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Bensalem Township: A Community of Firsts!

Bensalem Township has been designated as a Community of Firsts! Further defined, this translates to a progress-oriented administration who make things happen through a variety of initiatives and completed projects. Bensalem Township has set the bar high for surrounding municipalities. Many have utilized our formula for success and emulated several of our community projects. 
​“Imitation is the sincerest form a flattery”, right?
The following is a sample of what Bensalem Township, under the leadership of Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo, has accomplished:
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• First Township Road Program 
• New Bensalem Senior Citizens Building
• First Skate Park in Bucks County
• First Handicapped Accessible Playground in Bucks County – “Imagination Land” 
• First Transportation Management Association – TMA
• First “Towns Against Graffiti” (TAG) & Litter Removal Program 
• First Municipality to Launch Interactive Website 
• Internet Streamlining of Permits and Land Development Projects
• Creation of State-Of-The-Art Recreational Fields and Facilities 
• Natural Gas Vehicles 
• Geo Thermal Technology for the Bensalem Municipal Building
• Solar Panel Technology for the Bensalem Municipal Building 
• Annual Fall Festival (Born of our 1992 Tricentennial Celebration) 
• Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo Scholarship Foundation
• First Award-Winning Municipal Television Studio
• First Municipality to Support Bucks County’s Open Space Program – Over 1400 Acres Saved!
• Saved Bensalem Country Club from Development and Renovated the Club & Course
• First Fire Training Building
• Prescription Drop-Off Program 
• Coplogic Software (Crime Solving Technology)
• Video Cameras & Computers in all Police Vehicles
• State Police Barracks
• First in the Country for 90 Minute DNA Processing 
• Police Department Accreditation Status 
• First Community Garden
• Sterling Act Petition (Demanding Legislators To Enact a Reciprocal Bill That Will Enable Bensalem To Collect 1% Earned Income Tax From Philadelphia)
• Painting of Aqua Water Tank on Route 1
• First Award-Winning Entertainment Amphitheater
• Restoration of Historic Joseph Growden Mansion
• Restoration of Historic African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
• Restoration of Bensalem’s 5-Mile Delaware River Front Property (Waterside) 

Gallery of "Firsts"

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