In 2021, USDA Rural Development in Pennsylvania partnered with Schwenksville Borough to turn their former firehouse into a borough hall and community center.

The Borough utilized the USDA RD Community Facilities program with a low-interest loan to renovate the property to meet their community’s needs. The facility represents the completion of the borough complex, part of long-standing revitalization goals reflected in the borough’s 2017 “Main Street Schwenksville Streetscape Plan and Design Guidelines.”

The project initially focused on the redevelopment of a large parking lot in front of the firehouse into an inviting public plaza and expanded after the firehouse became available when the Schwenksville Fire Company merged with the Lower Frederick Fire Company. The vision was realized through successful collaboration with several partners, which included Montgomery County, local legislators, DCNR, DCED, and PECO Green Region in the development of this complex.

The borough obtained a USDA Rural Development Loan for the firehouse renovation and funds from the Montco 2040 Implementation Grant Program to help fund the public plaza and pavilion, the observation deck along the Perkiomen Trail, and improvements and connections to Meadow Park.