Community & Economic Development

1889 Foundation today announced a cooperative funding agreement that will provide matching funds for capital improvements to four cultural entities in Cambria City, and eventually more cultural entities in Cambria and Somerset Counties through a cultural partnership to be established. Phase I of the partnership will include the Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center, Johnstown Concert […]

On Sept. 27, a joint press conference was held to announce a $250,000 grant to the Johnstown Police Department to modernize and expand equipment. 1889 Foundation provided $150,000 of the total, while Lee Initiatives and Community Foundation for the Alleghenies contributed $50,000 each. (Sue Mann and James Hargreaves, president and board chairman of 1889 Foundation,