Gov. Corbett Pays Upper Providence a Visit

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett paid a visit to Upper Providence Township on Wednesday to present a check for $217,682 to the Upper Schuylkill Valley Park, located at 1600 Black Rock Road, on Wednesday afternoon. The check is a part of $31.5 million of grants issued statewide for parks and recreation preservation.

See the above video for all of the details.

Notes

• State Rep. Mike Vereb was on hand with fellow state Rep. Warren Kampf. Vereb thanked the following people of note ...
• Upper Providence Township: Vice Chair Phil Barker, Supervisor-elect Lisa Mossie, Supervisor John Pearson, Township Manager George Waterman
  
• Montgomery County: Sheriff Eileen Behr, Controller-Elect Stewart Greenleaf Jr., President of Parks and Heritage Ron Ahlbrandt
• Michelle Harris (Region Manager for Upper Schuylkill Valley Park) and Betsy Daley (Executive Director of the Schuylkill Valley Canal Association)
• Pennsylvania DCNR Secretary Richard Allen paid homage to the following people of note:
• Deputy Secretaries John Giordano and Cindy Adams Dunn, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation Director Lauren Ingram, Advisors Carolyn Wallace and Fran Rupert.