October-November 2008 • Number 144 • www.planningpa.org
APA
THE VANTAGE POINT A Publication of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association
PA American Planning Association
Pennsylvania Chapter
Making Great Communities Happen
PLANNERS
NEEDED
for Farm Show Exhibit
Planners seem to show
up everywhere. And, this
2008
PITTSBURGH
year, you’ll find planners
at an exhibit at the Chapter conference re-affirms the
Pennsylvania Farm Show. good work of planning and planners
W O R K I N G I N CO L L A B O R AT I O N
with Penn State Cooperative PA Chapter 2008 Annual A L M O S T 5 0 0 P L A N N E R S , planning students, planning officials
Extension, planners and coop- Conference: Cities of and government representatives gathered at the Sheraton Station
erative extension educators will the Past, America’s Places Square to hear provocative and inspiring keynote speakers, celebrate
use miniature sets to help edu- of the Future: the achievements of their peers during the annual awards ceremony,
cate farm show visitors about sharpen skills at over 50 workshops, see the city of Pittsburgh by foot,
Dozens of volun- bicycle, bus, rail and incline, relax with colleagues, and re-affirm the
the importance of citizen
involvement in community teers and hundreds good work of planning and planners in the Commonwealth.
planning. This interactive of hours of work From the opening reception at the Manchester Craftsman’s Guild
exhibit will help people to to the legislative update closing session, conference participants had
paid off as the 2008 many opportunities to learn, share, sharpen skills, and build relation-
think about, and visualize,
what they want and don’t want
Chapter conference ships geared to professional development.
in their communities. Every- came together The Chapter is grateful to the conference planning committee,
thing from libraries to gas wells from October 12-14 the sponsors, exhibitors and advertisers who supported the confer-
are part of this display! ence, the donors who provided items to be raffled, the attendees
in Pittsburgh. who bought over $2,300 in raffle tickets to support the Chapter
P L A N N E R S A R E N E E D E D to scholarship fund, and the Chapter Board of Directors for all of their
staff the exhibit during the contributions.
entire Farm Show, which runs Jerry Walls knows it M A NY T H A N K S to our Scholarship
from Saturday, January 10 pays to play! He was Fundraiser Donors! The following individ-
through Saturday, January 17. the big winner, and uals, companies and organizations donated
Volunteers will receive a generously shared his a diverse array of items that were raffled
voucher for parking at the Farm winnings with others! off for the annual Scholarship Fundraiser.
Show Complex in Harrisburg. The items raffled represented personal
This is a great opportunity to be donations as well as items that represent
involved in a large scale public the respective local community businesses.
education event. And, you’ll
have a chance to visit the food Many thanks to:
court, to sample some of the Allegheny County
best food in PA! Butler County Planning Commission
Chester County Planning Commission
TO V O LU N T E E R , please contact
City of Bethlehem
the PA Chapter of APA office City of Bethlehem Main St. Merchants
by emailing City of Easton
mawirick@shermer-assoc.com Clarion County Planning Commission
or by calling 717-671-4510. County of Venango
See you at the show! Dave Blackman & Mark Stivers
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THE VANTAGE POINT 1
PA Chapter officers
2008
PITTSBURGH
2008
Pennsylvania
PRESIDENT
Alex Graziani, AICP
Smart Growth Partnership of
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Chapter of the Westmoreland County
American Planning VICE PRESIDENT
Charnelle Hicks, AICP, PP
Association CHPlanning, Ltd.
