First Niagara recently presented a $50,000 grant to Habitat for Humanity of Chester County. This is the fifth payment of a $600,000 six year commitment under Pennsylvania’s Neighborhood Partnership Tax Credit Program. The grant provides sustainable, long-term funding for the ongoing development of Cambria Homes/Community Lane in Coatesville. Using funds from First Niagara, Habitat volunteers have completed 19 homes and housed 67 people, with three more homes scheduled for settlement this summer. An area once dominated by dilapidated housing in the form of massive concrete apartment buildings, this is now a neighborhood with tree-lined streets and a large park. No longer crime-ridden, it is filled with the love and laughter of hard-working families who now have safe, affordable homes of their own.
