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Project Leader:
Wesleyville Borough

Keystone Investment:
$79,100

Local Funds Leveraged:
$79,100

Hoodlebug Trail

Author:
John Swauger

Project Leader:
Indiana County

Keystone Investment:
$224,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$556,000

Awbury Arboretum

Author:
Aliyah Abraham

Project Leader:
Natural Lands Trust

Keystone Investment:
$1.15 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.7 million

School Road Park

Author:
Beverly Fink

Project Leader:
Hatfield Township

Keystone Investment:
$208,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$208,000

Hoodlebug Trail

Author:
Jim Watta

Project Leader:
Indiana County

Keystone Investment:
$224,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$556,000

Vincentian Recreation Complex

Author:
Randy Staggers

Project Leader:
McCandless Township

Keystone Investment:
$65,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$181,465

High School Park

Author:
Kevin Reis

Project Leader:
Cheltenham Township

Keystone Investment:
$237,500

Local Funds Leveraged:
$373,500

Pennypack Preserve

Author:
David Robertson

Project Leader:
Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Keystone Investment:
$4.9 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.05 million

Enola Low Grade Trail

Author:
Bill Musser

Project Leader:
Providence Township, Manor Township

Keystone Investment:
$408,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$408,000

North Gettysburg Trail

Author:
Tom Jolin

Project Leader:
Adams County

Keystone Investment:
$69,300

Local Funds Leveraged:
$555,700

Frick Park

Author:
Mike Cornell

Project Leader:
City of Pittsburgh

Keystone Investment:
$287,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$254,000

Fairmount Park

Author:
Nicole Taylor & Ambrose Crenshaw

Project Leader:
Philadelphia

Keystone Investment:
$675,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.3 million

Trexler Nature Preserve

Author:
Bob Grimes

Project Leader:
Lehigh County

Keystone Investment:
$450,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$360,000

Schuylkill River Trail

Author:
Seth Weiss

Project Leader:
Montgomery County, Philadelphia, Upper Merion Township, Lower Merion Township, Schuylkill River Development Corporation, Schuylkill River Greenway Association

Keystone Investment:
$3.07 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$17.7 million

Schuylkill River Trail

Author:
Samantha Walters

Project Leader:
Montgomery County, Philadelphia, Upper Merion Township, Lower Merion Township, Schuylkill River Development Corporation, Schuylkill River Greenway Association

Keystone Investment:
$3.07 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$17.7 million

Adams-Ricci Park

Author:
Vic McBride

Project Leader:
East Pennsboro Township

Keystone Investment:
$107,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$114,000

New Hanover Township Community Park

Author:
Connie Garner

Project Leader:
New Hanover Township

Keystone Investment:
$45,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$45,000

Meadville Area Recreation Center

Author:
John Brittain

Project Leader:
Meadville Area Recreation Authority

Keystone Investment:
$345,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$518,500

Koenig Field

Author:
Julie Bastianini

Project Leader:
Edgewood Borough

Keystone Investment:
$54,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$62,500

Pearl S. Buck House

Author:
Sandy Cody

Project Leader:
Pearl S. Buck International

Keystone Investment:
$115,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$2.6 million

Rexroth Park

Author:
Jon Shevelew

Project Leader:
Lower Windsor Township

Keystone Investment:
$74,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$74,000

West Chester Parks

Author:
Molly Burns

Project Leader:
West Chester Borough

Keystone Investment:
$36,400

Local Funds Leveraged:
$36,400

Montour Preserve

Author:
Jon Beam

Project Leader:
Montour Area Recreation Commission

Keystone Investment:
$240,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$240,000

Housenick Park

Author:
John Marquette

Project Leader:
Bethlehem Township

Keystone Investment:
$203,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$242,000

Lazybrook Park

Author:
Ann Way

Project Leader:
Tunkhannok Township

Keystone Investment:
$100,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$92,000

Heuser Park

Author:
Natalie MacNamara

Project Leader:
Upper Merion Township

Keystone Investment:
$100,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$2 million

Dingman Township Park

Author:
Julie Forbes

Project Leader:
Dingman Township

Keystone Investment:
$200,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$625,600

East Berlin Community Park

Author:
Phil Keener

Project Leader:
East Berlin Borough

Keystone Investment:
$112,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$284,900

Latimore Township Park

Project Leader:
Latimore Township

Keystone Investment:
$60,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$60,000

