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Land Value Tax Study
The Civic Engagement Committee of Young Erie Professionals, in conjunction with community leaders are working together to fund a comprehensive study to determine the impact that a Land Value Taxation system would have on the City of Erie. More information on the study and additional documentation can be found at the Land Value Study home page.
Keeping in Touch with 10,000 Friends.
When the Erie Community Foundation brought Todd Vonderheid to Erie, he spent an evening with members of yep! presenting and discussing his efforts in the Campaign to Renew PA and an organization called 10,000 Friends. For more information on these programs, visit these websites:
www.renewpa.org and www.10000friends.org
In the meantime, here is some news from 10,000 Friends:
Update on News and Events October, 2006
"Investing in Transportation: A Benchmarking Study of Transportation Funding and Policy," commissioned by diverse group, including 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania
A non-partisan study commissioned by 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania and a diverse group of Pennsylvania business, industry, environmental, cultural and community groups has concluded that the Commonwealth has a rare opportunity in the coming weeks and months to fix the way transportation investments are made in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Economy League (PEL), commissioned by the Associated Pennsylvania Constructors; 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania; the CEO Council for Growth, an affiliate of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce; and the William Penn Foundation, benchmarked Pennsylvania transportation conditions and programs against similar industrialized states. The Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development served on the advisory group for the study.
The study, “Investing in Transportation: A Benchmarking Study of Transportation Funding and Policy,” comes at a time when an IssuesPA/Pew poll shows transportation-related infrastructure to be the biggest infrastructure problem, according to Pennsylvanians. A clear majority of residents – 69 percent – believe efforts should be focused on repairing and upgrading roads, bridges and transit systems, rather than building new.
This independent examination of the challenges facing Pennsylvania and the experiences of other states avoided duplicating work of other recent studies conducted by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Brookings Institution. The PEL report took a careful look at Pennsylvania’s particular transportation characteristics, compared our situation with that of similar states, and made an effort to uncover promising practices used in other states. The study was designed to complement the work of Pennsylvania’s Transportation Funding and Reform Commission.
For the press release on the study, click here. For links to a summary and the full report, click here.Register to Vote!
Download voter registration forms and find answers to voting related questions at www.votespa.com
Erie County Voter Registration Office Contact information:
Ms. Sharon A. Drayer
Election Supervisor
Erie Co. Courthouse
140 W. 6th St., Rm. 105
Erie, PA 16501
(814) 451-6276
sdrayer@eriecountygov.org