SECRETARY
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE John Pickett, AICP, PE
Delaware County
Planning Department
CO M M I T T E E CO - C H A I R S :
TREASURER
Joy M. Wilhelm, AICP
Mark Stivers, AICP
Pennsylvania Department of East Hempfield Township
Community and Economic (Lancaster County)
Development, Center for Local
PAST PRESIDENT
Government Services Carl Hess, AICP
Brandi Rosselli, AICP Borough of State College
Mackin Engineering Company SECTION CHAIRS
Central
Alex Graziani shows off his prize! Lew Villotti William Gomes, AICP
Southwestern Pennsylvania Com- Mifflin County Planning
Delaware County Philadelphia City Planning mission Commission
Indiana County Office of Commission Lehigh Valley
CO M M I T T E E :
Planning & Development Smart Growth Partnership of Anthony Toth, AICP
Bruce Betty, AICP alfred benesch & company
Johnson, Mirmiran & Westmoreland County Town of McCandless
Thompson Northeast
Chris Blackwell Cindy Campbell
Lawrence County T H E R A F F L E raised $2,309.00 PA Dept. of Community &
Mackin Engineering Company for scholarships. This money Penn Hills Planning Department
Economic Development
Michael Baker Corporation supports students in both under- Allen Cohen, AICP Northwest
Mifflin County Planning graduate and graduate planning Pashek Associates Roy Brandt
Department programs in Pennsylvania. Crawford County Planning
Andrew Dash Commission
Montgomery County Planning We appreciate the generous City of Pittsburgh
Commission donors, and the generous plan- Southeast
Scott Dellett, AICP Brian O’Leary, AICP
Municipality of Penn Hills ners who supported the event at Montgomery County
Peggy Drake the conference. Municipality of Monroeville
Planning Commission
Peggy Drake Southwest
Drake Analysis Joy Wilhelm, AICP
W I T H D E E P A P P R E C I AT I O N , W E T H A N K O U R CO N F E R E N C E PA Dept. of Community &
Alex Graziani, AICP Economic Development
SPONSORS Smart Growth Partnership of
Westmoreland County
Professional Development
Officer/Professional Development
Diamond: Committee Chair
Lynn Heckman
California University of Pennsylvania Tourism Studies Lee Slusser, AICP
Allegheny County Economic
Temple University Ambler College Development Planning Officials Development
Officer/Chair of the Planning Officials
Platinum:
Ethan Imhoff Development Committee
URS Corporation Nada Gray
thanks to all
Borough of Hollidaysburg
Gold:
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Dennis Martinak, AICP
Mackin Engineering Company Communications Committee Chair
Local Development Districts of Pennsylvania Dennis Martinak, AICP
Mackin Engineering Company Amy McKinney Education Committee Chair
Port Authority of Allegheny County Lawrence County Planning Cliff Kanz, AICP
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Department 2008 Conference Co-Chairs
Silver: Brandi Rosselli, AICP
Tiffany Peterson, AICP
DMJM Harris Lew Villotti
Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Joy Wilhelm, AICP
Graduate School of Public and International
Affairs University of Pittsburgh Andrew JG Schwartz, AICP, RLA Legislative Committee
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. Environmental Planning and Richard Bickel, AICP, Chair
Design, LLC Susan Smith, Esq., AICP, Vice Chair
Kennedy & Associates
Maguire Group Inc. AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
Kevin G. Smay
PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER
McCormick Taylor, Inc. Community College of Allegheny 587 JAMES DRIVE
Michael Baker Jr., Inc. County HARRISBURG, PA 17112
PA Chapter of APA Southwest Section 717 671-4510 (P)
Sarah B. Trbovic, AICP
Pennoni Associates Inc. 717 545-9247 (F)
URS Corporation WWW.PLANNINGPA.ORG
Perkins Eastman
University of Pennsylvania School of Design David E. Wohlwill, AICP Susan Shermer, CMP
Port Authority of Allegheny County administrative director
Whitman Requardt & Associates sshermer@shermer-assoc.com
Molly Wirick
2 THE VANTAGE POINT program coordinator
mawirick@shermer-assoc.com
IN MEMORIAM: President Alex Graziani, AICP
Senator James J.Rhoades
T H E M E M B E R S of the PA Chapter of the American Planning Asso-
ciation join with all Pennsylvanians in mourning the loss of Senator PRESIDENT’S
James Rhoades of Schuylkill County, who died in a car accident on
October 18. Senator Rhoades was a strong supporter of community
MESSAGE
revitalization both in his district and throughout the state. By intro- W O W ! W H AT A G R E AT CO N F E R E N C E I N P I T T S B U R G H .
ducing legislation to eliminate blight, Senator Rhoades showed a Thanks to the co-chairs and conference committee for putting on
commitment to giving municipalities the tool they need to maintain an informational, fun, and interesting conference. Thanks to the
clean, safe neighborhoods. This legislation is supported by a strong speakers who brought to us the best of planning. Thanks also to the
coalition including the PA Chapter of APA. We valued Senator Rhoades sponsors for providing resources to underwrite the event. Lastly
leadership in the Senate on these important issues, and we will miss his thanks to all who made the time and paid to attend. A conference is
all about serving attendees, and making it worth their while.
dedication to all of Pennsylvania.
For me the conference helped reinvigorate me to be committed to
Rhoades was a seven-term State Senator in the 29th District, North- planning advocacy and advocating good planning. Governor Glen-
eastern Pennsylvania. He also served as Chairman of the Education denning, who spoke at the Francis Pitkin Memorial Lecture at the
Committee and was a member of the Appropriations, Transportation, conference, eloquently laid out the case for better planning and a
Law and Justice, Environmental Resources and Energy Committees. louder voice for planners.
