[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HISTORIC BROOKVILLE TOWN SQUARE

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, early this month, I 
visited Brookville, Jefferson County, located in my district, to 
congratulate local officials and community leaders on securing funds 
for a long-awaited project. The Historic Brookville Town Square is one 
of the most important pieces of the community's long-term plan and is 
the product of a very successful fundraising effort by Historic 
Brookville, Incorporated.
  The Historic Brookville Town Square will be located next to the 
Jefferson County Courthouse on land once occupied by a vacant, rundown 
building. The funding for the project includes more than $300,000 
raised by the community through the efforts of Historic Brookville, 
showing a real desire on behalf of the residents to beautify their 
community.
  Mr. Speaker, this park represents a great public-private partnership, 
with the final $150,000 in grant funding clearing the way for this 
project to enter the planning stages. I have been proud to work with 
the community leaders in Brookville to move this project one step 
closer to completion.

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