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:
- 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)