Battles Museum of Rural Life Organizational Survey The historical organizations listed below have served the Girard area for many years and are exploring how they can better serve effectively in the long term. Your answers to this survey will provide essential input to inform these efforts in the history of Girard. They are also exploring [...]

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HOUSING REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE ERIE COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND PROGRAM  Assistance is available to income-qualified families in several communities including Girard Borough to have repairs made to their homes. The assistance is being provided through Erie County’s Act 137 Affordable Housing Fund program. The Erie County Department of Planning is administering the program with the assistance [...]

2020 ANNUAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY REPORT Girard Borough Water Department PWSID #: 6250049 Este informe contiene información muy importante sobre su agua de beber. Tradúzcalo ó hable con alguien que lo entienda bien. (This report contains very important information about your drinking water. Translate it, or speak with someone who understands it.)   WATER SYSTEM [...]

Born in 1864, Charlotte Elizabeth Battles defied society's standards for women by getting a college education, owning her own home and being a successful business woman. "She was well beloved by the whole town and really a woman before her time,” said Executive Director of the Hagen History Center, George Deutsch. After her father's death [...]

Check out this video on GoErie.com: https://www.goerie.com/videos/news/local/2021/02/16/girard-borough-applying-applies-national-register-historic-places-designation-history/6763460002/ A little history can help shape the future. Girard Borough is joining a growing list of Erie County municipalities that are building on their past to attract visitors and grow business. Girard is developing a master plan on ways to use its history and other assets to help revitalize its [...]

We would like to invite you to participate in the Downtown Girard Master Plan Survey, that is available at this link: https://forms.gle/CA6oi9BzFQRsqXeZ6 Urban Vantage has teamed up with Girard to conduct a market analysis and create a downtown master plan for Girard. We want to hear what you think of Downtown Girard, and see what your vision for [...]

Girard Borough is announcing the opening of the 2021 cycle of the Façade Improvement Grant Program. Created in 2018, the borough has awarded more than $109,000 in façade grants supporting more than $240,000 in completed and scheduled improvements over three years. All buildings within the designated downtown boundary, which is Main Street from the east [...]

Girard, Pennsylvania: Girard Borough has begun a multi-year planning and historic preservation effort for downtown Girard that will include the development and adoption of a Master Plan and completion of a National Register of Historic Places nomination for a Downtown Historic District. The objective of this effort is to develop a plan to leverage the [...]