“Bad, frustrating news”. That’s how Mt. Carmel Mayor Joe Judge described his reaction after the state last week left the city’s new aquatic center off its’ recipients of park grants. The city had applied for $2.8 million grant to help pay for the $11.4 million project which would include a complete overhaul of the facility built in 1937. Judge said there were 338 applications in this round of parks grants and Mt. Carmel survived all of the cuts and finished number 7. But and this is where the frustrating part comes in, the city was penalized and bumped to number12, just outside the 11 projects that received funding. On Friday’s Ask The Mayor segment, Judge explained the state’s reasoning for booting Mt. Carmel out of those receiving grants…
Despite the disappointing news on the grant, Judge said the city pool will open on time this year. To prepare for the opening, he said the entire pool will be repainted for the first time in three years.
