News & events related to land use & transportation planning, as well as local gov't issues relevant to Central PA & around the country. Tweets not endorsements.

Cumberland, Dauphin & Perry PA
Joined May 2012
PA eclipses 80 sites targeted for new #datacenters statewide. @PennLive has mapped, tracked each one sbee.link/6f38r9ybke #tech #AI #energy #grid #CentralPA
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Share your thoughts on the #Harrisburg Area Transportation Study's 2026 Public Participation Plan before the Nov. 23 deadline! You can view the PDF here: sbee.link/d7jmbke3ch #CentralPA #CumberlandCounty #DauphinCounty #PerryCounty #MPO
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Who Should Pay for All That Packaging Waste? A growing movement would push the costs onto the companies that produce it sbee.link/abe6uhcwxg #environment #recycling #localgov
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As many #CentralPA communities face challenges with the growing #datacenter industry, TCRPC has prepared a model ordinance to help municipalities manage their development. Click for the PDF: sbee.link/9qxcb4t3mk #SouthCentralPA #datacenters #tech #localgov #planning #zoning
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A Better Way to Get Electricity to Where It’s Needed; High-voltage transmission lines that cross private property are difficult to permit and build. Allowing them along highway corridors is a solution with support sbee.link/crawxudvkf #power #energy #grid #zoning #planning
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Promising Approaches for Keeping #Seniors Housed and Healthy; States and #localgov need to improve #housing affordability, availability and accessibility for older citizens sbee.link/k63gp4cvqw #affordablehousing
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Data centers are eating up steel. Developers are now looking at timber sbee.link/qjacw6pdf8 #datacenters #tech #AI #energy #grid #CentralPA
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Opinion: While the #affordablehousing conversation is focused on the need to build more dwellings, we can't ignore the types of homes people are actually looking for and the places they want to live sbee.link/9puywrtqde #livability #placemaking #development #localgov #planning
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The End of Supplemental Federal Water Funding Puts New Pressure on State and Local Governments sbee.link/3kepg7m8ra #stategov #localgov #water #infrastructure
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#Rail Industry Overview for September from the Association of American #Railroads: sbee.link/gy6xjbcmf7 #freight #transportation
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SAT 10/31: Deadline to register for WeConservePA's first-ever Municipal Open Space Summit, set for Fri 11/13 in Chester Springs. Details: sbee.link/f3rcagtjux #localgov #planning #landuse #openspace
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Permits for single-family homes have nosedived, along with investor confidence; Permits to build new single-family homes also hit a 3.5 year low in September sbee.link/e8f73qymhc #construction #housing #realestate
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Why Local Governments Struggle to Hire Despite More Applicants; A surge in job applications hasn't solved #localgov staffing shortages. A #workforce expert explains why, and what governments can do to fill gaps sbee.link/ag8ypjkftq
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US is reviving shuttered #nuclear plants to meet growing #electricity demand and to power #datacenters sbee.link/mpc8j3tbeh #tech #AI #energy #grid
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PA Unveils First-Ever Strategic Plan for #Agriculture to Support Farmers, Drive Economic Growth, and Strengthen Global Competitiveness sbee.link/u7jefyngp6 #Farming #Ag
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Steelton-Highspire School District to receive $500,000 in funding for career pathways program as PA invests in education and training in the heavy highway industry sbee.link/3kh46vpgeu #transportation #infrastructure #CentralPA #DauphinCounty #PennDOT
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Special congratulations to TCRPC Commissioner Frank Chlebnikow, who was recently awarded the Heart of Susquehanna for his 29 years volunteering on the #SusquehannaTwp Planning Commission. Nice work, Frank! #DauphinCounty
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#Harrisburg Zoning Board denies variance to allow Midtown garage to become metal trade school sbee.link/mkvy4uhpa6 #zoning
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Drivers passing rabbittransit’s building on Cameron Street in #Harrisburg wouldn’t know they’re traveling past a key piece of the city’s #transportation history sbee.link/6mcbwxrv8j #CentralPA
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PA House passes electric scooter regulations bill, moving state one step closer to allowing them sbee.link/pghfu3ex4t #scooters #transportation #micromobility
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