April
7, 2006
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EVENTS
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·
Regional
Economic Development Workshops
·
Celebrate
Earth Day twice this year with the Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club
·
Immigration:
the Path to Growth in Western Pennsylvania
·
Champions
of Sustainability Presents "Transportation - The Key to a Prosperous
Future"
·
Ribbon
cutting for Beaver bicycle and pedestrian trail
·
6th
Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference
·
Prescription
Preservation: the Cure for Ailing
Communities
·
All
modes lead to Pittsburgh
LAND
USE NEWS AROUND THE REGION
·
Proposed land use
ordinance advances
RESOURCES
·
Purchase table display
space at the 6th Annual 2006 Smart Growth Conference
·
Please provide feedback
to the Allegheny Land Trust
·
'Green' cleaning system
more efficient, healthier for occupants
·
New monograph offers
roadmap to regional collaborative governance
·
Oakland, CA Public Works
Sustainable Design Guidelines
·
Analysis advocates
strategic approach to corporate social responsibility
·
Companies
"must engage on biodiversity"
·
Group builds new bridges
between wildlife, boardrooms
·
New resource from EPA:
Smart Growth scorecards and rating systems from around the country
·
U.S. Raises SUV fuel
standards
·
Gleaming skyline of
faire Pittsburgh!
·
Talking Points on
compact development
·
Model resolution on
climate neutral bonding for cities
·
Philadelphia to try
financial reward for recycling
·
Demand for housing
near transit is growing. will Mt. Lebanon get on board?
Monday,
April 10
6
– 8 pm
Hill
House, Kaufman Auditorium
Hosted
by Hill House Association
Wednesday,
April 19
6
– 8 pm
Corporate
Hosted
by
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.
April
11 – May 9
6:30
– 8 pm
http://www.spcregion.org/proj/work_sched.shtml
(for details)
Join the SPC and business and community leaders at the Regional Economic
Development Workshops to learn and discuss strategies for local and regional
development.
Wednesday,
April 12 & Saturday, April 22
7-9:30
pm
Botany
Hall, Phipps Conservatory,
http://www.alleghenysc.org/meetings.html
The Sierra Club will host an environmental film festival to make you think
about your place in the world and how you might make it better. They’ll have
six short films looking at the core issues of food and energy along with some of
the greatest thinkers of our time.
Tuesday,
April 18
5:30-7:30
pm
Downtown
Free
Admission
Please
RSVP by April 14 to chamber@pmahcc.org
http://pmahcc.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=50
Jacqueline B. Martinez, Esq., is a member of the JBM immigration group,
LLC, a law firm dedicated to the practice of immigration and nationality law.
She will present “Immigration: the Path to Growth in
Friday,
April 28
8
am - 9:30 am
Omni
William Penn Hotel, Downtown
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; but you must be registered in advance
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. A local
reaction panel will follow. Panel
members are: Micelle L. Mixell, AICP;
Mary Jo Morandini, Beaver County Transit Authority; and Richard C. Feder, AICP,
Port Authority.
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
Saturday,
April 29
11
am
Intersection
of
Prepare to walk or bike this trail. Bike
or walk the trail, learn about bicycle helmet fitting and safety, participate in
a 50/50 raffle, and enjoy refreshments with the Beaver River Rails to Trails
Association.
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,
Monday, May 22
6 – 8 pm
Registration $10 for YPA Members / $20 for
non-members
http://www.youngpreservationists.org;
info@youngpreservationists.org
Join the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh and the West
Pittsburgh Partnership in celebrating historic preservation accomplishments in
the Pittsburgh region by attending a fun and informative event in May,
designated "National Historic Preservation Month" by the National
Trust for Historic Preservation. At the event, YPA will release its fourth
annual list of the "Top Ten Best Historic Preservation Opportunities in the
Thursday, May 25
5 – 7:30 pm
Engineers Club of
http://www.pentrans.org/events.shtml
This PenTrans forum will focus on “Multi-modal Opportunities, Issues and
Innovations in the
The Salem Township Supervisors on Thursday night approved a motion to
advertise for a public hearing on a proposed Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance for the township. ..The proposed ordinance ostensibly is meant to
provide some township oversight on development although the final draft has not
been made public.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s%5F434238.html
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 150 - 200 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.
