March
16, 2006
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EVENTS
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·
Protecting
Public Drinking Water: Source Water Protection Solutions
·
Getting
to TRID-Understanding the Planning and Implementation of Act 238 of 2004
·
Emergency
Management: Roles and Responsibilities for Elected Officials
·
The
State of Our Air in 2006: A Law and Policy Update For Southwestern Pennsylvania
·
2006
City County Town Meeting
·
Health
and Environment in the Valley
·
Sierra
Club Earth Day Festival
·
Champions
of Sustainability "Transportation
- The Key to a Prosperous Future"
·
6th
Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference
LAND
USE NEWS AROUND THE REGION
·
Council
considers redistricting O'Hara
·
Councilman
urges sidewalks for new development
RESOURCES
·
Leaders discuss region's
future
·
DEP Seeks Members for
Environmental Justice Advisory Board
·
Listen to PA House
Hearing on Mercury – Penn Future Podcast
·
EU ministers endorse New
Energy Policy for Europe
·
Onorato appoints panel
to develop transit plan
·
Group drops plan for
Turkish cultural center in South Park
·
New report on aging
Americans hints at future highs, lows
·
Communities see
potential on the waterfront
·
Youth: The Amenity
Next Door: Some well-off people want affordable housing on their block
·
Community Threads -
Nonprofit Sector of SWPA Leading the Region's Next Renaissance
Tuesday,
March 21
12
pm - 4:30 pm
Penn
State Conference Hotel
www.drinkingwaterwise.org;
Julie 267-468-0555 or juliek@voicenet.com
Interested in what can be done to protect your community’s drinking
water, and therefore your health? Looking for ways to fend off increased costs
of water treatment? You are invited to a free informative workshop to help
drinking water suppliers, municipal officials, watershed groups, planners, and
residents find out how to safeguard their sources of drinking water. Protection
of existing sources of water is the most cost-effective way to protect public
health and control treatment costs, and recommended as an integral part of the
multiple barrier approach.
Co-Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of
Wednesday,
March 22
12:30
pm – 4 pm
Radisson
Hotel
(412)
373-7300
Workshop
on Understanding the Planning and Implementation of Act 238 of 2004.
Cost:
$25 ($20 for members of PSAT)
Contact:
(717)763-0930 or www.psats.org
Thursday,
March 23
6:30
pm- 9 pm
Allegheny
County Department of Emergency Services
(412)237-3171
www.localgovernmentacademy.org
This program will provide a reinforced understanding of the role Elected
Officials play in emergency preparedness with their communities. The
responsibilities of Elected Officials to establish an Emergency Management
Organization will also be addressed. Included in this program is a tour of the
Allegheny County Emergency Services / 9-1-1 Facility. Program is free of charge
to all members of the Newly Elected Officials Course Alumni Association.
Saturday,
March 25
724-830-3950
Register:
http://www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/parks/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=620021
Saturday, March 25, 2006 marks a great chance for teams and individuals to
march for a greener
Thursday,
March 23
6
- 8 pm
Turtle
Creek,
Hosted
by
Friday,
March 31
9
– 11:30 am
Community
College of
Monaca,
Hosted
by
Monday,
April 10
6
– 8 pm
Hill
House
Hosted
by Hill House Association
Thursday,
April 20
6
- 8 pm
Delmont,
Hosted
by Blairsville Improvement Group and Vandergrift Improvement Project
No
Fee to Attend
Register:
info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
subject “Regional Forums” or phone 412-258-6644
Building toward the May 19, 2006 Smart Growth Conference, a series of
regional forums will be held to identify a focused set of broadly supported
policies to revitalize the region's core communities as regional economic
assets.
These forums are designed to do the following:
·
Serve as an opportunity for public input
to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission's updating of the long range
transportation and development plan "Project Region."
·
Consider community needs and identify
common barriers as well as opportunities for sustainable redevelopment.
·
Build on existing efforts to provide
technical assistance to develop a resource network for sustainable
redevelopment. Attending each
forum will be resource/technical assistance partners who will be ready to
follow-up.
·
Review a set of currently emerging state
and regional policy options and assess their match to local needs.
·
Enhance understanding of our
communities’ interdependence.
·
Demonstrate that the needs of individual
communities are often mutually shared across the region.
·
Grow consensus on a focused set of public
policy solutions and collaborations for their implementation to renew SWPA.
The forums are hosted by the Regional Coalition of Community Builders, PA
Department of Economic Development,
To register for this and/or other upcoming forums, either email info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
or telephone 412-258-6644.
Please continue to check your 3E Links e-news service for forums scheduled
in your region.
Friday,
March 24
8
am - 3:15pm
http://www.gasp-pgh.org/events/PJEPHL_Brochure.pdf
After taking a look back at the history of air quality in our region,
distinguished speakers Joel A. Tarr, Paul M. King, William V. Luneburg, Dr.
Bernard Goldstein, the Honorable Michael L. Krancer, Kenneth Bowman and Rachel
Filippini will address current pollution issues in southwestern
Thursday,
March 30
11:45
am
Cost:
$25
RSVP
March 27
Info:
412-261-4284
The League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh cordially invites you to
attend the 2006 City County Town Meeting where Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O’Connor
and Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato will host a lunch-time
presentation on city and county sharing, consolidating, or merging.
