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EVENTS
(Click on Links)
·
Highmark
Healthy Places, Healthy People Web Site Launch Event
·
OnQ
Presents Our Region's Next Renaissance
·
East
Ohio Street Improvement Project State Route 28 Public Meeting Notice
·
Pennsylvania
Environmental Briefing Book 2006 Launch Event
·
How To Deal With The
Challenges of Overabundant Deer In Your Community
·
"Economic
Agenda for the Great Lakes Region" Featuring John Austin, Brookings
Institution Sr. Fellow
·
Save
the Date: 2006 NonProfit Summit
·
Save
the Date: NGOs, Development and Changing Standards of Accountability
·
Save
the Date: 6th Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference
·
Save
the Date: Sustainable Sweden Tour
TRANSPORTATION
FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES
·
PenTrans UH-OH! Legislative
Breakfast
·
Greater
Dayton Compact: Principles
·
Increased
funding alone won't cure public transit woes, panel told
LAND
USE NEWS AROUND THE REGION
·
Mayor plans to veto
overlay district ordinance
RESOURCES
·
Allegheny Places
Economic Trends Report and Housing and Socio-Demographics Report
·
The Business of
Sustainable Development: An Executive Briefing on the State of the Movement
·
Rural homelessness puts
victims out of sight, mind
·
Realtors Affirm
Commitment to Improving Communities Through Smart Growth Initiatives
·
Aid for Towns and Cities
Must Be Priority in Connecticut's 2006 Legislative Session
·
Minneapolis Gov. Mitch
Daniels calls for home rule, allowing counties to levy taxes
·
150 things you can do to
build social capital
·
Some Experts on Global
Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act
·
Alcoa Named One of the
Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for Second Straight Year
·
Energy efficiency powers
development: Prahalad
·
Community sustainability
assessment tool
·
Pennsylvania Historic
Preservation Awards 2006
·
Why is the environment
a religious concern
Wednesday,
February 8
6
– 9 pm
Society
for Contemporary Craft
More information & RSVP: wernersj@upmc.edu
http://www.environmentaloncology.org/invite/
At the event, you can take a look at the new Web site, view Transformation
5, an art exhibit made entirely from recycled materials, work with an artist
to create recycled art of your own, talk to experts about your health and the
environment, sample some healthy (and delicious) food and beverages, and listen
to live jazz from the Nelson Harrison Trio.
Thursday,
February 9
7:30
pm on WQED tv13
Nonprofits are a vital part of the fabric of western
Meeting
#1
Monday,
February 13, 4 pm to 7 pm
Teamster’s
Presentations:
4:30 pm & 6 pm
Meeting
#2
Friday,
February 17, 11 am to 2 pm
Engineers’
Society of
337
11:30
am & 12:30 pm
Meeting
#3
Wednesday,
February 22, 4 pm to 7 pm
Holiday
Inn, Salon C
(Exit
10, Route 28 -
Presentations:
4:30 pm & 6 pm
www.dot.state.pa.us
(Regional Information, District 11)
Contact:
Jeffrey Clatty (412) 429-4864
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT), in cooperation
with the Federal Highway Administration, is planning a series of public meetings
to discuss the status of the East Ohio Street Improvement Project (Traffic Route
28). The proposed project involves improvements to
The purpose of the public meeting is to discuss the project status and to
seek comment on a new alternative, Alternative 7.
Public input is also requested on historic and archaeological resources
present in the project area and the effect of the project on these resources.
PENNDOT will make two formal presentations during each meeting. Plans will
be on display throughout the meeting. PENNDOT staff and their consultants will
be available during the meeting to answer questions.
Tuesday
February 14th
9:30
am – 11 am
East
Wing,
RSVP
by February 8 mwillett@palcv.org
717-234-2651
Please plan to attend the release event for the 2006 Environmental
Briefing Book produced by the Pennsylvania Conservation Voters Education League
(PCVEL). Members of the General Assembly, Executive Branch, environmental
community, and
Wednesday, February 22
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
$25 members, $35 non-members, $15 students
(Please pay at the door by cash or by check made payable to: The Economic Club
of
Pre-registration soon via http://www.econclubpgh.org/index.html
Presented by The
Economic Club of Pittsburgh in collaboration with: Allegheny Conference on
Community Development;
John Austin, Brookings
Sr. Fellow share insights to this initiative to improve the economic vitality of
the
To this end, Brookings
is assessing the economic and social challenges faced by the region, and working
with a wide range of leaders in the political, corporate, civic, and academic
sectors, to develop a pan-regional strategic vision and action plan for how the
meta-region can leverage its assets to successfully pursue a high-road economic
strategy. The analysis will be widely disseminated to inform the region's
business, political and opinion leadership, and public policies among the states
within the region. In addition this
analysis and recommendations will inform the debate leading up to the 2008
Presidential campaign, which will hinge on the swing states within the region,
as well as the thinking and agendas of our current and future federal officials.
Please join the
Pittsburgh Economics Club in learning more about this important effort,
considering how this complements existing planning efforts, and what's at stake
in broadening our definition of 'region'.
Tuesday,
March 7
Cost
$60; $50 for each additional member from your organization
Registration
will begin Monday, January 30
www.pittsburghnonprofitsummit.org
Participate in a 21st Century community decision-making process
that is being used in
Friday,
April 7
8:30
am – 5 pm
20th
Century Club,
Info
and Registration: www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org
or (412) 648-1336
Free.
Light lunch provided.