Antietam Lake Park

Author:
Jay Worrall

Project Leader:
Berks County

Keystone Investment:
$567,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$933,000

Sheraden Park

Author:
Marianne Muraska

Project Leader:
City of Pittsburgh

Keystone Investment:
$250,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$250,000

Fox Township Community Park

Author:
Kathy Dowie

Project Leader:
Fox Township

Keystone Investment:
$100,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$307,700

Jim Dietrich Park

Author:
Karen Screiber and Jim Bobeck

Project Leader:
Muhlenberg Township

Keystone Investment:
$300,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$200,000

Wildwood Park

Author:
Traci Wolfe

Project Leader:
Dauphin County

Keystone Investment:
$282,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.02 million

Lebanon Valley Rail Trail

Author:
Ben Rodriguez

Project Leader:
Lebanon County

Keystone Investment:
$1.18 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.8 million

Wissahickon Valley Park

Author:
David Dannenberg

Project Leader:
Fairmount Park Commission

Keystone Investment:
$300,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$150,000

Hildacy Farm Preserve

Author:
Mike Coll

Project Leader:
Natural Lands Trust

Keystone Investment:
$250,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$850,000

Big Woods Trail

Author:
Sarah Presogna

Project Leader:
Natural Lands Trust, French Creek State Park

Keystone Investment:
$903,500

Local Funds Leveraged:
$396,500

Tacony Creek Park and Trail

Author:
Keith Russell

Project Leader:
Fairmount Park Commission

Keystone Investment:
$255,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.8 million

Buttonwood Park

Author:
Don Canepa and Sue Schneck

Project Leader:
Yardley Borough

Keystone Investment:
$100,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$307,300

Energy Efficiency at Presque Isle State Park

Author:
Matthew Greene

Project Leader:
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

Keystone Investment:
$92,750

Fry's Run Aqueduct

Author:
Joshua Swartley

Project Leader:
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Keystone Investment:
$750,000

Trolley Trail

Author:
Mike Williamson

Project Leader:
Countryside Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$20,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$990,000

Chester Valley Trail

Author:
Tim Lander

Project Leader:
Chester County

Keystone Investment:
$500,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$750,000

Pine Creek Rail Trail

Author:
Linda Stager

Project Leader:
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Keystone Investment:
$78,000

Muncy Heritage Park

Author:
Robin Van Auken

Project Leader:
Muncy Creek Township, Montgomery Borough

Keystone Investment:
$90,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$168,000

Columbia Crossing River Center and Park

Author:
Mary Wickenheiser

Project Leader:
Columbia Borough

Keystone Investment:
$1.4 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.9 million

Clifford Township Recreation Complex

Author:
Jennifer Long

Project Leader:
Clifford Township

Keystone Investment:
$40,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$70,000

Water Line Improvements at Moraine State Park

Author:
Dustin Drew

Project Leader:
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of State Parks

Keystone Investment:
$2 million (projected)

Trolley Trail

Author:
Abigal Peck

Project Leader:
Countryside Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$20,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$990,000

Musser Gap Preserve

Author:
Ben Vizacherro

Project Leader:
ClearWater Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$806,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$400,000

Thousand Steps Preserve

Author:
George Conrad

Project Leader:
Central Pennsylvania Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$95,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$100,000

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

Author:
Nicole Brin

Project Leader:
Natural Lands Trust

Keystone Investment:
$750,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$40 million

Five Star Trail

Author:
Mark Jackson

Project Leader:
Westmoreland County

Keystone Investment:
$95,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$905,000

6 to 10 Trail

Author:
Doug Bosley

Keystone Investment:
$279,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$445,700

Bradys Run County Park

Author:
Timothy Ishman

Project Leader:
Beaver County

Keystone Investment:
$500,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$500,000

Lacawac Sanctuary

Author:
Marisa Sprowles

Project Leader:
Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation

Keystone Investment:
$418,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$882,000

Conewago Trail

Author:
Randall Orris

Project Leader:
Lancaster County

Keystone Investment:
$416,800

Local Funds Leveraged:
$653,200

Montour Trail

Author:
Jesse Mestrovic

Project Leader:
Montour Trail Council

Keystone Investment:
$548,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$950,000

Turtle Creek Trail

Author:
Betsy Aiken

Project Leader:
Westmoreland County

Keystone Investment:
$457,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$3.3 million

Allegheny Highlands Trail

Author:
Brad Smith

Project Leader:
Somerset County

Keystone Investment:
$1.2 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$7 million

Three Rivers Heritage Trail

Author:
Patrice Matamoros

Project Leader:
Friends of the Riverfront, Inc.