He was a graduate of Mahanoy City High School, Class of 1959; B.S. With the recent elections and an Obama administration looking
East Stroudsburg University (1964); M.Ed., Lehigh University (1966); to take power in Washington the nation is facing the convergence of
many major issues including:
Graduate Studies, Lehigh University, Bloomsburg University, East
• Struggling economy
Stroudsburg University, and Penn State University (Doctoral Program). • Climate change
Senator Rhoades was a former teacher/principal/coach at Pottsville • Transportation re-authorization
and Mahanoy City schools. Surviving are his wife, Mary Rhoades; a • Energy independence
daughter, Alisa Rhoades Hobbs; sons, James J. Rhoades, Jr. and Michael • Infrastructure
D. Rhoades; and many other relatives and friends. Why do the above national challenges matter to planners in
Pennsylvania in a time when many local and state governments are
faced with real fiscal challenges and are looking to cut their
budgets? Because now is not the time to cut planning. Planners have
not always done the best job of articulating what we do and why it is
valuable to those whom we serve.
Planners need to make the case that these issues are related. We
along with our fellow design professionals, engineers, architects and
landscape architects, have to work together to see that the next
transportation bill takes into account efficient land use patterns. We
have to articulate that stimulus packages include infrastructure
investments in core communities that create jobs. We must be advo-
cates of polices that will lead to sustainable communities.
Nationally the American Planning Association is doing exactly
these things. Through their Rebuilding America APA National
Infrastructure Task Force, APA is working to engage members, part-
ners, experts, policy makers, and engaged citizens in a national con-
versation about how to address our infrastructure crisis and increase
our investment to build communities of lasting value.
Over the next six months, the task force is planning to conduct a
series of regional field hearings throughout the United States. Go to
the APA website to learn more.
www.planning.org/policy/infrastructure/index.htm
Let’s not be afraid to get involved and to speak out about why plan-
ning matters.
Mark your calendars now!
10.4.09
The 2009 Pennsylvania Chapter
of the American Planning Association
conference will be held
October 4-6 at the Dolce Hotel in Valley Forge, PA.
THE VANTAGE POINT 3
2008 PA Chapter of
The following individuals Planning Excellence Award Planning Excellence Award Planning Excellence Award
and organizations were for Best Practice for a Plan for Best Practice for for Public Outreach
honored for their excellent a Project/Program/Tool
contributions to planning in A Civic Vision for the Promoting Workforce Housing
Central Delaware Trail and Path Planning: A Guide Report Series
Pennsylvania during the
Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC for Municipalities Montgomery County Planning
recent awards program at Chester County Planning Commission
the PA Chapter Conference. The Philadelphia waterfront along Commission
the Delaware River has not devel- Public outreach is often difficult,
Daniel Burnham Award oped in a planned, public-oriented Over the past decade, the PA particularly for challenging issues
for a Comprehensive Plan way. Instead, development has Chapter has selected elements of like workforce housing. After com-
been piecemeal and has often cut this project for various awards in pleting its comprehensive plan,
Monongahela City/ off the rest of the city from the our statewide awards competition. Montgomery County decided to
New Eagle Borough Joint river. The Civic Vision for the In 2002, Linking Landscapes: A Plan tackle this difficult and often
Comprehensive Plan Central Delaware is a landmark for a Protected Open Space Network unpopular issue. As a first step in
The City of Monongahela action plan intended to insert in Chester County, PA won an the process, the county has pre-
The Borough of New Eagle, public goals into the development award. In 2004, the Cluster Subdi- pared an informative series of
Washington County process. This plan involved a huge vision Design Guide won. In 2005, brochures on workforce housing
public process that led to a doable Open Space Planning: A Guide for that targets a wide audience of
Planning across political bound- vision plan. This plan has made a Municipalities won. And, in 2008, municipalities, employers, and
aries is always difficult. In Pennsyl- real political difference in Philadel- Trail and Path Planning: A Guide for builders. These brochures provide
vania, regional and county com- phia. Municipalities won. concrete, doable suggestions for
prehensive plans can help support Through these guides and improving workforce housing
this process, but it is up to local plans, with the creation of a new around the county.
municipalities to do the nitty-gritty open space department, and with
planning work. Monongahela City significant money for open space National Historic Planning
and New Eagle Borough have purchases, Chester County has Pioneers Award
done this by creating an effective saved a large, interconnected open
and implementable plan. space network. This has been done David Wallace, EFAIA, AICP, PP
in an area that is extremely threat-
ened by sprawl development but David A. Wallace, a founder of
that contains some of the best soils the Wallace, Roberts, and Todd
and most beautiful landscapes in firm, is a true planning great,
the country. with a lifetime portfolio of
important and influential work.
In particular, his urban design
work in New York City and Bal-
timore helped establish urban
design as a key element of any
urban planning efforts. Mr. Wal-
lace was a true planning pioneer.