Join us for a day of probing discussion and analysis featuring six of the
nation’s most prominent thinkers on non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Featuring:
· Keynote Speaker Michael Edwards - Director, Governance and Civil
Society Program, Ford Foundation
· Evelyn Brody - Professor of Law, Chicago-
· L. David Brown – Director of International Programs,
· Alnoor Ebrahim, Professor of Government and International Affairs and
Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech
· Lisa Jordan, Program Officer, Governance and Civil Society Program,
Ford Foundation
· Dennis Young, Bernard B. and Eugenia A. Ramsey Chair of Private
Enterprise,
Hosted by the Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership of the Graduate
Coming Together to Revitalize Our Communities:
RenewSWPA Cross-Community and
Friday, May 19
7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Omni William Penn Hotel,
Keynote: David
Soule, Associate Director
Center for
Urban & Regional Policy, Northeastern University
Cost: Early
Registration: $30. Registration
after May 12: $40 (free to elected officials)
Call (412)
258-6642 for early registration
The 2006 SWPA Smart Growth Conference will address
strategies to revitalize the region's core communities and seek to identify a
set of policy opportunities around which there is consensus for collaboration.
Leading up to the conference, a series of
community forums will be orchestrated around the region to identify common barriers
and opportunities to redevelopment. Common needs and policy options identified
through the forums will be presented at the annual conference toward
developing consensus on policies to renew
Please mark your calendars for May 19 and
register early.
The annual Smart Growth conference and regional
forums are hosted by the Regional Coalition of Community Builders, Southwestern
Pennsylvania Commission,
Saturday, June 3- Sunday, June 11 (extended tour
to June 14 also available)
Sponsored by Sustainable
Description: http://www.sustainablesweden.org/tours/sustour2006.pdf
Description and photographs of 2004 tour: http://www.sustainablepittsburgh.org/NewFrontPage/EcoMunicipalities/Eco_Municipalities_Sweden.html#Projects
Contact:
Lisa MacKinnon—608-259-1000 EXT 107.
Susanne Erickson+46 (0) 8-618 06 10
Mona Pettersson Lahti +46 (0) 90-786 13 90
Sustainable community
development is this year's tour theme of one of the world's most progressive and
committed sustainable countries. Cities and communities to be visited during the
tour include:
Helsingborg,
Falkenberg,
·Eco-Municipalities
·Energy
·Sustainable Business
·Bio-Diversity
·Sustainable Planning
·Sustainable
Construction and many more topics
TRANSPORTATION FOR LIVABLE
COMMUNITIES
Tuesday,
February 7
9:30-11
am
Register
on line http://www.pentrans.org/events.shtml
by Wednesday, February 1
Come and participate in a lively discussion: balancing immediate and
long-term transportation issues in
Representative Keith McCall, D., Carbon County Transportation Minority
Chairman
Representative Rick Geist, R., Blair County Transportation Majority Chairman
Tom Caramanico, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce CEO Council for Growth
- Infrastructure Committee Chair
Barbara McNees, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
John Ward, Executive Director, Modern Transit Partnership - Harrisburg Area
Issues:
Local / regional transit funding
Leveraging SAFETEA-LU
High gas prices - implications for transit
Rehabilitate existing transit infrastructure and systems vs. create new
systems and services
Mobility for All: Transit and Highway Investment
Land use and transportation policy in
Transportation funding: Tax Burden or Economic Engine?
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission hopes
that this list of Principles will serve as a framework for action that will
guide, but not prescribe, regional and local planning and decision making. By
having a broad set of Principles that key players in the Region have agreed on,
we will have a common frame of reference to evaluate individual plans,
strategies and options.
http://www.mvrpc.org/sgi/principles.php
Mr. Zapinski and others pointed out that half of
all workers get to work via transit in Downtown and
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06027/645233.stm
Although council has
approved an overlay zoning district that allows billboards along the Parkway
East and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/tribeast/s_416709.html
At "hot spots" like the SouthSide Works
in Pittsburgh and the Waterfront in Homestead, trendy shops, fancy restaurants,
entertainment venues, luxury condos and apartments are luring residents and
visitors to rambling riverfront developments once populated by fire-spitting
blast furnaces and rusting industrial buildings….
Making optimum use of former industrial sites for
development is important because it protects pristine "
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/business/s_418300.html
As part of the planning
process, it is important to study the County’s existing conditions to assist
in making projections for the future. An economic trends report was
developed to analyze the trends over the last decade and to project an economic
forecast. Additionally, a housing and socio-demographic report was
developed, which reviews population change, housing trends, and population
forecasts
http://www.alleghenyplaces.com/plan/planContent.asp
Today Sustainable Development has become a
mainstream business concern. Increasingly, it is an overarching business
strategy. Some companies no longer produce annual reports that focus only
on their financial results; they produce
sustainability reports, which integrate economic, social, and
environmental performance. While it is too early to declare a revolution
in business, SD has certainly transformed the way many companies think about
their operations, report on them, and plan for their futures...In general terms,
"Sustainable Development" is the name for a change in direction.
The change consists of more long-term, integrated, systems-oriented ways of
managing. The new direction is sustainability, and sustainability is a set of system conditions that can endure indefinitely.
http://www.sustainablepittsburgh.org/NewFrontPage/PublicDocs/draft_sbn_business_model.htm
In 1895, when Rudolph Diesel first developed the
engine named after him, he likely never imagined that the petroleum-based fuel
most often used to operate his invention would today cost more than $2.50 a
gallon.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_418826.html
The causes of rural and urban homelessness are
the same: poverty, a lack of affordable housing, mental illness and drug and
alcohol abuse. But the rural poor are hamstrung by transportation issues, such
as high gas prices, infrequent bus service, geographic isolation from job
centers, and a lack of health and social services.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06029/646193.stm