Mahanoy City poised to leave Act 47 program for distressed ...

Shapiro Administration Announces End of Mahanoy City's ...

Mahanoy City was designated as distressed on February 18, 2016, under the Municipalities Financial Recovery Program, known as Act 47 of 1987, as ...

MAHANOY CITY – After a seven-year recovery process, the borough is set to leave Act 47.Since 2016, Mahanoy City has been receiving assistance through the ...

No longer 'distressed' Mahanoy City leaves Act 47 program - WNEP

On Thursday, county and state officials crowded the borough hall in Mahanoy City for a celebration. The borough is officially out of the ...

Mahanoy City leaves Act 47 program for distressed municipalities ...

Members of the Department of Community and Economic Development joined borough officials Thursday to celebrate the borough's formal exit from Act 47, the state ...

Mahanoy City officially exits Act 47 program for distressed ...

Members of the Department of Community and Economic Development joined borough officials Thursday to celebrate the borough's formal exit from ...

Mahanoy City Borough Act 47 Departmental Order of Termination

termination of distressed status; (2) municipal disincorporation; (3) fiscal emergency; or (4) a three-year exit plan. The Coordinator has ...

Mahanoy City sheds 'financially distressed' status - WFMZ.com

Mahanoy City announced Thursday morning it is officially being removed from the State's Act 47 program. "Schuylkill County should be proud ...

Borough of Mahanoy City Exits Distressed Status - PSATS Main

After seven years, the Borough of Mahanoy City in Schuylkill County is no longer considered distressed under Act 47. The state Department of ...

Mahanoy City's Act 47 Status Terminated - News - FOX56

To improve the borough and end the distressed status, Mahanoy city adopted a recovery plan which recommended staffing controls, hiring of ...

State official warns of potential failures without overhaul of Pa.'s ...

Reading in Berks County, Mahanoy City in Schuylkill County, and Franklin in Cambria County are among those to recently exit the program. Exits ...

Act 47 public hearing held for Mahanoy City financial study findings

MAHANOY CITY – The Mahanoy City Borough Council hosted an Act 47 public meeting on Tuesday for the presentation of the preliminary findings ...

Scranton exits Act 47 status after three decades - WBRE

After three decades, the city of Scranton is no longer in “financial distress” status with the state. It's a huge step in regaining control of finances at the ...

Leaving Act 47 | 30 years of work led to Johnstown shedding ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Johnstown's economy and municipal government were in dire straits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, leading up to the ...

Act 47 was intended to help distressed municipalities but has an ...

By the mid-1980s, about 100,000 manufacturing workers in the Pittsburgh region lost their jobs. The towns that were home to the shuttered ...

The Truth and Consequences of Municipal Distress in Pennsylvania

Municipalities are able to exit the program once the Act 47 coordinator and the state agree that the factors have been corrected. The tax base/tax burden ...

PA Set To Re-Examine Program For Distressed Municipalities | ABI

Pennsylvania has already demonstrated a reluctance to allow Harrisburg to file for Chapter 9 protection. A revised Act 47 may signal a continued preference by ...

Department of Community & Economic Development

Since the program's inception, 15 municipalities have recovered from financial distress under. Act 47. These municipalities are highlighted in ...

Pittsburgh Won Back Its Financial Independence, But Can The City ...

Pittsburgh spent 14 years in a special oversight program for financially distressed municipalities, known as Act 47, in which state-appointed ...

vital public services upon the Borough's exit from the Act 47 program in 2021. On May 21,. 2019, the Borough's electorate approved the ...

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET PRESENTATION - PA General Assembly

... 47. PA SITES DEBT SERVICE. 49. PRIVATE DAM FINANCIAL ASSURANCE PROGRAM. 50. REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS CHALLENGE. 51. SMALL BUSINESS ...