A Civic Vision for the
Central Delaware David Wallace, EFAIA, AICP, PP
Promoting
Monongahela City/
Workforce
New Eagle Borough Joint
Housing
Comprehensive Plan
Report Series
Trail and Path Planning:
A Guide for Municipalities
4 THE VANTAGE POINT
APA Award Winners
Student Project Award Planning Leadership Award Planning Leadership Award for
a Citizen Planning Advocate
Certificates of
Transportation Visioning Plan Walter C. Evans, AICP
Merit
for the Philadelphia Region Denise Prowell
University of Pennsylvania Master Throughout his career as a profes- The following programs
of City and Regional Planning sional planner in Southeastern Some parts of Pennsylvania have been recognized by
Program, The Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Wally Evans has embrace planning happily, while the Awards Committee,
Regional Transit Visioning Studio always been the consummate pro- other places look at planning dis- based on the merits of the
fessional. Whether he was repre- trustfully, wondering if it’s right for
programs.
Because of high gas prices and senting a developer or a munici- them. The northeastern part of the
increasing congestion, the pality, he always tried to find the state, including Lackawanna Coun-
Daniel Burnham Award for a
Philadelphia region’s public trans- best solution that would truly ty, falls into the later category, and
Comprehensive Plan
portation system is actually improve the built environment. In it takes motivated and persuasive
growing again. The question for addition to his consulting work, advocates to convince local citizens
Nazareth Area...
the transit agency is: how should Wally has always devoted a lot of to begin plan-
2030 Multimunicipal
we grow and change to remain rel- time and energy to the planning ning. Ms.
Comprehensive Plan
evant in the 21st century. The profession, most recently as a local Prowell is one
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
excellent Transportation Visioning host committee member for the of these advo-
Nazareth Area
Plan provides some compelling APA national conference held in cates, and her
Council of Governments
answers and guidance for this Philadelphia in 2007. success in a dif-
important question. ficult political
Planning Excellence Award for
climate is
Best Practice for a Plan
extremely
commendable.
The Pennsylvania Wilds
Denise Prowell
Design Guide: A Design Guide
for Community Character
Stewardship
Planning Leadership Award
The Pennsylvania Wilds
for an Elected Official Planning
Planning Team
Advocate
Walter C. Evans, AICP Student Project
Andrew Paravis
Transportation Visioning Plan
Strafford Defined: Invoking
for the Philadelphia Region o
T really get something done, it
History, Creating Connections,
takes the support of elected
Building Place
leaders, particularly enlightened
University of Pennsylvania,
Journalism Award ones. Andrew Paravis has provided
City Planning Department,
strong leadership in southeastern
School of Design
The Philadelphia Inquirer Pennsylvania for regional planning
and regional cooperation, even
Over the past couple of decades, reaching across county boundaries
planning in Philadelphia has taken to create a regional plan for eight
a backseat to getting deals done. municipalities centered around
This has often led to poorly Pottstown Borough. Mr. Paravis’
designed development, particularly tireless support and advocacy has
along the Delaware River. Recog- helped the Pottstown Metropol-
nizing that poor planning or, usu- itan Regional
ally, no planning, was leading to Planning
bad results for the city and its resi- Commission
dents, The Philadelphia Inquirer did create a plan
a series of articles on planning that and stick by
helped spur public involvement in this plan when
planning for the central Delaware political con-
River area. troversies have
arisen.
Andrew Paravis
The Philadelphia Inquirer
THE VANTAGE POINT 5
lation grew by 3.4 percent, but viding parallel roads and incen-
the urbanized land area grew by tives for cross access easements
Integrated 53.6 percent.
• By 2030, vehicle-miles traveled
in commercial corridors.
TRANSPORTATION/ is expected to grow by 26 per-
cent and vehicle hours of delay
by 52 percent.
Transportation Impact Fees
Learn how to develop an impact
fee ordinance that will enable
LAND USE • On average, a household pro-
duces about six round trips a day.
your community to collect
impact fees to cover the cost of
training If just one of those trips was
converted from a car trip to a
off-site road improvements
necessitated by new land devel-
We all know that transportation and land use are walking or cycling trip, the total opment.
intricately linked with one another. PennDOT’s transporta- burden on our transportation PennDOT is also interested
system could be reduced by in your feedback about other
tion investments can greatly affect the character of a place
more than 15 percent. ways that we can enhance our
and the economic activity that is viable in a community. • Freight shipments (by ton) ability to coordinate with one
Local land use decisions, in turn, impact the efficiency and through and within PA are another on these important
sustainability of our transportation networks. expected to increase 24 percent issues. Please contact us at
by 2020. Over two-thirds of this smarttransportation@state.pa.us
TO O O F T E N , transportation freight is predicted to be moved or visit our website at
and land use decisions are made Smart Transportation Themes
by trucks. www.smart-transportation.com
entirely independent of one 1. Money counts. • Raw materials for road and to be a part of crafting a pro-
another, creating a cycle of 2. Leverage and preserve bridge maintenance and con- gram that helps us achieve Smart
wider roads leading to suburban existing investments. struction have escalated over the Transportation, helps you
sprawl leading to wider roads. 3. Choose projects with high last five years: Steel prices are up achieve your smart growth goals,
For years, we have been caught value/price ratio. 156 percent, concrete prices are and helps all of us improve the
in this expensive cycle that has 4. Safety always and maybe up 53 percent, and asphalt prices quality of life for everyone in the
caused many of us to lose sight safety only. are up over 88 percent. Commonwealth.
