Meetings & Announcements
September Planning Forum
September 25, 2008
7 PM, Carriage Corner Restaurant
On Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 7:00 PM three Pennsylvanians will share their community planning and development experiences as part of Cultivating Community: A Plan for Union County’s Future. The program will be at the Carriage Corner Restaurant in Mifflinburg, moderated by WKOK’s Mark Lawrence, and is open to the public. The session will be moderated and those in attendance will have an opportunity to ask questions. Featured will be James Cowhey, AICP, Executive Director of the Lancaster County Planning Commission; Bill Fontana, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Downtown Center and John Trant, Jr., AICP, Esq., Chief Strategic Planning Officer for Cranberry Township.
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County Planning Advisory Team Meetings
October 21st, 2008
7 PM, in the Forum Room—Langone Center on the Bucknell University Campus
(corner of Moore Avenue & 7th Street)
Reid Ewing will provide an overview the new book Growing Cooler, its findings and its implications for urban planning, land development, and public policy. This book was developed as part of the Urban Land Institute's sustainability initiative, in cooperation with Smart Growth America, Center for Clean Air Policy, and National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education. His talk will cover the evidence on urban development and its impacts on driving, and policy and program changes forthcoming at the local, regional, state, and federal levels to make green, compact neighborhoods more available and more affordable.
Municipal Officials Meetings
July 10, 2008 - Tentative
6:30 PM, Government Center
July 31, 2008- Tentative
6:30 PM, Government Center
Comprehensive Plan Case Studies
Notable Plan for Rural Preservation
Chesterfield Township, NJ
Famersville, CA
Lancaster County, PA
Outstanding Comprehensive Plan
Lancaster County, PA
Cheyenne, WY
Outstanding Implementation
New Kent County, VA
Livermore, CA