CATASAUQUA, Pa. — A project that officials expect will bring a downtown to Catasauqua and reshape the borough’s future soon could kick into high gear.
U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Lehigh Valley, announced Friday that his office secured almost $3.7 million in federal funding to support the first phase of a planned overhaul of the former Crane Iron Works site along Front Street.
The $75 million project is expected to bring 300 residential units and several commercial spaces to the site, where Crane Iron Company operated from 1840 to 1930…