Keystone Investment:
$230,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$662,441

Heritage Rail Trail County Park

Author:
Gwenyth Loose

Project Leader:
York County

Keystone Investment:
$340,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.5 million

Eales Preserve

Author:
Jeff Mitchell

Project Leader:
The Nature Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$2.2 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$7.1 million

Climbers Run Nature Preserve

Author:
Meg Reed

Project Leader:
Lancaster County Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$640,800

Local Funds Leveraged:
$659,200

Bear Run Nature Reserve

Author:
Jerry Uhlman

Project Leader:
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$215,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$215,800

Warren Bike Trail

Author:
Matthew Canby

Project Leader:
Warren County

Keystone Investment:
$196,200

Local Funds Leveraged:
$551,750

Waggoner's Gap Preserve

Author:
Liz

Project Leader:
Central Pennsylvania Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$190,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$225,600

Muncy Heritage Park

Author:
Bill Poulton

Project Leader:
Muncy Creek Township, Montgomery Borough

Keystone Investment:
$70,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$168,000

Bethlehem Skateplaza

Author:
Mark Atkinson

Project Leader:
City of Bethlehem

Keystone Investment:
$185,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.3 million

Marilla Reservoir Trail

Author:
Josh Preston

Project Leader:
Bradford Township

Keystone Investment:
$150,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$220,000

Allegheny River Trail

Author:
Douglas Baker

Project Leader:
Allegheny Valley Trails Association

Keystone Investment:
$190,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$3.41 million

Coastal Plain Forest Preserve

Author:
Jerry Kozlansky

Project Leader:
Falls Township

Keystone Investment:
$228,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$254,300

Delaware and Hudson Trail

Author:
Jim Kessler

Project Leader:
Rail Trail Council of Northeast Pennsylvania

Keystone Investment:
$152,800

Local Funds Leveraged:
$152,800

Ghost Town Trail

Author:
Sarah Bradley

Project Leader:
Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority, Indiana County

Keystone Investment:
$372,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$2.5 million

Sycamore Island

Author:
La Monte H.P Yarroll

Project Leader:
Allegheny Land Trust

Keystone Investment:
$136,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$136,000

Conklin Run Wilderness Area

Author:
Diana Reighart

Project Leader:
Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$375,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$375,000

David S. Ammerman Trail

Author:
Skip Cleaver

Project Leader:
Clearfield County Rails to Trails Association

Keystone Investment:
$131,700

Local Funds Leveraged:
$131,700

Irtonton Trail

Author:
Rachael Weitknecht

Project Leader:
Whitehall Township

Keystone Investment:
$380,800

Local Funds Leveraged:
$820,000

Coastal Plain Forest Preserve

Author:
Jennifer Bilger

Project Leader:
Bucks County

Keystone Investment:
$228,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$254,300

Wheaton House

Author:
Debra Adlemen

Project Leader:
Friends of Salt Springs Park

Keystone Investment:
$20,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$20,000

Lower Trail

Author:
Nick Bolgiano

Project Leader:
Rails-to-Trails of Central Pennsylvania

Keystone Investment:
$147,500

Local Funds Leveraged:
$147,500

South Bethlehem Greenway

Author:
Darlene Heller

Project Leader:
City of Bethlehem

Keystone Investment:
$2.2 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$2.75 million

Bethlehem Skateplaza

Author:
Andrew Po

Project Leader:
Bethlehem City

Keystone Investment:
$185,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.3 million

Conklin Run Wilderness Area

Author:
Ron Adams

Project Leader:
Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$375,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$375,000

Stahl Park

Author:
Jessica Nichols

Project Leader:
Sykesville Borough

Keystone Investment:
$64,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$24,200

Lincoln Avenue Trail

Author:
Jarod Trunzo

Project Leader:
City of Latrobe

Keystone Investment:
$250,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$250,000

James W. McIntrye Trail

Author:
Mike Miscoe

Project Leader:
Indian Lake Borough

Keystone Investment:
$72,800

Local Funds Leveraged:
$512,400

Struble Trail

Author:
Jamie Stanek

Project Leader:
Chester County

Keystone Investment:
$60,400

Local Funds Leveraged:
$71,300

Tannersville Cranberry Bog

Author:
Roger Spotts

Project Leader:
The Nature Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$300,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$300,000

