Advocate

SCDN will foster a unified voice of the region's existing, core communities to advocate for policies to accelerate sustainable solutions.  Focus will be the regional level and collaborating with state-wide organizations including the PA Housing Alliance, 10,000 Friends of PA, PennFuture, and more.  SCDN representation on the Policy Committee of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission is secured by virtue of a SCDN chair, Bracken Burns, serving on the Board and as immediate past chair of SPC.  SCDN leadership will work to place sustainability leaders on key regional boards and committees to ensure sustainability is a regional priority.

November 2009 Updates:

With transition in Harrisburg imminent, Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Sustainable Community Development Network (SCDN) endeavors to ensure the Keystone Principles have staying power and are fully integrated in the Commonwealth's plans, programs and investments.  View the letter SCDN sent to each Cabinet Secretary urging their full embrace of the Keystone Principles; specifically working them in as criteria in all grant review processes.

Also view SCDN correspondence of congratulations to the County Planning Directors Association of Pennsylvania (CPDAP)  for its having recently formally adopted the Keystone principles and pledging to urge the same by counties and municipalities the Commonwealth over.