity to learn about and support 100 nonprofit organizations working to make a difference in Adams County. Donations can be made using the Giving Spree Donation Form and mailed in or dropped off to the Adams County Community Foundation (25 S 4th Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325) to arrive by November 9. Or, at donate at the in-person event on November 9, 2023 at the Gettysburg Area Middle School 3:00-7:00 p.m. Give online at www.ACCFGivingSpree.org from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on November 9, 2023.