Path of the Flood Trail

Author:
Patti Jones

Project Leader:
Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority

Keystone Investment:
$150,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$3.2 million

Valley Preferred Cycling Center

Author:
Marty Nothstein

Project Leader:
Lehigh County

Keystone Investment:
$250,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$2.45 million

Spring Creek Canyon Trail

Author:
Gary Thornbloom

Project Leader:
Benner Township

Keystone Investment:
$115,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$115,000

Poquessing Creek Trail

Author:
Rich Ortip

Project Leader:
City of Philadelphia

Keystone Investment:
$500,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$509,000

Pleasant Hill Park

Author:
Sophia Pryszlak

Project Leader:
City of Philadelphia

Keystone Investment:
$368,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$426,000

Pennypack Park on the Delaware

Author:
Sheryl Young

Project Leader:
Fairmount Park Commission

Keystone Investment:
$950,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.5 million

Panhandle Trail

Author:
Kay Downey-Clarke

Project Leader:
Washington County

Keystone Investment:
$185,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1 million

Northwest Lancaster County River Trail

Author:
Bob Shank

Project Leader:
Lancaster County

Keystone Investment:
$500,500

Local Funds Leveraged:
$800,000

Jersey Shore Riverfront Public Riverfront Access

Author:
Joseph Hamm

Project Leader:
Jersey Shore Borough

Keystone Investment:
$243,200

Local Funds Leveraged:
$243,200

South Lookout Trail at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

Author:
Bob Amelio

Project Leader:
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association

Keystone Investment:
$250,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$350,000

Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails

Author:
Sue Nasrani

Project Leader:
Greater Hazleton Area Civic Partnership

Keystone Investment:
$361,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$361,000

Long Pine Target Range

Author:
Dave Black

Project Leader:
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Keystone Investment:
$250,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$100,000

Erie Bluffs State Park

Author:
Tom Fuhrman

Project Leader:
Western Pennsyvlania Conservancy, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Keystone Investment:
$1.5 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.5 million

Drexeline Property

Author:
Jane Ferry

Project Leader:
Upper Providence Township

Keystone Investment:
$87,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$94,400

Delaware and Lehigh Trail

Author:
Ed Eppler

Project Leader:
Carbon County, Lehigh County

Keystone Investment:
$942,500

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.9 million

Cumberland Valley Rail Trail

Author:
Noel Purdy

Project Leader:
Cumberland Valley Rails to Trails Council

Keystone Investment:
$444,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.7 million

Capital Area Greenbelt

Author:
Larry Wasser

Project Leader:
Dauphin County

Keystone Investment:
$1.8 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.8 million

Bedford Heritage Trail

Author:
Barb Diehl

Project Leader:
Beford Joint Municipal Authority

Keystone Investment:
$473,508

Local Funds Leveraged:
$626,300

Lime Bluff Recreation Area

Author:
David Brown

Project Leader:
East Lycoming Recreation Authority

Keystone Investment:
$257,600

Local Funds Leveraged:
$272,568

Wingfield Pines Conservation Area

Author:
Edward Schroth

Project Leader:
Allegheny Land Trust

Keystone Investment:
$225,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1 million

Ewing Park

Author:
Ernie Copper

Project Leader:
Ellwood City Borough

Keystone Investment:
$80,500

Local Funds Leveraged:
$80,500

Eales Preserve

Project Leader:
The Nature Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$2.2 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$7.1 million

Delaware and Lehigh Trail

Project Leader:
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Inc.

Keystone Investment:
$942,500

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.9 million

Island Park

Project Leader:
Schuylkill Haven Borough

Keystone Investment:
$57,500

Local Funds Leveraged:
$57,500

Columbia Crossing

Project Leader:
Columbia Borough

Keystone Investment:
$1.4 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.9 million

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

Project Leader:
Natural Lands Trust

Keystone Investment:
$750,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$40 million

Rogers-Hiester Property

Project Leader:
Montgomery County Land Trust

Keystone Investment:
$678,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$922,000

Wingfield Pines Conservation Area

Project Leader:
Allegheny Land Trust

Keystone Investment:
$225,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1 million

