General Links

• New PA
  http://www.newpa.com
  Find everything you need to succeed in Pennsylvania. Whether you’re a business, community, site developer, or concerned citizen, newPA.com has the resources to help you.
• Campaign to Renew Pennsylvania
  http://www.renewpa.org
  Statewide campaign to improve our economic competitiveness and restore our community quality of life. Our goal is to advance solutions to the infrastructure, fiscal, and governance issues that affect our economics and our communities.
• Back to Prosperity
  http://www.brookings.org/pennsylvania
  This report contends that the economic future of a major rust belt state depends on revitalizing its demographic mix and curbing some of the nation’s most radical patterns of sprawl and abandonment.
• CEOs for Cities
  http://www.ceosforcities.com
  We must have strong cities to have a strong America. A national network of mayors, corporate CEOs, university presidents, foundation officials, and business and civic leaders that acts as an idea lab for cities.
• Next Great City
  http://www.nextgreatcity.com
  See recommendations for government reform from across the state in Philadelphia.

Transportation Links

• PA Transit
  http://www.rideonpa.org/
  Solving the Transportation Crisis
• Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
  http://www.spcregion.org/about.shtml
  The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission is the cooperative forum for regional collaboration, planning,and public decision-making. The Commission develops plans and programs for public investments; fulfills federal and state requirements for transportation, economic development, and local government assistance programs; and operates with public involvement and trust.
• Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s Long-Range Transportation and Development Plan
  http://www.spcregion.org/pub_lrp.shtml
  2035 Transportation and Development Plan for Southwestern Pennsylvania
• Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s Regional Transit Vision
  http://www.spcregion.org/transit_vision.shtml
  SPC’s regional transit vision study for Southwestern Pennsylvania
• Google Transit
  http://www.google.com/transit
  Plan your trip by entering a starting and ending address.
• The Citizens’ Plan
  http://www.pennfuture.org/UserFiles/citizensplan_82702.pdf
  An alternative to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s plan to complete the Mon-Fayette Toll Road
• Penn Future’s Special Campaign: Transportation Planning: Beyond the Mon-Fayette Toll Road
  http://www.pennfuture.org/campaigns_detail.aspx?CampaignID=37
  Moving the Mon Valley Forward: Community-Driven Transportation Solutions
• Bike Pittsburgh
  http://www.bike-pgh.org
  Advocacy group dedicated to making Pittsburgh safe, accessible, and friendly for bicycle transportation.
• City of Pittsburgh Bicycle Plan
  http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/html/bicycling_plan.html
  A strategy for improving bicycling conditions in Pittsburgh, while
  raising the profile of bicycling as a mode of transportation.

Green Government

• Pennsylvania Climate Change Roadmap
  http://www.pecpa.org/roadmap.htm
  The Roadmap includes 36 policy recommendations for PA that could lead to reducing PA’s carbon footprint by 25% by 2025 in comparison to year 2000 greenhouse gas emissions.
• Pittsburgh Climate Protection Initiative
  http://www.pittsburghclimate.org
  Join us for a presentation near you on the harmful effects of greenhouse gases and to offer your suggestions on how Pittsburgh’s residents, businesses, government and institutions of higher learning can take actions to lessen the impact on our local economy and human well being.
• Pittsburgh Green Building Alliance
  http://www.gbapgh.org/
  The Green Building Alliance is a non-profit organization that integrates environmentally responsible–and high performance–design, construction and operating practices into the Greater Pittsburgh market. As a result, GBA enhances the human health, economic, environmental, and social value of new and existing development.
• City of Pittsburgh’s Climate Protective Initiative
  Presentation to City Council, June 5, 2007.

Technology Links

• Pittsburgh Technology Council
  http://www.pghtech.org
  Since 1983, the Pittsburgh Technology Council has been the principal point of connection for companies from four primary clusters of the technology industry that are represented by a critical mass of businesses in southwestern Pennsylvania including Information Technology, Biomedical, Advanced Manufacturing/Materials and Environmental Technology.
• Pittsburgh Technology Council Job Listings
  http://careers.pghtech.org
  Post and search job listings in the Pittsburgh region.
• Technology Based Development
  Power point presentation on the state of technology in the region from the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
• Entertainment Technology Center
  http://etc.cmu.edu
  Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center.
• Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
  http://www.plsg.com
  The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG) provides capital investments and customized company formation and business growth services to our region’s life sciences enterprises. We support biosciences companies with promising innovations in the following concentrations: Biotechnology Tools, Diagnostics, Healthcare IT, Medical Devices, and Therapeutics.
• State Science & Technology Institute
  http://www.ssti.org
  SSTI is a national nonprofit organization that leads, supports, and strengthens efforts to improve state and regional economies through science, technology, and innovation.
• Pittsburgh Technology Strategy
  Presentation by the Milken Institute to the Greater Oakland Keystone Innovation Zone.
• Greater Pittsburgh’s Technology Future
  Presentation by Battelle Memorial Institute to the Greater Oakland Keystone Innovation Zone.
• University Patnership of Pittsburgh
  http://www.universitypartnership.com/
  The University Partnership of Pittsburgh is a joint economic development initiative between the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon., designed to increase coordination and the impact of the universities on the region’s economy.
• A resource guide for technology-based development
  Prepared for the Economic Development Administration, US Department of Commerce by SSTI.
• Economic Development and Smart Growth
  8 Case Studies on the Connections between Smart Growth Development and Jobs, Wealth, and Quality of Life in Communities from the International Economic Development Council

Pokey Knows Paving Information

• How Smooth are New York City’s Streets?
  In 1998, the Fund for the City of New York’s Center on Municipal Government Performance released results of an unprecedented research project that uses state-of-the-art laser technology and citizen input to produce the first reliable, objective ratings of the smoothness of New York City’s streets.

State Legislature

Find your Legislators
http://www.legis.state.pa.us

State House Representatives
16th District, Rep. Sean Ramaley (D)
19th District, Rep. Jake Wheatley (D)
20th District, Rep. Don Walko (D)
21st Distirct, Rep. Lisa Bennington (D)
22nd District, Rep. Chelsa Wagner (D)
23rd District, Rep. Dan Frankel (D)
24th District, Rep. Joe Preston (D)
25th District, Rep. Joseph markosek (D)
27th District, Rep Thomas Petrone (D)
28th District, Rep. Mike Turzai (R)
30th District, Randy Vulakovich (R)
32nd District, Tony DeLuca (D)
33rd District, Frank Dermody (D)
34th District, Paul Costa (D)
35th District, Marc Gergely (D)
36th District, Harry Readshaw (D)
38th District, Bill Kortz (D)
39th District, David Levdansky (D)
40th District, John Maher (R)
42nd District, Matt Smith (D)
44th District, Mark Mustio (R)
45th District, Nick Kotik (D)

State Senators
37th District, Sen. John Pippy (R)
38th District, Sen. Jim Ferlo (D)
40th District, Sen. Jane Orie (R)
42nd District, Sen. Wayne Fontana (D)
43rd District, Sen. Jay Costa (D)
45th District, Sen. Sean Logan (D)
46th District, Sen. Barry Stout (D)
47th District, Sen Gerald LaValle (D)