$667K Grant Will Create A Community Center At Snipes Farm

MORRISVILLE, PA —Snipes Farm and Education Center is getting a $667,000 grant for the construction of a community center.

The project includes the renovation and expansion of an existing barn on the property, creating a year-round community center. The center will include an indoor/outdoor teaching kitchen, educational classroom spaces, restrooms, storage, and an outdoor deck.

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Rep. John Galloway (D-140) announced the $667,024 investment from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) for a Community Center at Snipes Farm & Education Center.

“Snipes Farm has a long and admirable history in Bucks County of giving back to the community and the new community center will provide an ideal space for keeping that tradition alive and well,” Santarsiero said.

Snipes Farm & Education Center is non-profit educational organization. The Snipes family are 11th-generation Bucks County farmers, dating back to 1688, and have operated the present Snipes Farm since 1808.

“This education center will allow the expansion of critical enrichment programs to people of all ages, income levels, and backgrounds. The facility will be ADA compliant, use renewable energy, and is located in the heart of the working farm, building a bridge with the local community to gain needed wisdom for a sustainable future,” said Jonathan Snipes, Snipes Farm's executive director.

Snipes thanked Santarsiero and Galloway for securing the funding to renovate the barn into "a teaching/learning center for environmental sustainability, nutrition education, and whole foods culinary arts.”

“The Snipes’ family has long supported our local community and I am happy to be able to secure these funds to support their mission and continued good work,” Galloway said.

RACP is a Commonwealth grant program administered by the Office of the Budget for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational, and historical improvement projects.

RACP projects have a regional or multi-jurisdictional impact and generate substantial increases or maintain current levels of employment, tax revenues, or other measures of economic activity. RACP projects are state-funded projects that cannot obtain primary funding under other state programs.