Politics & Government
Two Rivers Brewing Gets $450,000 Grant
The Commonwealth Financing Authority gives new Easton brew pub grant meant for old project.
The Two Rivers Brewing Company has gotten a $450,000 state grant.
According to the Express-Times, the grant will to go to Easton's Redevelopment Authority, which will then transfer the money to  -- in the former Mount Vernon Ale House at Sixth and Northampton streets -- in the form of a low-interest loan.
The grant had been intended for another, similar project, the aborted Victory Square Brew Pub at the 300 block of Northampton, inside the Weller Center property.
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Two Rivers is in the process of renovating its building, and has secured approval from the city's and .
The Commonwealth Financing Authority is an agency that adminsters Pennsylvania's economic stimulus money to local projects. Earlier this year, it awarded a $250,000 grant to the renovation of the former Lipkin's building on South Third Street.
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