of what it is we are truly trying 5. Look beyond the level-of- • In 2006, the Funding and
to do: create great communities service. Reform Commission recom- Training Course Now
for Pennsylvanians. 6. Accommodate all modes of mended and additional $900 Under Development
PennDOT is now collabo- travel. million to maintain our existing
rating with our partners in local 7. Enhance the local network. highway and bridge system. Transportation Elements of
governments and other state 8. Build towns not sprawl. To truly achieve the goals of Comprehensive Plans
agencies to design a workable 9. Understand the context; plan Smart Transportation, we need
approach to breaking this and design within the context. help from the planning commu- • Learn how to develop a Trans-
unsustainable cycle. We call 10. Develop local government as nity! While we still have a long portation Element of a Compre-
this approach Smart Trans- strong land use partners. way to go, we have developed hensive Plan that clearly commu-
portation, and it is redefining several educational courses to nicates your community’s vision
the way that our department start collaborating with you on of a finely grained network of
does business. Smart Trans- Link Land Use and how we can better link trans- safe, pedestrian friendly streets
portation is about partnering Transportation Investments portation and land use planning. for implementation over time.
with local governments to to Break These Trends PennDOT is offering several Courses are designed for
proactively plan a transporta- land use/transportation plan- 20-24 participants at a mutually
tion system that reduces con- • During the 1990s, average ning-related training sessions at agreed upon time and location.
gestion, improves mobility and travel time to work in PA no cost to participants. These Course length is approximately
results in a walkable, healthy increased by 16 percent, to 25 one-half day sessions are de- 4 hours, but may be altered upon
environment for Pennsylvania’s minutes. signed for county and local gov- request. Other courses are
citizens. • From 1990 to 2000, PA’s popu- ernment officials, planners, and under development, and special-
other interested stakeholders ized courses will be considered
eager to learn how local land for development upon request.
development regulations can be The training sponsor (typically a
structured to achieve more municipality, county, TMA, etc.)
transportation choices and pre- is responsible for securing a
serve community character. location, advertising the event
and registering participants. The
Training Courses PennDOT Program Center will
NOW available provide training personnel and
materials at no cost to the par-
Access Management ticipants.
Learn how to improve mobility Please email Jeff Reed at the
and safety by controlling the PennDOT Program Center
location, frequency and design of jreed@state.pa.us with any ques-
driveways and intersections, pro- tions or to schedule a course.
6 THE VANTAGE POINT
N O R T H W E S T P E N N S Y LVA N I A R E G I O N A L
G R E E N W AY S P L A N
Through collaboration, orative planning effort between development of the plan.” ation of this plan. Besides the
this innovative program the Northwest Commission and Glotz continued, “In my community and economic bene-
has saved Clarion, Crawford, the eight counties in the region. opinion, even though this is a fits that this plan will create, the
Erie, Forest, Lawrence, Mer- The Regional Greenways Plan regional plan, it could easily counties saved over $70,000 each
will identify a network of green- serve as a stand alone document (or $420,000+ overall) by work-
cer, Venango, and Warren
ways and open space that con- for Warren County. I’m sure the ing together on this regional
counties over $.5 million. nect Pennsylvania’s open space, same holds true for the other planning initiative.
T H E N O R T H W E S T Commis- natural landscape features, counties involved in the plan- “This regional planning ini-
sion has been involved in scenic, cultural, historic and ning process.” tiative has saved the counties in
regional planning since its recreational sites, and urban and Currently copies of the northwest Pennsylvania approxi-
inception in 1967. The last few rural community centers. Northwest Pennsylvania mately $500,000, and that is a
years have seen a dramatic Dan Glotz, Director of the Regional Greenways and Open huge impact”, said Matt Gilara,
increase in regional cooperation Warren County Planning and Space Network Plan have been Manager of Regional Planning
and partnerships. Most planning Zoning Commission, said, “Typ- distributed to the participating at the Northwest Commission.
projects are broad in nature and ically, the amount of individual counties for review. Each of the Gilara also added, “As you can
do not stop at county bound- county detail in a multi-county counties will be holding a public see there is a real benefit to work
aries. The stakeholders in planning document is limited. meeting, so that the residents of together and to plan on a reg-
northwest Pennsylvania are well However, that is not the case those counties will have an ional level. Not every project
aware of this and are open to with our Regional Greenways opportunity to review the plan can be carried out on a regional
working regionally. Plan. We are extremely pleased before it is adopted. level but if there is potential to
Currently the Northwest with the product our consultant Greenways will become one do so, it should definitely be
Commission is working on the has provided, the level of detail of northwest Pennsylvania’s most looked into.”
