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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

In the Heart of the City

During a particularly exciting bird walk along the creek with community residents on May 10, 2014 I was amazed by the sheer numbers of migrating songbirds that we were finding– from Worm-eating, Blue-winged, and Bay-breasted Warblers to Gray-cheeked Thrushes and a White-eyed Vireo–when up popped a Red-headed Woodpecker. Our excitement nearly tripled as we got to see this beautiful but rare bird for an extended period of time.

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

Food and Family

The Yardley Farmers’ Market, started by community volunteers, is held in Buttonwood Park every Saturday morning from 9 AM to 1 PM from May to October. 2017 will be our third year. Families and neighbors come together to shop for local food, enjoy the daily entertainment, and meet up with other friends and family. It’s the perfect location for the market, and the market could not exist without it.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southeast

Journey Towards Sustainability

One of the unforeseen benefits with this project is how it has engaged the staff in making energy consumption reductions throughout the building. The staff started calculating the energy demands of specific areas of the building and started targeting energy-efficient lighting upgrades to those areas. This story was publicized in the local news and the park was contacted by a local electrical retailer who wanted to get involved in our efforts to reduce consumption in the building. As it turned out in the end, the local retailer donated another $20,000 in LED lighting upgrades to the building, which will not only lower our total electrical needs over time, but ultimately reduce man-hours in maintenance with the longer lifespan of new LED bulbs.

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Project Type: State Parks & Forests | Region: Northwest

Fixing a Canal

The aqueduct structure failed in April 2016 and we currently have two 50-inch diameter plastic corrugated pipes with coffer dams on both ends over the aqueduct to allow us to bypass water over the structure. Without the bypass, we would not be able to water the canal from the Raubsville area down to Centre Bridge. This aqueduct is crucial to canal operations, because it allows us to send water through the canal for approximately 24 miles down to Centre Bridge. With the temporary bypass in place we can still send water south, but only at approximately half of what our normal flow would be.

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Project Type: State Parks & Forests | Region: Northeast

Starry-Eyed Dreamers

The Trolley Trail is not a typical rails- to-trails project where there are miles and miles of abandoned train tracks easily ready for a straightforward conversion. The original Trolley Trail now winds through swamps, backyards, Little League baseball fields, public roads, and all sorts of personal property.

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Project Type: Trail | Region: Northeast

Attracting People from All Backgrounds

As a trail user, I enjoy walking and biking the trail, alone or with my wife. Much of the trail is shaded by large trees or passes by open meadows, providing a scenic backdrop for our outings. Bluebird boxes have been placed along the trail, wildflowers attract a variety of native birds and bees, and deer and other wildlife can often be seen from the pathway. A local blogger recently posted a photo of a red fox happily trotting down the trail; apparently humans are not the only CVT enthusiasts! I find the trail to be an easy way to get an hour or two of exercise and fresh air, and I often come across friends and neighbors doing the same thing.

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Project Type: Trail | Region: Southeast

Falling in Love with Life

It is a trail for everybody. Most any bike will do to ride this rail trail, so there is no need for special equipment, extra gears, or special tires. Just ride. I’ve seen road bikes on the trail and I’ve seen spider bikes. And I’ve seen everything in between, including hybrids, cruisers, and recumbent bikes and trikes. They all work.

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Project Type: Trail | Region: Northcentral

An Archaeological Treasure

We issued the invitation, and people volunteered. During the next four years, thousands of people, from Pennsylvania and beyond, visited the park to try their hand at archaeology, learning about local history as they carefully uncovered brick, nails, pottery, glass, and more at the historical site. Some people even planned vacations around a park visit, having learned of the Public Archaeology Dig from the Conde Nast publication, Cookie, and an airline magazine.

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Project Type: Conservation, Recreation, Historic Preservation | Region: Northeast

The Key to Columbia

As the southern trailhead, Columbia Borough has benefitted from the construction of Columbia Crossing at Columbia River Park. This facility provides restrooms, information, interpretive displays, and indoor/outdoor event space that can be rented by community members. Columbia Borough, which owns the facility, has entered into an agreement with the Susquehanna Heritage Area for management of the facility. This facility has seen monthly visitors in excess of 3,500 in both June and July. As a volunteer at Columbia Crossing, I have met with visitors from Lancaster and surrounding counties who were drawn to the area by Columbia Crossing and the River Trail.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Southeast

A Community Gathering Place

The transformation of the Clifford Township Recreational Complex began in 2006 with a $20,000 grant from the Keystone Fund to install a new playground and add dugouts to the existing baseball field. Improvements have continued each year thanks to the commitment of the Township Supervisors and the support of local organizations and community members. The complex is now a true neighborhood park complete with a regulation Little League field, playground areas for children ages 2-5 and 6-12, walking trails, access to the Tunkhannock Creek, and plenty of greenspace.

