Doylestown Gets $1.5 Million For New Borough Hall, Police Station

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Doylestown has received a significant grant for a major development project in town.

A $1.5 million grant disbursed by the state be used to acquire and build a huge new municipal complex in the borough, according to State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10). The complex will be located at what is currently the PennDOT maintenance facility at North Broad Street and Doyle Street.

The facility will include a new Central Bucks Regional Police Department headquarters, a municipal park, and a new Doylestown Borough Hall.

“This is an exciting and unique project worthy of participation from a host of stakeholders, including the Commonwealth,” Mayor Ron Strouse said said in a statement. "Its value to our community is undisputed and its value beyond the community is considerable as well. With this help we will turn a brownfield into parkland, for the enjoyment of all. Using the existing building, we will preserve and repurpose a classic facade while providing essential space for modern community based regional policing, leading to the accreditation of our department, and we will provide environmentally sensitive space for municipal services."

Doylestown Borough Council President Jack O'Brien said that there has been a plan to redevelop the PennDOT buiding for some time, as they are moving into a new facility.

The development project will take about three years once work gets underway in December, officials said. Local funding will match state funding, which was provided through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program.