Regional Greenways Planning in each element of the plan, and powerful tools to achieve sus- For more information, con-
initiative. the high degree of local participa- tainable growth and livable com- tact Matt Gilara, Manager of
The Northwest Pennsylvania tion and input that our consultant munities. The Northwest Com- Regional Planning, at mattg@
Regional Greenways and Open has drawn from the counties and mission assisted the counties in nwcommission.org or by tele-
Space Network Plan is a collab- stakeholders throughout the acquiring funding for the cre- phone at 814.677.4800 x102.
THE VANTAGE POINT 7
Now available!
PA CO U N T Y
Population Projections
P L A N N E R S TA K E N OT E : the By 2030, the percentage of per- Population Projections oped at the state and county levels:
Pennsylvania State Data Center’s sons age 65 and older will be While Pennsylvania saw an Planners and officials can draw on
Detailed Population Projections By 22.3 percent of Pennsylvania’s overall growth in population, not the detailed age and gender break-
Age, Gender, Race and Hispanic total population. all counties shared in this outs to understand how their pop-
Origin: Pennsylvania 2000 to 2030 Both the Black or African growth. Pike County is projected ulation may change in relation to
are now available for all of American population and the to grow faster than any other both the state and neighboring
Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, counties. Detailed race and
containing a wealth of ethnicity projections, which
data, information and Total Projected Population Percent Change were created for selected
analysis useful for develop- counties, give an even
ment and transportation Pennsylvania Counties 2000-2030 deeper insight into demo-
Pennsylvania Percent Change: 7.4%
planning, economic devel- graphic trends that will
opment and funding pro- Less than -20.0%: Warren, Elk, Indiana, Wyoming impact the state and coun-
posals. Whether fore- ties, and will have important
-20.0 to -10.0%: Lawrence, Beaver, Venango, Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette,
casting housing growth, McKean, Cambria, Blair, Clinton implications for policy and
use of transportation infra- planning.
structure or geographic -9.9 to -3.1%: Erie, Clarion, Greene, Jefferson, Clearfield, Somerset, Cameron,
Potter, Tioga, Lycoming, Bradford, Sullivan, Montour, Luzerne, Lackawanna,
shifts in population, the More About PaSDC’s
Philadelphia
new projections are a valu- Population Projections
able statistical view into -3.0 to -3.0%: Crawford, Mercer, Westmoreland, Mifflin, Northumberland, Population projections
future trends. Schuylkill were completed for 2005,
Pennsylvania’s population 3.1 to 20.0%: Washington, Bedford, Huntingdon, Franklin, Juniata, Perry, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025
will continue to grow, Snyder, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, and 2030 for Pennsylvania
becoming larger, older and Columbia, Carbon and all 67 counties by
more diverse, by 2030. The 20.1 to 50.0%: Butler, Centre, Union, Fulton, Cumberland, Adams, York, Berks, age and gender and by
total population of Penn- Lehigh, Northampton, Wayne race/ethnicity for selected
sylvania is projected to Greater than 50.0%: Forest, Susquehanna, Pike, Monroe, Chester counties. More projections
increase by the year 2030 data and a map showing
to 13,190,400, repre- projected population
senting a 7.4 percent increase Hispanic population are pro- county in Pennsylvania between change from 2000 to 2030 can
from 2000. jected to grow faster than the 2000 and 2030, increasing by be found online at
The elderly population will overall population, with the 103.8 percent (+48,072 people), http://pasdc.hbg.psu.
grow faster than any other age Black or African American pop- while Wyoming County is pro- edu/pasdc/PA_Stats/estimates_
group overall, increasing 54.5 ulation growing by 26.6 per- jected to lose population faster and_ projections/estimates.html.
percent between 2000 and cent in 2030, and the Hispanic than any other county, with a For additional data, contact
2030. In 2000, the population population increasing by 184.0 26.8 percent population decline the Pennsylvania State Data
age 65 and older accounted for percent over the same time (-7,515 people) by 2030. Center’s State Capital Office at
15.6 percent of the population. period. Projections have been devel- 717.948.6336.
8 THE VANTAGE POINT
THE VANTAGE POINT 9
by Jody Holton, AICP
Philly Park(ing) Day The street that we chose was
Walking down the 700 block of Sansom St., the heart of Jeweler’s Row,
your eyes are watching the shop windows and ignoring the cars parked being repaved with bricks as
Cheryl, Adam Krom, and I
beside you on the street. But a patch of green catches your eye, where a
walked by in mid August. This
car should be parked, and then…a windmill? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? wide brick street nestled near
Washington Square and Inde-
A PA R K I N G S PAC E has been pendence Mall captivated us
transformed into a one-hole golf with its varied architecture,
course, and someone is beck- kitschy signage, and old world
oning you to putt. Surprisingly, feel. It felt like many streets in
you aren’t dreaming. Today, Center City with its attractive
September 19, 2008 is National years and months, shop windows, but it was also an
Park(ing) Day! And you have Philadelphia has area where tourists might visit
stumbled onto the APA-PA taken some great and vehicular traffic was light.
