Westmoreland County maintains a directory of links to local resources, including: Human services resourcesVirtual support groupsHousingFoundationsPPE and face masksBusiness resourcesFiling for unemployment compensation Visit the County Resource Guides page here. … [Read more...]
Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County (SGPWC) Celebrates 15 years
Click to read coverage of our 15-year anniversary event - http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/10791312-74/growth-smart-kukovich Join the conversation among our community champions on Facebook - Also see our Facebook page for additional pictures of the event - To download presentations, see - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2IxNAjJwbzyeFZrU2VIXzRCYmc/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2IxNAjJwbzyVEk5eUIxOFVteVk/view?eusp=sharing Event Program … [Read more...]
Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County (SGPWC) Jack Robertshaw Fellows Generate Positive Outcomes for Westmoreland Communities
"New Kensington, Pa. - IUP student geographer Evan Tobin needed one more course to complete a Masters Degree in Geography: Regional Planning. An independent study course to cap his academic career was tailor-made. Mr. Tobin’s earlier work in the New Kensington area (on a Design class project to create a plaNEWken concept plan) had increased the community’s capacity for better development, and created inspiration for surrounding communities to take a fresh look at their own planning and plan … [Read more...]
The NEW New Ken – A Better Block
For ongoing news about the New Kensington Better Block initiative see - https://www.facebook.com/groups/newkenbetterblock/ … [Read more...]
Greater Latrobe, Derry Area High School Students Offer Ideas for Economic Growth
By Stacey Federoff If a connecting corridor between the Pennsylvania Turnpike at New Stanton and Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity ever comes to fruition, students from Greater Latrobe and Derry Area high schools have their own ideas about how to spur economic growth. Economic students proposed construction of a convention center, an amphitheater, a military base or a recreation center last week during the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Chamber’s annual Economic Exchange Day. The … [Read more...]
