MUNICIPAL GRANT PROGRAM
The Redevelopment Authority, as a redevelopment authority in a County of the Second Class A, is authorized under the Pennsylvania Race Horse and Development Gaming Act of 2004, as reenacted and amended by the Act of October 30, 2017, P.L. 419 (the “Act”), to receive one (1%) percent of the gross terminal revenue from Parx Casino and Racetrack to administer municipal grants to the municipality in which the gaming facility is located, the county in which the licensed facility is located and to the municipalities that are contiguous to the municipality in which the gaming facility is located or are wholly within the boundaries of a contiguous municipality. Grants from Pennsylvania Gaming Revenues are authorized by the Board of Directors of the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Bucks, under the Municipal Grant Program created by the Act from language introduced by Senator Robert M. “Tommy” Tomlinson.
Eligible Recipients
- Township of Bensalem
- Borough of Bristol
- Township of Bristol
- County of Bucks
- Borough of Hulmeville
- Borough of Langhorne
- Borough of Langhorne Manor
- Township of Lower Southampton
- Township of Middletown
- Borough of Penndel
Grants are to be used to fund costs of human services, infrastructure improvements, facilities, emergency services, health and public safety expenses associated with the licensed facility operations. All grant funding is to be used on projects that will be substantially completed in a one-year timeline.