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Regional Leadership in Southwestern PA Recognized Nationally
June 29, 2004
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further information contact:
Shannon O'Connell, Communications Coordinator
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
412-391-5590 x334
soconnell@spcregion.org
PITTSBURGH - Regionalism has never been stronger in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and it has been recognized this week at the national level. The National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)—the nation's premier association advancing regionalism through regional councils and Metropolitan Planning Organizations in issues such as transportation, community and economic development, and the environment—has chosen Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) immediate past Chairman Jim Kennedy as their new President. The election was the result of years of SPC member leadership in encouraging regional solutions.
Jim
Kennedy, SPC member from Butler
County, spoke of the power a region has to make real progress when
its communities work together and speak with a single, regional voice
as he addressed the national group at their annual conference in Chicago
today. "We all have much to gain from sharing information from other
regions around the country," Mr. Kennedy said. "I will work
hard to share the story of real cooperation and collaboration in regional
councils."
Outgoing president Wayne Hill of the Atlanta
Regional Commission said, "Our regions have faced some challenges,
and we have lots of work ahead of us. Jim is a good man to keep things
moving forward."
Dave Coder, Chairman of the Southwestern
Pennsylvania Commission, congratulated Mr. Kennedy, saying, "Once
again, SPC is in the forefront
of national deliberations on regionalism. Our member's leadership with
this group will benefit us greatly as it puts our region's interests right
at the head of the table in national policy discussions."
NARC
is the national organization of regional commissioners providing a forum
for regional solutions in transportation, regional development and other
public policy initiatives throughout the country. The Southwestern
Pennsylvania Commission, an active member of NARC,
hosted their national convention in Pittsburgh last June. The organization
is meeting this week in Chicago with delegates from Florida to Massachusetts
and Virginia to California sharing best practices in regional planning.
NARC
provides training and development activities for regional commissioners
to improve organization effectiveness. NARC
also works to track legislation on important regional matters such as
national transportation funding.
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is the
region's forum for collaboration, planning and public decision-making.
As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the ten-county
region including the City
of Pittsburgh and the counties of Allegheny,
Armstrong, Beaver,
Butler, Fayette,
Greene, Indiana,
Lawrence, Washington,
and Westmoreland, SPC is
responsible for planning and prioritizing the use of all state and federal
transportation funds allocated to the region. As the Local Development
District (LDD) and Economic Development District for Southwestern Pennsylvania
(as designated by the U.S. Appalachian
Regional Commission and the U.S.
Department of Commerce), SPC establishes regional economic development
priorities and provides a wide range of public services to the region.
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