Allegheny Land Trust
has embarked on a comprehensive and probing strategic planning process that
includes a survey to help them determine the region’s land protection
priorities. They want to focus resources to protect the lands that are the most
important to the community. Is it protecting land with significant wildlife
habitat and biological diversity; wetlands and floodplains that absorb
stormwater reducing flood events, or scenic ridgelines and hillsides that follow
our rivers and highways shaping the character of our cities and neighborhoods?
Or is it just neighborhood green space that provides relief from the hustle and
bustle of everyday life? Everyone is affected by land use. Your personal
feedback is vital! The link below provides you with the opportunity to
influence the future.
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB22569C8X5L2
http://bc3.edu/HR/postings/coordinator_succop.htm
With the Millicare system, the carpet is lightly
misted with a nontoxic material, then a powderlike substance is applied to
absorb the dirt. A cleaning machine is used to push the powder in and out of the
carpet pile to absorb the dirt. The powder is then vacuumed and the carpet is
ready to be walked on. Graf has met with officials from the Green Building
Alliance in the South Side to increase the awareness about the benefits of using
dry carpet cleaning.
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2006/04/03/focus4.html
Written by Doug Henton and John Melville of
Collaborative Economics and ARS CEO John Parr, and sponsored by the Morgan
Family Foundation, this monograph describes what regional collaborative
governance looks like and how it departs from traditional approaches to public
policy problem-solving. Under regional collaborative governance, the role of
government changes from command and control to contribute and collaborate; the
focus of leadership shifts from the jurisdiction to the region; and the
framework for collaboration expands to include new purposes, participants, and
processes with new roles for the public, private and civic sectors. The
authors offer examples such as Envision
http://www.regionalstewardship.org/ARS_enews/March2006/Article8.php
A new company initiative calls for over 50 new stores in blighted urban
areas, with the promise of help for local businesses and chambers of
commerce….Wal-Mart said that over the next two years it would build more than
50 stores in blighted urban areas, accompanied by promises of help for local
businesses and donations to chambers of commerce. The proposal is a major shift
in strategy for a company that became the nation's largest retailer by
dominating rural and suburban
http://www.planetizen.com/?q=node/19301&rf=wff
The Oakland Sustainable Design Guide is a design
tool that can be used to overlay environmental issues on the design,
construction, and operation of both new and renovated facilities. It can be used
to set sustainable design priorities and goals; develop appropriate sustainable
design strategies; and to determine performance measures to guide the
sustainable design and decision-making processes. It can also be used as a
management tool to organize and structure environmental concerns during the
design, construction, and operations phases.
http://www.oaklandpw.com/Page46.aspx
McKinsey Quarterly provides in-depth analysis of
its January 2006 survey documenting increasing executive interest in CSR, a
finding correlated by an American Society for Quality poll...The shifting
perception of CSR is extremely significant for the ISO 26000 Social
Responsibility standards, due out in the fourth quarter of 2008, which will
solidify how CSR is measured and managed. The ASQ poll is a tentative first step
in the direction of gauging mainstream business community attitudes toward CSR.
The McKinsey analysis is a much more important bellwether of CSR, because
it merges statistical data (namely the Global Survey of Business Executives
findings) with real-world examples to create a more well-rounded synthesis.
http://www.socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/1972.html
Parties agreed what the UN called a
"road-map" to meet the convention's overall goal of significantly
reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. They agreeed to finalise by 2010
an international regime for access and benefit-sharing of genetic resources.
http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MTg2ODU
Though natural-resource-consuming big businesses
may seem unlikely champions of environmental conservation, a few are actually in
the vanguard of a program protecting forests and endangered species in Asia,
http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MTg3MjM
Wondering if a proposed development is smart
growth? Curious if your policies and zoning will deliver the results your town
wants? This new resource can help answer those questions. The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency compiled a set of smart growth scorecards
and rating systems currently being used in communities across the country. These
tools help communities choose the best policies and strategies to ensure that
growth and development benefits everyone. Some scorecards will help communities
understand how the local regulatory climate impacts development patterns. Others
are designed to determine if proposed new developments meet community-defined
smart growth goals.
http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/U.S
Higher fuel economy standards would apply to
sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and minivans including some of the biggest
SUVs for the first time. Environmentalists say new standards are too modest.
http://www.planetizen.com/?q=node/19229&rf=wff