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Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Business
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Eagle's Nest Leadership athletic center nearing completion after years of work
A project years in the making on Erie's east side is now in the home stretch of development. An athletic center at Eagle's Nest Leadership Corporation along Pennsylvania Avenue is expected to open later this spring. New athletic center underway for Eagle's Nest Leadership Corp. An almost 10,000-square-foot athletic center that costs about $3.5 million to build is nearing completion. 'There's nothing here for the young people to have instructional-wise. We thought it was important and imperative to have transformational learning going on,' said Bishop Dwane Brock, CEO of Eagle's Nest Corporation. 'It's going to be an educational/recreational facility here that will outlast our lifetimes.' Retired teachers, coaches and staff will spend time with young men and women in the facility, instilling in them the values of teamwork as well as common dignity and respect for everyone. But it will also house sports opportunities of all kinds. The project was announced in 2019 and was helped early on by the City of Erie loans and investment as well as private fundraising. Lake Erie wind turbines discussion gains attention again Fast forward to today where the building itself is up and just about finished, all that's left is to complete cosmetic work, and eventually put in the pavement for a parking lot. Brock said construction has been moving nonstop this year, even throughout the winter when we received feet of snow. 'We're looking to have the actual ribbon cutting toward the last week in May and throughout the entirety of the winter the contractors have been working diligently. From the roof to the inside and whatnot, it's been a tremendous phenomenon as to what has gone on here,' he said. The first-class facility is located in the heart of one of erie's most historically disadvantaged neighborhoods along pennsylvania avenue and East 12th Street. Erie Co. awarded $400K grant for Housing Rehabilitation Program And it will serve as a model of what reinvestment can look like in urban neighborhoods. Interior finishing touches are expected to be completed within the next two months. 'Fixtures for the bathrooms, the actual floors going in, the big giant tubes for the climate control system, the steel doors and fire doors are already in, the roof is completed, windows are done, the bricks and steel are in place, scoreboards have been ordered, bleachers have been ordered. Again, it's the home stretch,' Bishop Brock went on to say. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Business
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Erie Bank on Parade Street opens doors Monday, offering financial literacy courses
Erie Bank is officially open at the corner of 10th and Parade with services in place that are designed to strengthen the community doubling as a financial literacy center. One of the services is financial education courses that will be offered by bank staff with the space also accessible to erie organizations to help their clients. Ariana Halal Kitchen, Erie's first Afghan restaurant, officially opens for business 'Parade Street was the main corridor for Erie, Pennsylvania years and years ago but now as the gateway to the minority community less than three percent of minorities own their own home within this city,' said Bishop Dwane Brock, president of the East Side Renaissance. Bishop Brock said one of the main focuses of the East Side Renaissance is to change that dynamic. 'The East Side Renaissance is motivated to change that dynamic to get people affordable homes that they can buy and partake of the American dream,' said Bishop Brock. One resident noted how the bank will play a role in the community for years to come. Shriners Children's Erie receives over $64K thanks to Spirit of Children program 'It's just a great opportunity for people to learn financial literacy and to change their lives and also create generational wealth for their children so that they will know how to save how to invest,' said Bishop Clifton McNair III with the Word of Life Christian Center. 'Financial literacy is going to be helping the community. Bishop Brock did a wonderful thing, him and his team, and I am so amazed and happy that they brought this bank here,' said Regina Akers, an Erie resident. 'So many people said that this thing could not and would not happen but yet it's a reality here today you have over 200 people celebrating from every sector of life in Erie, Pennsylvania it's an exciting day for the welfare of the city,' added Bishop Brock. The regional president of Erie Bank said this will be a cornerstone to help people reach their financial goals. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
