This year, the Town of Bloomsburg and the Bloomsburg Fair Association are teaming up for the July 4th Celebration.  This will be held on Saturday, July 3rd.  There will be vendors, crafters, food and more for you to do while you watch the fireworks at dusk from the Bloomsburg fairgrounds parking lot.  Please donate today to make sure we can celebrate America’s Birthday in style.  A gift of any amount will help make the 2021 fireworks display happen.

To donate: TakeActionBU.org/fireworks

The Code Enforcement Department would like to remind Bloomsburg residents to maintain grass to 6″ or below.

Chief Van Loan has released a media release regarding the PANGO Parking Application.

The Town’s Geisinger representative provided the below resource.

Link.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM PA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

April 23, 2021

 

Bloomsburg Reconstruction Project Continues in Columbia County

 

Montoursville, PA – Motorists are advised that work on the Bloomsburg reconstruction project continues next week in Bloomsburg, Columbia County.

 

On Tuesday, April 27, the detour route will be established with construction to begin on Wednesday, April 28, weather permitting. Traffic will be detoured around the work area, which will be located on Route 487 (Poplar Street) between Peach Avenue and Sixth Street / Columbia Boulevard (Route 11). The following detours will be in place.

 

Traffic continuing on 487 will be detoured onto Fort McClure Boulevard, Market Street, Main Street (Route 11), East Street (Routes 11 and 487).

 

Route 487 and Route 11 truck traffic will be detoured onto Fort McClure Boulevard, Market Street, and Main Street (Route 11).

 

Route 487 and Route 11 car traffic will be detoured onto Fort McClure Boulevard, Market Street, and East Sixth Street.

 

Southbound travel, the same routes will be used but in reverse order.

 

HRI, Inc., is the primary contractor for the $6.8 million reconstruction project, which includes drainage improvements, roadway resurfacing, tree removal and replacement, new concrete curb and sidewalks, traffic signal upgrades, highway lighting, and other miscellaneous work. For more information including maps of the detours and construction area visit: https://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-3/ConstructionsProjectsAndRoadwork/Pages/default.aspx or enter Bloomsburg 0011-114 into your web browser.

 

Work on this project is expected to be completed in October of 2022, weather permitting.

 

Work on this project will be in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and state Department of Health guidance as well as a project-specific COVID-19 safety plan, which will include protocols for social distancing, use of face coverings, personal and job-site cleaning protocols, management of entries to the jobsite, and relevant training.

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Town Park tennis program sign ups will begin Wednesday, May 5th.  Space is limited!  To sign up e-mail: [email protected]  For additional information, check out the handout.   

PennDOT held a public meeting on February 16, 2021 to inform the public on the East Street construction project.  The link to the recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/9VyBKI6fbLI.  The questions that were asked during the meeting are addressed in this link.  Project contact information can be found through the video link.

Town Council approved participating in the Mayors Monarch Pledge. The Mayors Monarch Pledge, by the National Wildlife Federation, 2021 educates on the following: “Both the western and eastern monarch populations have experienced significant declines. Less than one percent of the western monarch population remains, while the eastern population has fallen by as much as ninety percent. Monarch scientists attribute the population decline to degradation and loss of summer breeding habitat in the U.S., and loss of winter habitat in south-central Mexico and coastal California.”  For more information on how to plant milkweed and help save the monarch population, check out this link.

New Emergency Rent Assistance Program now available to Columbia County landlords and tenants. Visit www.cchrapa.org for details and apply online.