Photo by Mark Dietz
Photo by Matt Mead
Planning Commission Members: Back Row Left to Right: Timothy Nageli, David Skellie, Scott Stewart, Peter Kubeja Front Row Left to Right: John Pulice, Eugene Strohmeyer( Chairman), Doug Prozan Not shown: Linda McCabe( Alternate)
EMBRACE MILLCREEK:
A COMMUNITY PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE illcreek
MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP
What do you picture Millcreek to be like in 20 years? Is it a place you’ d want to live? A place you think your children and grand children will still call home? If so, why? What will Millcreek have that will make it worth calling home; that will make it a community that the next generations choose to invest in? And if not, how do we change that? What challenges do we have to face? What problems do we have to solve to make sure Millcreek is the community of choice for our children and grandchildren, for entrepreneurs and innovators, and for new industries and businesses?
These are all questions that we, as a community, need to answer to ensure a successful future for our Township. Finding those answers is the goal of Embrace Millcreek, a community engagement and planning initiative being kicked off this month by our Millcreek Township Planning Commission.
What is Embrace Millcreek?
Technically, Embrace Millcreek, will be the township’ s new“ Municipal Comprehensive Plan”( or Comp Plan, for short). Comp Plans are documents authorized by the State’ s“ Municipalities Planning Code” that are designed to guide the development of a municipality. Traditionally, these documents
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are top down encyclopedias of data, facts, and figures created by consultants that do a great job of collecting dust on shelves but don’ t have a very good track record of building great places to live.
However, our Millcreek Township Planning Commission is challenging the Board of Supervisors and staff here in the Municipal Building to try something a little different this time around: ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. Instead of just being a plan on a shelf, Embrace Millcreek is going to be an ongoing public outreach and engagement initiative committed to improving communication with residents, promoting Millcreek’ s assets, and bringing folks together to create a community vision for what we want Millcreek to be and how we can make it happen.
The goal is for all of us to Embrace the great things Millcreek has to offer and build on them, and to Embrace the change necessary to take on the challenges we face to help our township reach its full potential.
Who is responsible for Embrace Millcreek?
Our Millcreek Township Planning Commission will be the guiding committee for Embrace Millcreek. The Planning Commission is made up of seven citizens( plus one alternate)