Southeast Section’s parking strides toward The police officer whose beat is
space. revitalizing park Jeweler’s Row told us that the
Park(ing) Day is a national spaces in Center repaving would be complete in a
event where artists, architects, City. For couple weeks. We had our spot.
urban planners, and other citi- example, the ren- On the day of the event, we
zens transform metered parking ovated Franklin started at 7:00am with John
spaces into temporary public Square by His- Haye’s landscaping truck drop-
parks. The project began in 2005 toric Inc is a ping off a small load of sod and
by the San Francisco based art striking example three busy, but groggy volun-
collective Rebar, as a way to of a great urban teers, Bridget Keegan, Marian
re-imagine the potential of a park with its Hull, and Cheryl Tumola,
metered parking space. In 2006, carousel, mini- unrolling it and starting to set
in collaboration with the Trust golf course com- up greenery. Next to arrive was a
for Public Land (TPL), Rebar plete with icons load of tables, chairs, and a patio
founded Park(ing) Day, to of Philadelphia at umbrella, which I brought in a
explore the creative potential of each hole, play- PhillyCarShare minivan.
streets. This annual event cele- and unloading of supplies. grounds for various age groups, Throughout the day a few
brates parks and pedestrian APA-PA Southeast Section and refreshment vendors. In APA-PA SE members dropped
spaces and promotes the need joined more than 30 other addition, the park is beautifully by. Other visitors had a map of
for more of them in cities across groups and sponsored a space maintained by Historic Inc. all the spaces and were hitting as
America. along Jeweler’s Row. Parks Another example is the recent many as they could. Some
After the first year in San extended from river to river in renovation of Aviator Park people happened to be walking
Francisco, the Trust for Public Center City, and were sponsored along one side of Logan Circle by and were surprised to see us.
Land organized a campaign to by teams from the non-profit, in front of the Franklin Insti- Conversations were easy to
take the event to cities across the professional and academic com- tute. The park includes a sculp- strike up about all the other
country. This year was the first munity. The range of parks was a ture garden near Moore Col- spaces and which space was the
year that Philadelphia officially testament to the originality and lege of Art and Design. favorite. Some of the highlights
participated. Pamela Zim- progressive nature of Philadel- Cheryl Tumola of APA-PA were Interface Studio’s space
merman, a Philadelphia architect phia’s design community. Spaces Southeast Section conceived of next to the Reading Terminal
at Brawer & Hauptman, organ- ranged from simple places to the theme for our space, a one- with a stationary bike that pow-
ized the event. Many of the pre- relax on benches with art to hole golf course, named “Par – ered a slide show. The Water
meetings were held in the new places with activities such as reg- King”. Shawn McCaney lent us Department sponsored a space
AIA Philadelphia headquarters, istering to vote, trying out a pro- a ‘Hole-in-One’ golf set. And that was entirely covered with
the Center for Architecture, one totypical bike share, putting a others lent patio furniture, small plastic cups filled with one
block from Reading Terminal. hole of golf, tossing a bocce ball, plants, and toys. Cheryl and I inch of water to illustrate the
Pam worked closely with the and more. Check out the website were off and running, with total runoff of one inch of rain
Philadelphia Parking Authority http://blog.parkingdayphilly.com/. about a month planning for the on one parking space. The
(PPA) to secure spaces. PPA was Park(ing) Day came at a event, we were able to find answer is almost 100 gallons of
so enamored with the event that poignant time for Philadelphia. about ten volunteers, including water will run off of the parking
they bagged the meters of partici- The City is getting ready to Brian O’Leary APA-PA South- space during that rain event.
pants’ choosing in advance, and release its GreenPlan, which is a east Section president, to help Another favorite space had a sod
then they bagged another space plan for the parks of Philadel- throughout the planning or checker board with hubcaps and
next to that to allow for loading phia. And, in the past couple during the day of the event. Chucks All-Star sneakers as
10 THE VANTAGE POINT
checker pieces. In the afternoon
Irv Hand Award results in
there was reportedly a banjo
player at one of the spaces too.
Most visitors were able to
stop by over the lunch hour or at
PROFESSIONAL
the end of the day. Ron Bednar,
former APA-PA SE board
member, putted a hole and vis-
ited some other spaces on the
SKILL BUILDING
by Susan H. Cipperly, AICP 2007 Irving Hand Professional Development Award Recipient
way. My son played on the grass
with the golf balls and windmill.
