And then moving forward, because of that designation, Lewistown will get priority consideration for all kinds of other funding opportunities, opportunities that DCED has, including through our Main street matters competitive grant program. Last year, I worked really, really hard to bring Democrats and Republicans together to create for the first time, an initiative known as Main street matters. where we would have a bucket of funding, $20 million to invest specifically in our Main Streets. Again, these are the beating hearts community, and I want you to know it was hard to get that funding together. (07:51–08:02)
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Asserts that Josh Shapiro facilitated bipartisan cooperation to create the Main Street Matters initiative.
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