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A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF RESTORATION MILESTONES |
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SEPTEMBER, 2000
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Throughout the first nine months of the Lackawanna Chapter's lease, interior and exterior clean up was largely completed. Original architectural elements no longer in place were catalogued and stored, and an assessment of weatherization and stabilization needs was undertaken. |
| JULY, 2001 | The Lackawanna Chapter hosts its first annual member's picnic and public open house. The occasion marks the launching of its capital fundraising campaign. Representative Kelly Lewis makes the first contribution. |
| APRIL, 2002 | The Monroe County Commissioners award
a grant of $10,000 towards
 rest-oration of the station. This grant, along with other funds raised, allows for the first portions of the temporary roofing to cover the station and freight house to be contracted for. Stabilization and weatherization work on interior and exterior portions of the station are mostly completed. |
| OCTOBER, 2003 | A Community Development Block Grant for $40,000 is awarded through the office of The Redevelopment Authority of the County of Monroe. The money is used to fund the assessment of the work needed to stabilize and restore the station for safe public use. |
| JUNE, 2004 | Complete engineering drawings, cost estimates, and a restoration plan are executed by The Martinson Group, of Easton, PA, specialists in the restoration of historic properties. |
| JULY, 2005 | The Borough of Delaware Water Gap launches their Founder's Day Celebration, a one day town wide series of events, and the Lackawanna Chapter merges its open house event date to participate in the celebration. Public awareness and participation grows as a result. |
| JULY, 2006 | Representative John Siptroth helps secure a grant from the PA Department of
 Community and Economic Development for $5,000. The grant money will be used to cover the remaining unprotected portions of the freight house roof. The Monroe County Commissioners grant $10,000 for tourism and promotion activities to help raise awareness of the restoration effort. The first train to make a scheduled stop at the Delaware Water Gap station in fifty-four years arrives from Steamtown National Historic Site as part of this years Founder's Day celebration. |
| April, 2007 | The Monroe County Commissioners award $4,000 in tourism promotion grant money. |
| December, 2008 | Work begins on a new
freight house roof. The structurally unsound old roof is first removed, 
and new framing is started. The entire station roof will be redone in a three phase effort using original in place structural elements and new material to match the original work. The breezeway roof connecting the two buildings is next, followed by the canopy roof, then the station roof. Each phase requires that the central structural framing be done first, then the roof overhangs with supporting brackets, and lastly the slate roof covering material is applied. |
| April, 2009 | The Monroe County Commissioners
award $10,000 in tourism promotion grant money. The ESSA Bank and Trust Charitable Foundation awards $10,000 in grant money toward our capital roof campaign. It will be used as a match in applying for a PA Historical and Museum Commission Keystone Preservation Grant. |
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