Vandergrift Main Street Program

Nestled along the banks of the Kiskiminetas River, Vandergrift is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 40 miles east of Pittsburgh.

The Vandergrift Improvement Program is a main street program dedicated to the protection, preservation and restoration of this existing community by using a four-point approach that focuses on organization, economic restructuring, promotion, and design of the central business corridor and residential areas of vandergrift.

With generous contributions from The Allegheny Foundation and State Sen. Jim Ferlo, the VIP established a Real Estate Revolving Loan Fund to finance the purchase and restoration of key buildings in the central business district. Thus far, the VIP has purchased the properties pictured below, which are in various phases of restoration.

Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation serves as a full-time technical consultant to the VIP.