Williamsburg Borough Receives Grant for New Area Plan

Dave McFarland of the Blair County Planning Commission was present during last Monday’s Williamsburg Borough Council meeting to explain the details of a grant received by borough and other surrounding participating municipalities that pays for most, if not all,of the new comprehensive plan for the Williamsburg area.

The current comprehensive plan was written in the 1970s. McFarland suggested to borough council months ago that the plan needed to be updated. McFarland presented to council a budget for the grant offered by the WalkWorks program and Pa. Department of Conservation and Natural Resou...