Honoring Frank Cassell, Allen Kukovich, Linda McKenna Boxx, and the late Jack Robertshaw, Jr. Celebrating the City of New Kensington, Scottdale and Smithton Boroughs, and Westmoreland County Introducing the new "Walk with a Doc'" program to promote healthy living and walkable communities Twenty years ago, Dr. Frank Cassell, Senator Allen Kukovich, Linda McKenna Boxx and the late Jack Robertshaw, Jr. joined together to create an organization that would advance smart growth principles across … [Read more...]
Nov. 18 Webinar: Changing Consumer Food Sourcing in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Changing Consumer Food Sourcing in the COVID-19 Pandemic Fee: $50 Register at: https://extension.psu.edu/land-use-webinar Consumers are dramatically changing their food purchasing habits in the response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. In part this is due to growing public awareness that food supply chains, which normally operate largely unnoticed and with great efficiency, are in face fragile and vulnerable. With supply change … [Read more...]
Oct. 21 Webinar: What to Look for in a Planning Commission/Zoning Hearing Board Member?
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM What to Look for in a Planning Commission/Zoning Hearing Board Member? Fee: $50 Register at: https://extension.psu.edu/land-use-webinar Having an active and effective board is an important part of planning at all levels. Board members that are aware of their role and committed to service enhance the impacts of planning efforts. This webinar will provide information on membership requirements for planning commission board members under … [Read more...]
Sept. 16 Webinar: Farmers Markets Before, During, and Post COVID-19
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Farmers Markets Before, During, and Post COVID-19 Fee: $50 Register at: https://extension.psu.edu/land-use-webinar Farmers markets have long served as a way to increase food access in low-income area, support small farmers and local businesses, and bolster a strong, locally empowering economy. Now, with food insecurity heightened, the agricultural food supply chain at risk, and local economies devastated by business closures, farmers … [Read more...]
Aug. 19 Webinar: The Future of Zoning: The View from the COVID-19 Lens
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM The Future of Zoning: The View from the COVID-19 Lens Fee: $50 Register at: https://extension.psu.edu/land-use-webinar The COVID-19 crisis has provided an unprecedented opportunity to view some of the weak links in our planning and zoning chain. Some of the topics addressed here were already provocative and cutting-edge. Now, in the light of the pandemic, and our nation's shaky response, it is time to consider these aspects of land use … [Read more...]