Seven Fields Town Park Pool’s concession stand was completed as part of the first phase in the borough’s renovation project. Butler Eagle file photo

Seven Fields Borough was awarded a $250,000 Local Share Account Program grant this week for the Town Park Pool renovation project.

“This is actually very good news,” borough manager Tom Smith said. “We didn’t anticipate getting this grant, because it’s so competitive.“

The grant, which was announced Thursday, March 16, 2023, by state Sen. Elder Vogel, R-47th, will fund the third phase of improvements to the community pool.

“You’ll see that the majority of this (phase) is actually dealing with the pool itself, which was constructed in probably the late ‘90s,” he explained. “There’s a new plaster surface, a new filtration system, new lights, the zero-depth addition. There’s a new concrete deck, a new water slide.”

The total cost of phase three, Smith said, is expected to be $528,600 and will be completed in-house by the public works department.

“So, this grant is $250,000, but the wonderful thing about this grant is normal state grants are a 50-50 match, so we would have (had) to come up with $250,000, but this grant is just so competitive because it’s only a 15% match,” Smith said. “So our cash match would be $37,500.”