White Rocks Property Acquisition

Project Leader:
Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Central Pennsylvania Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$1.6 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1.6 million

Pine Creek Rail Trail

Project Leader:
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Musser Gap

Project Leader:
ClearWater Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$806,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$400,000

Muncy Heritage Park

Project Leader:
Muncy Creek Township, Montgomery Borough

Keystone Investment:
$70,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$168,000

Project Leader:
Appalachian Trail Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$980,600

Local Funds Leveraged:
$3.35 million

Long Swamp Conservation Area

Project Leader:
Delaware Highlands Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$740,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$740,000

Lewisburg Recreation Park

Project Leader:
Buffalo Valley Recreation Authority

Keystone Investment:
$830,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$2.1 million

Levee Loop Trail

Project Leader:
Monroe County, East Stroudsburg Borough

Keystone Investment:
$162,900

Local Funds Leveraged:
$162,900

John O. Green Memorial Park

Project Leader:
Borough of West Chester

Keystone Investment:
$48,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$48,000

Hanover Trolley Trail

Project Leader:
York County Rail Trail Authority, York County

Keystone Investment:
$147,500

Local Funds Leveraged:
$147,500

Grays Ferry Crescent

Project Leader:
Schuylkill River Development Corporation, City of Philadelphia

Keystone Investment:
$800,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$8.2 million

Canal Basin Park

Project Leader:
Hollidaysburg Borough

Keystone Investment:
$181,300

Local Funds Leveraged:
$400,000

Camp Security Preservation Area

Project Leader:
The Conservation Fund

Keystone Investment:
$1.5 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$2.1 million

Ryerson Station State Park Swimming Pool

Project Leader:
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

White Township Recreation Complex

Project Leader:
White Township

Keystone Investment:
$289,800

Local Funds Leveraged:
$289,800

Rice's Landing Boat Docks

Project Leader:
Upper Monongahela Water Trail

Keystone Investment:
$19,900

Lowber Park

Project Leader:
Sewickley Township

Keystone Investment:
$52,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$52,000

Great Allegheny Passage

Keystone Investment:
$1 million

Ghost Town Trail

Project Leader:
Cambria County, Indiana County

Keystone Investment:
$372,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$2.5 million

Allegheny Commons Park

Project Leader:
City of Pittsburgh

Keystone Investment:
$50,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$50,000

Schuylkill River Trail

Project Leader:
Montgomery County

Keystone Investment:
$3.07 million

Local Funds Leveraged:
$17.7 million

Project Leader:
City of York

Keystone Investment:
$123,700

Local Funds Leveraged:
$123,700

Alexandria Borough Park

Project Leader:
Alexandria Borough

Keystone Investment:
$25,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$5,000

Alameda Park

Project Leader:
Butler County Parks and Recreation

Keystone Investment:
$50,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$450,000

Foxburgh to Parker Rail Trail

Project Leader:
Allegheny Valley Trails Association

Keystone Investment:
$358,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$358,000

Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails

Project Leader:
Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails

Keystone Investment:
$361,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$361,000

Lycoming County Five Park Master Plan

Project Leader:
City of Williamsport

Keystone Investment:
$35,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$35,000

Scottdale Public Library

Project Leader:
Scottdale Borough

Keystone Investment:
$500,000

Allegheny Observatory

Project Leader:
University of Pittsburgh

Roxbury Bandshell

Project Leader:
Roxbury Bandshell Preservation Alliance

Keystone Investment:
$73,500

Local Funds Leveraged:
$73,500

Philosophical Hall

Project Leader:
American Philosophical Society

Pearl S. Buck House

Project Leader:
Pearl S. Buck House

Keystone Investment:
$115,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$2.6 million

Yuengling Mansion

Project Leader:
Schuylkill County Council for the Arts

Pomeroy-Academia Covered Bridge

Project Leader:
Juniata County Historical Society

Erie Playhouse

Project Leader:
Erie Playhouse

McClintock-Steele-Waitz House

Project Leader:
Oil Heritage Region

Minersville Community Pool

Project Leader:
Minersville Borough

Keystone Investment:
$400,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1 million

Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area

Project Leader:
Allegheny Land Trust

Keystone Investment:
$60,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$80,000

Pocket Parks in New Hope

Project Leader:
New Hope Borough

Keystone Investment:
$120,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$140,000