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Project Type: Recreation | Region: Northeast

Necessary Improvements

While this project will not offer a bright, shiny new amenity for our park visitors to see and appreciate, it is crucial to maintaining a water production and distribution system that does allow for our visitors to use comfort facilities, fill their bottles at a water fountain, or take a shower at one of our modern cabins. This project will improve part of the skeleton of the park that supports so many of the other amenities, and this will be accomplished through Keystone funding.

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Project Type: State Parks & Forests | Region: Northwest

Roz’s Trail

Although the process of creating the Conservancy and working to accomplish its mission of protecting the land put the idea of a trail on the back burner, Roz never lost sight of the vision of a community trail. She envisioned a place accessible to all: a place to walk through and enjoy the woods; a place for kids to learn to ride bikes without parents having to worry about cars; a place to push strollers, jog, or cross-country ski. The vision was in motion and there was no doubt she would prevail.

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Project Type: Trail | Region: Northeast

Recreation, Wildlife, and Nature

As an undergraduate student, I used to walk to Musser Gap from my dorm room on campus to spend a weekend or more backpacking. In the past few years, trails were created that connect Musser Gap to Shingletown Gap and the Mid-State Trail–one could start a hike at Musser Gap and hike for weeks without leaving the woods.

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Project Type: Conservation | Region: Central

History and Beauty

My personal connection with Thousand Steps stems from many years ago when my parents took me there are a child. As an adult, it was one of the first places that I brought my wife when we were dating and she was new to the area. Now, later in life, I continue to bring my children, friends, and family on hikes there. Currently I enjoy running the trails in the area, and Thousand Steps is a great place to begin or finish a long run.

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Project Type: Trail, Conservation | Region: Southcentral

An Oasis in the City

The past four years working as a Nature Preschool teacher have been incredibly eye-opening. The benefits of getting kids outside unfold right before my eyes. I’ve learned that the best type of learning happens organically. It is meaningful, relevant, and exciting. True learning happens when you discover answers to your questions first hand. At Nature Preschool we work to do just that. We use the trails, ponds, streams, leaves, and every little crevice under a log to learn.

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Project Type: Conservation | Region: Southeast

A Part of Our Lives

A Five Star Trail highlight for our family occurred when our son Regis did his Eagle Scout Project as a service to the Trail. Working with Malcolm Sias from Westmoreland County Parks, Regis planned and coordinated the building of two mini-pavilions at two different locations along the Five Star Trail with Scout Troop 405 from South Greensburg. The pavilions are large individual picnic tables protected by a shingled roof, and provide a place for trail users to rest beneath shelter from the sun or rain.

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Project Type: Trail | Region: Southwest

Lose Yourself on the Trail

Fifteen years later, it is now a regular part of my job as a park ranger to share my wonderment out on the 6 to 10 Trail. It’s been almost ten years since the trail was developed. Some sections along the oldest parts of the railroad are for hiking only. The trails are still fairly primitive, but much improved since my first time out there. Other parts of the trail, where the rough ballast rocks used to give me so much trouble, have now been covered with smooth, crushed limestone for the enjoyment of thousands of hikers and bicyclists every month.

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Project Type: Trail | Region: Central

A Plethora of Activities

Just off Route 51, two miles north of Beaver Borough, is Bradys Run Park, the largest of the Beaver County parks. Situated within Brighton and Patterson Townships, Bradys Run Park’s 2,000-plus acres offer outdoor enthusiasts a plethora of recreational activities and venues. Bradys Run offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities: there are picnic shelters, athletic fields, tennis courts, an off-leash dog area, basketball courts, a skate park, a street hockey rink, a horse arena, a one-mile walking and jogging loop, 12 miles of trails, and playgrounds.

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Project Type: Conservation, Recreation | Region: Southwest

An Enchanting Forest

When people come to Lacawac they are thrilled to see such an oasis in the middle of the woods. They identify with the need to get back to nature. No matter who you are or what time period you live in, there is always this very human urge to connect with the outdoors and its inhabitants.

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Project Type: Conservation | Region: Northeast

A Lancaster County Gem

I first discovered the trail thanks to neighborhood friends; it was a place where we would walk our dogs. In those early days (1990s) I had a Yellow Lab, named Bart who enjoyed several swimming holes along Conewago Creek. At first my friends and I would only hike about two miles of the trail and never ventured past Rt. 743. As time went on Bart and I hiked past Rt. 743 and up to Belair Road for an eight-mile round trip.

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Project Type: Trail | Region: Southeast

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