Neighborhood Assistance Program Workshop
Commonwealth Keystone Building, PUC Hearing Room #3 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA, United StatesJoin the PA Department of Economic and Community Development and PA Downtown Center for a Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) workshop on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. The NAP program also includes: the Neighborhood Partnership Program (NPP), the Special Program. Priorities (SPP), the Charitable Food Program (CFP), and Enterprise Zone Tax Credit (EZP). These programs will assist …
Penn State Extension Event: Affordable Housing Opportunities in Communities
WebinarAffordable Housing Opportunities in Communities Approved for 1.25 CM credits About half a million families in Pennsylvania lack access to safe, affordable housing. The need for affordable housing has long-term economic impacts, making it difficult for some employers to find employees or forcing minimum wage workers to have long commutes to jobs in communities they …
Penn State Extension Event: Brownfield Remediation…
WebinarBrownfield Remediation to Rebuild Communities Approved for 1.25 CM credits A brownfield is a real property whose use or reuse may be complicated by a presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. Many former industrial and commercial activities may indeed be brownfields. Pennsylvania’s voluntary cleanup program, known as Act 2, presents …
CANCELLED-Northeast Section Event: PA Land Use Law Update…
PA Land Use Law Update-Zoning Cases Approved for 1.50 CM credits law The PA Chapter – APA - Northeast Section is sponsoring a PA land use law update workshop. This workshop will provide a review of the case law and administrative decisions issued in the last year pertaining to Zoning. Recent amendments to the PA Municipalities …
Penn State Extension: Improving Retail Activities in Rural Communities…
WebcastImproving Retail Activities in Rural Communities by Collaborating with the Department of Transportation Approved for 1.25 CM credits Denmark, South Carolina (population 3,401) is an economically distressed rural community in southeastern South Carolina. The local economic development alliance asked Clemson Extension to assist in pursuing opportunities for improvement for the community. Clemson conducted 165 door-to-door …
The Front of the Line is Not Inclusive: Why We Need a Better Way to Save Our Small Businesses
Government programs to save small business are rolling out weekly. They are a big and blunt instrument that is slow moving and wide. But they are not reaching the targeted needs of the small businesses in our communities. And they are not being deployed in a way to ensure inclusive access to save our small …
PMPEI Train the Trainer
Centre Region Council of Government Building 2643 Gateway DR, State College, PA, United StatesA “Train-the-Trainer” class to prepare new instructors to teach the PA Municipal Planning Education’s “Course in Community Planning” is scheduled for May 2020. Citizen and professional planners, and allied professionals, with a minimum of five years’ experience in planning in Pennsylvania who are committed to planning education are eligible to become PMPEI Certified Instructors. “Train-the-Trainer” …