East Vincent Township Park

Project Leader:
East Vincent Township

Keystone Investment:
$800,00

Local Funds Leveraged:
$1 million

Swann Farm

Project Leader:
Farm and Natural Lands Trust

Keystone Investment:
$100,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$300,000

Pine Hill Recreation Area

Project Leader:
Washington Township

Keystone Investment:
$90,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$90,000

Lawrence County Greenway and Recreation Plan

Project Leader:
Lawrence County

Keystone Investment:
$25,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$25,000

Monroe County Open Space and Recreation Plan

Project Leader:
Stroud Region Open Space and Recreation Commission

Keystone Investment:
$25,0000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$25,000

Lewisburg Area Recreation Authority

Project Leader:
Lewisburg Area Recreation Authority

Keystone Investment:
$100,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$36,000

Montandon Marsh

Project Leader:
Merrill W. Linn Land and Waterways Conservancy

Keystone Investment:
$13,000

Local Funds Leveraged:
$13,000

Success Stories

Our Meeting Place

Through a grant from the Keystone Fund, we were able to construct a new playground on higher ground. This means the playground can stay open year round, and also provides new, safer equipment. During the construction, kids in the park would come up to me and thank me for the new playground, saying they couldn’t wait for the grand opening. I received more positive feedback on the playground improvements than any other project I’ve been involved with, and mostly from our youngest residents!

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southwest

A Place of Vision

One of the things I love most about the Pearl S. Buck House is that, impressive as it is, it doesn’t feel like a museum. It is a home: warm and welcoming. It brings to life the story of a talented, energetic, woman who saw injustice and didn’t turn away. Instead, she used her talent and energy to break through barriers and nurture understanding. I have always admired Ms. Buck, both as a writer and a humanitarian, but being in her home, seeing the objects that were part of her life, I see her as a human being.

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Project Type: Historic Preservation | Region: Southeast

The Community Meeting Place

The facilities at Rexroth Park were perfect for our organization’s needs. Volunteer non-profits like us depend on fundraising to maintain our programs at a minimal cost to participants. Rexroth not only supplies great fields for the kids, but also has a concession stand and pavilion that provides a source of income to help support our efforts. In addition, there is a youth-oriented playground, to the delight of our parents, which allows younger brothers and sisters to have some fun during practices in a safe environment.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southeast

Sunshine and Stretching

Last summer our team hosted a class in Hoopes Park for the public and enjoyed some brunch items afterwards, which allowed everyone to spend time enjoying the park and getting to know each other. There are plenty of trees to cool us down and provide some much-needed shade on a humid summer day. We’ve seen that people really look forward to the chance to get out of their offices or homes and into a park for some fresh air and to be a little closer to nature, whether it be for yoga, running, biking, or other activities.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southeast

Escape to the Outdoors

Educational programs for the public and visiting schools, scouts, and special interest groups are standard fare at the preserve. One of the most popular programs is the annual maple sugaring operation, which gives visitors a look into the history and tradition of making maple syrup.

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Project Type: Conservation | Region: Northeast

Nature’s Gentle Power

What happens when people neglect what they’ve built? At Housenick Park, people can watch it happen. The majesty of the seasons, combined with the impermanence of building materials, offers a four-season show with free admission. It’s my secret pleasure, a jewel of almost one hundred acres only five miles north of my home. Once the estate of Archibald Johnston, the city of Bethlehem’s first mayor, it’s now a public park in the heart of the Lehigh Valley.

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Project Type: Conservation | Region: Southeast

Site for a Popular Tradition

Lazybrook Park has proven to be an amazing venue for the Tunkhannock Rotary Harvest and Wine Festival. This event, held annually in October, has been an extremely successful and popular tradition for local people, in addition to folks from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Northeast

A Community Celebration

This 111-acre park has three baseball fields, which provide ample space for egg hunts for toddlers through fourth graders. In addition, we are able to use the football fields for crafts, family-friendly games, face painting, and more. The park provides a lush and scenic background for photos with the Easter Bunny as well. Afterwards, kids enjoy time on the large playground that is suitable for small and big kids alike.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southeast

Leaps and Bounds

It’s not only the sports leagues that use the park every day. I see moms and grandparents at the playground and open field. The Girl Scouts come and work on their craft projects on the picnic tables that the Boy Scouts volunteered to paint to earn their community badges. The 4-H kids shoot off their bottle rockets there. You can set your watch by the group of women that walk the park every morning.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Northeast

