ArtsQuest Board Orientation 2020

Outreach and Partners
STEELSTACKS PUBLIC PARTNERS
• Pennsylvania Revitalization Assistance
Capital Projects funds: $4.25M
• EPA (through Northampton County):
$250,000
• Bethlehem Redevelopment Authority
(2010-2017):
• Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Funds:
$70 million
- For streets, sewer,
water, power, parking lots, plazas,
sidewalks, public art, Levitt Pavilion,
Visitor Center, Hoover Mason Trestle,
and Foundry Park
- TIF expires in 2020
• New Market Tax Credits (Federal):
Approximately $8 million
• Pennsylvania Neighborhood
Partnership Program: $2.25 million
• ArtsQuest raises and finances:
$26 million
ROLE OF SANDS CASINO RESORT
• Donates 10 acres of land to ArtsQuest,
PBS39, and City of Bethlehem
Redevelopment Authority
• $800 million casino development adds
significant funds to TIF (Tax Increment
Financing), aiding in the development
of SteelStacks
• Wind Creek retains responsibility for
maintaining and illumination the
blast furnaces
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