Part of West First Street Property to be Demolished

Trina Illig, Blair County grants coordinator for Community Development, was present at the Williamsburg Borough Council meeting via conference call to give an update on the 424-26 W. First St. property.

For the past years, the borough has taken control of the 424 W. First St. property and has worked with Illig to funnel grants into managing the property. Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds have been used to remove the 424 W. First St. part of the duplex and restructure the 426 W. First St. side.

Stiffler-McGraw gave an engineering estimate of $30,000, which will be covered b...