Saturday,
April 8, 2006
1
pm – 5 pm
Registration
is FREE. Reservations: 724-226-9996
http://www.gasp-pgh.org/events/april2006healthforum.pdf
Keynote speakers Ellen Dorsey, Director of Environmental Issues at the
Heinz Foundation will speak on “"Taking Precautions: Understanding the
Connection Between the Environment and Health"
Workships include ”Is Cancer in Your Genes?" from- Dr. Maryann
Donovan, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Center for Environmental
Oncology; "Why We Can't Eat Our Fish? What's in Our Water?" from
Dr. Patricia Eagon, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Center for
Environmental Oncology and "Everyday Exposures in the Valley" taught
by - Rachel Filippini, Executive Director, Group Against Smog and Pollution and-
Vivienne Shaffer, Ed. Consultant, Rachel Carson Homestead.
Act 48 Educational Credits are available and refreshments will be
provided.
Thursday,
April 13 – Friday, April 14
7
pm
Byham
Theatre
Downtown
Advance
tickets: $8 Venture Outdoors Members, $10 Non-Members
Both
Nights: $12 VO Members, $15 Non-members
At
the Door: $10 VO members, $12 Non Members
Call
412-255-0564 for advanced tickets
Prescreening
Party:
Thursday,
April 13
5
– 7 pm
Location
TBD
Advance
tickets only: $50 single, $85 for two
Each night of the Banff Festival will have a different set of films.
For a complete listing, visit www.ventureoutdoors.org.
Additional support comes from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and WYEP 91.3
fm. Considering joining Venture
Outdoors for the prescreening party, the price of which includes hors
d’oeuvres, drinks, tickets, and reserved seating.
Thursday,
April 20 – Friday, April 21
Downtown
www.gbapgh.org/Green$ense2006.asp
The Green Building Alliance (GBA) and National Association of Industrial
& Office Properties (NAIOP) have teamed up to host Green$ense 2006. This
third annual conference, which is geared towards decision-makers, strongly
supports its theme:
Saturday,
April 22
Festival
and Rally: 11 am-12:30 pm
Educational
Neighborhood Walk: 12:30 pm -3 pm
Rhododendron
Shelter,
(on
For
more information, contact Rachel Martin at 412-802-6161 or rachel.martin@sierraclub.org
http://www.sierraclub.org/community/pittsburgh
Join the Sierra Club on Saturday, April 22 for music, speakers, kids’
activites, information from local environmental groups, food, and prizes!
Learn about energy, global warming, and other environmental issues, and then
take action to educate area residents about what we can do to protect our
families’ health and safety, and care for the Earth.
Friday,
April 28
8:00
a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Omni
William Penn Hotel, downtown Pittsburgh
Keynote:
Anne Canby, president of the national Surface Transportation Policy Project www.transact.org
9:45
a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Transportation Update session
No
fee to attend; please register today as seating is limited
To
register, call (412) 258-6642 or email info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
Anne Canby, president of the national Surface Transportation Policy
Project will address the critical role of transportation to the economic
vitality of regions as well as its importance to redeveloping communities and
social equity. She'll conclude introducing a reaction panel of local
leaders who will discuss what's at stake given the window of time for the
Governor's Transportation Finance and Reform Commission to make recommendations
for long-term reliable funding solutions to address the on-going transportation
funding crisis.
Following the Champs forum, the public is also invited to attend a
transportation update session. This will include introduction to the 2006
Transportation Funding Initiative to be held in the same location from 9:45 a.m.
- 11:00 a.m. (See http://www.sustainablepittsburgh.org/TLC/transportation_reform_and_funding_commission_testimony_01_26_06.htm).
Anne Canby will provide an update on the new federal transportation bill
(SAFETEA-LU) and update will be provided on the Southwestern Pennsylvania
Commission's progress on the region's Transportation Improvement Program and
Long Range Transportation and Development Plan (Project Region).
Champions of Sustainability is supported by The Mellon Financial
Corporation and The Heinz Endowments. Media partner WDUQ 90.5 FM
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
http://www.sustainablepittsburgh.org/2006_Conference/main.htm
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 today.
The annual Smart Growth conference and regional
forums are hosted by, Pennsylvania Department of County and Economic
Development, Regional Coalition of Community Builders, Southwestern
Pennsylvania Commission,
Purchase Table Display Space during the 6th
Annual 2006 Smart Growth Conference
Cost: $150 for shared
table space/ $225 for a whole table
Contact: (412) 258-6646
or info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
For the first time ever
This is a prime
opportunity to show your product to 250 - 300 targeted community leaders, public
officials, city and county planners, community development organizations, and
many, many more! Please call (412) 258-6646 to reserve your table space.
LAND USE NEWS AROUND THE
REGION
O'Hara Council may
consider redistricting the township to accommodate for recent development along
the riverfront.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_432369.html
Many people apparently
don't realize the white line on the outside of each lane marks the area set
aside for pedestrians, Boynton said. The councilman has proposed an ordinance
that would require all new development in the borough to include sidewalks.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_430808.html
Good schools and jobs to attract and keep people
here top the region's priorities, a group of nonprofit, business and government
leaders meeting in
About 1,100 people prepared a list of priorities
as part of the 2006 Nonprofit Summit at the
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_430975.html
Read the report:
http://gwpa2.org/NPSummitPrelimReport06.pdf
Participant list:
http://gwpa2.org/NPS06Participant%20Roster.pdf
The 2006 Nonprofit Summit Participant Guide: http://gwpa2.org/NPSummit_GUIDE_2006.pdf
The Department of Environmental Protection is
seeking candidates to join the Environmental Justice Advisory Board. The
board’s mission is to ensure the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of
all commonwealth residents regardless of race, color, national origin or income
in the environmental decision-making process.
Appointments are for two-year terms.
Interested candidates should send their resumes
to Director Ayanna King, Office of Environmental Advocate, via e-mail (ayking@state.pa.us)
or fax (717-772-5996). For more
information about the Office of Environmental Advocate, visit the DEP’s Web
site at www.depweb.state.pa.us ,
Keyword: “Environmental Justice.”