Community Pride

With a master plan in place, efforts turned to a capital campaign to generate funding for the development of the park. With donations from its citizens, businesses, and civic organizations, combined with a matching grant from the Keystone Fund, groundbreaking got underway in 2009.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southcentral

Simple but Effective

Latimore Township is predominantly a rural, agricultural area, and the preservation of open, green spaces has been one of the supervisors’ primary goals while in office. The township park is part of that larger plan of caring for the natural environment because it protects a large green space from unwanted development while still providing for public use. Supervisor Woody Myers has taken great care to plant more trees, shrubs, and flowers around the park and has installed several bird houses along the walking trail.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southcentral

Service and Learning

When our students leave Antietam Lake Park at the end of a day of service, they are tired, dirty, and newly inspired. They understand that places like Antietam can show to generation after generation the value of the natural world. Parks can help connect people to the natural spaces around them, and hopefully instill in people an understanding of the need for all of us to be better stewards of the planet we live on.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southeast

Childhood Memories

Our mothers would cook their specialties at home and pack them in their baskets. Dads would bring the horseshoe posts and shoes, the baseball gear, volleyball net, and the badminton net, and set them up for all to play. The kids brought hula hoops, bikes, and bathing suits.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southwest

An Unexpected Turn

I was one of those volunteers. I was there that very first day, and every day thereafter. The camaraderie, the pride, and the joy of building this park is something I will never forget. Most people who visit this park see it for the beauty that it is today. When I look at it, I still see the old farm field that it was and remember the great times I had working with the great people who were dedicated to completing this project. At the time, we had no idea how much it would impact our small community.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Northcentral

For Years to Come

The Keystone Fund has helped the township fund the purchase of the property, create the master plan for the park, and make improvements in the first phase of construction. These improvements included the aforementioned soccer fields, two pavilions, and one of the walking trails, as well as electric service, public water service, and irrigation lines for the fields.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southeast

Finding Peace

I am a yoga teacher, and I lead yoga walks at Wildwood. The combination of walking and yoga in a natural environment can result in a very special experience! I enjoy introducing people to Wildwood through the yoga walks, and I believe everyone needs to connect with nature for a healthier lifestyle. Leading the meditation at the end of the yoga walks is my favorite part of the activity. Everyone seems so much more at peace!

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Project Type: Trail, Recreation | Region: Southcentral

Giving Back

I was born and raised in Lebanon County, just a few blocks away from the current Lebanon Valley Rail Trail (LVRT). I can remember walking along these tracks as a kid when the trains were still running and iron ore was being shipped to the various operations throughout America. In 1972, the trains stopped running due to flooded iron mines after Hurricane Agnes. Then in 1999 Lebanon Valley Rails to Trails began to develop the land into what is now the LVRT. When I finally decided to retire, I felt a need to try to give something back to the community, and helping on the trail seemed to fit what I was looking for.

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Project Type: Trail | Region: Southeast

What Sets a City Apart

Along with an estimated 1.1 million annual visitors, I have personally walked, jogged, bicycled, fished, cross-country skied, kayaked, and climbed cliffs in the park. Best of all, I currently help plan and execute large and small infrastructure and maintenance projects. On a lovely day any visitor will encounter people of all ages and backgrounds reveling in the opportunity to be outdoors away from the noise, press, heat, or cold wind of the concrete, asphalt, and steel metropolis.

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Project Type: Trail, Conservation, Recreation | Region: Southeast

Hawk Haven

The adult hawks remained at Hildacy throughout the year. Many red-shouldered hawks migrate south in the fall, but apparently this pair was able to continue to find enough food to sustain them through the cold months. When spring arrived, the pair constructed a new nest less than a hundred yards from the Natural Lands Trust office building. During the construction of the nest, both birds were often seen and heard flying over the office and defending their territory.

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Project Type: Conservation | Region: Southeast

Two Miles Closer

But the true wonder of the new Big Woods Trail is its accessibility. Designed to expand recreational activities to more people, this trail is hard-paved at a 5% slope. Unlike the rocky and muddy trails throughout the area, this trail is wheel-friendly and opens up hikes to wheelchairs, strollers, and other tools of limited mobility. As an educator, this enables me to bring more people out into the field for interpretive walks and lessons, which thrills me.

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Project Type: Trail, State Parks & Forests | Region: Southeast

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