Norristown Gets $202K To Improve Riverfront Park

NORRISTOWN, PA — Norristown has received a significant grant to help improve Riverfront Park.

The $202,500 in funding will help build a pavilion, access drive, parking area, a gate and floating dock, project signage, pedestrian walkways, stormwater management measures, and more, officials said.

It's part of a larger state initiative, Recreation for All, which aims to meet the outdoor recreation needs of all Pennsylvanians.

“Now more than ever, we have experienced the impact of outdoor recreation on our mental and physical well being,” DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said in a statement. “Pennsylvania’s new outdoor recreation plan serves as a blueprint on how we can make outdoor recreation accessible to every Pennsylvanian.”

A total of 158 community parks and related projects received a total of $23.4 million in funding.

The funds come from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which is funded by a variety of both federal and state trusts and environmental funds.