Other people came by from One thing I have been time they are finished. Then no Angeles, two medium-sized proj-
DVRPC and local architects’ aware of during my career one wants to think about the plan ects in Connecticut, to Main
offices. A friend with her hus- as a planner is that unless a ever again. Street, Emmitsburg, MD.
band and son came to eat lunch After looking for facilitator Each of the three days
comprehensive plan is training and finding most offer- involved training modules by the
and talk.
By the end of the day, as the created with the active ings were very business-related, I NCI staff alternating with
shops were starting to close, four involvement of community noticed an offering by the applying the techniques to our
willing volunteers, Adam Krom, representatives and National Charrette Institute group projects, followed by ses-
Justin Dula, Bridget Keegan, and government officials, it is (NCI) that was listed on the APA sions where the pros and cons of
Nicole Hostetter, enjoyed a Web site. It was being held at the our strategies were discussed by
most likely to be relegated
quick look at the space and Harvard Graduate School of the entire group. I came away
started disassembling it.
to a shelf or corner of a Design in Cambridge, Massachu- with an understanding of what is
Spending a day along Jew- Web site and not really con- setts. During the first week of involved in pre-planning a
eler’s Row provided a window sulted or used very much. August, 2008, I attended the 3-day charrette, what the elements are,
into a close knit, charming busi- training session and came away and what kind of outcomes there
ness community. We watched as I H AV E A L S O N OT E D the with a lot of information, contacts, can be.
the businesses opened for the general lack of training in plan- and some ideas that I could utilize I should note that there is a
day. Much like a village would ning schools with regard to elic- as Town Planner for Emmitsburg, difference between learning about
look opening for the day, a iting the input of the community Maryland (plus 21 CM credits!). the charrette process and learning
delivery person going up and for whom the plan is being cre- Emmitsburg is a historic town of about meeting facilitation. The
down the street with coffee and ated. Newly-minted planners 2,900 population just south of the charrette (French for the carts
brown bags of breakfast; busi- have been taught the history of PA border, where I have worked that picked up student work at the
ness owners lingering out front planning, trends, zoning tech- since February 2008. I felt very deadline for a project) is a project-
of their stores talking with their niques, etc., but very few have fortunate when NCI asked oriented method of getting input,
colleagues and business partners, been schooled in public rela- whether Emmitsburg could be making decisions, and providing
as they have for generations. tions, meeting dynamics and used as one of the group projects results in a very focused, organ-
Throughout the day business facilitation techniques that really for the charrette training. ized, efficient, and effective way
bustled along the sidewalk. One are crucial to being effective in I had been working on sign within a 3-7 day process. Facilita-
store had a constant group of the field of planning. regulations and had been asked by tion is different in that it is more
jewelers, buyers, gemologists, When I had the opportunity to the Mayor to consider a plan for oriented to interpersonal and
and others standing out front apply for the Irving Hand Pro- maintaining and revitalizing the group dynamics and helping to
talking shop. They were too fessional Development Award, I historic Main Street streetscape, move a meeting or a short- or
engrossed in their conversation decided to get some training in so I offered that topic as an idea long-term process along without
and the business of the day to facilitation techniques that I for a work group. The idea was getting bogged down. At a recent
putt too many holes of golf, but thought would be valuable for the not to solve the issues and create a rural development workshop I
I offered to bring them a bench private sector work I was plan as much as it was to under- attended, I heard success stories
next year. One jeweler offered a employed in at that time. It stand how the charrette process that involved the use of each type
volunteer Turkish coffee, which seemed like a good way to move would/could be utilized for a of approach, depending on the
he offers to all his neighbors the planning process along, saving variety of projects, but I was very needs of the communities. One of
around 2:00 in the afternoon. time, energy and money for the happy to have the opportunity to the good aspects of the NCI
What is amazing about the municipality, as well as allowing pick the minds of other attendees. workshop was the number of con-
event is that a space as small as a the consultant firm to provide a The group of people that tacts I was able to make for future
parking space can soften the competitive time-frame. This was attended the session consisted of reference – including a company
urban environment by giving a particularly true in Pennsylvania, government and consultant plan- that provides facilitation training.
bench for tired legs to rest, or a where multi-municipal plans are ners, interested citizens, architects, Overall, the NCI training at
piece of art for thought, or a now allowed and encouraged. I lawyers, and designers. In addition Harvard GSD was a very worth-
green patch for a child to play have watched both single and to people from the United States, while experience and I do thank
“off leash.” And, one pocket park multi-municipal plans get so there were folks from Paris, Bel- the Pennsylvania Planning Associ-
per block or two does not actu- bogged down in the logistics of gium, South America, Mexico, and ation and the Delta Development
ally take much space, but it can meetings and inefficient decision- Germany. Many had international Group for providing me with the
have a tremendous impact on making that they become multi- planning and design experience. opportunity. I am sure that I will
the quality of life and shopping year projects that everyone The projects ranged from a street use what I learned as I continue my
experience in Center City. involved is very tired of by the redevelopment in Watts, Los work in the field of planning.
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