PRINTER'S NO. 1462
No. 193 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GORDNER, WOZNIAK, SCARNATI, ROBBINS, ORIE, PIPPY,
BAKER, COSTA, BRUBAKER, M. WHITE, EARLL, KITCHEN, LAVALLE,
RAFFERTY, GREENLEAF, FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, WASHINGTON,
ERICKSON, CORMAN, WONDERLING, MADIGAN, FERLO, WAUGH, PUNT,
TOMLINSON, STOUT, D. WHITE, KASUNIC, O'PAKE, MUSTO, FOLMER,
DINNIMAN, REGOLA, ARMSTRONG AND BROWNE, OCTOBER 16, 2007
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, OCTOBER 16, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Center for Rural
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, In 1987 the General Assembly passed the Rural
4 Pennsylvania Revitalization Act, establishing the Center for
5 Rural Pennsylvania to promote and sustain the vitality of
6 Pennsylvania's rural communities by serving as the focal point
7 for research and rural policy development within the General
8 Assembly; and
9 WHEREAS, The Center for Rural Pennsylvania administers a
10 grant program to conduct research on matters relating to rural
11 conditions and maintains a base of knowledge and information
12 about rural conditions and needs; and
13 WHEREAS, The Center for Rural Pennsylvania, as an agency of
14 the General Assembly, works regularly with other Commonwealth
15 agencies and with Federal, regional and community organizations
16 to maximize resources and strategies in order to better serve
1 the specific needs of rural clients, seek practical solutions
2 that will serve locally established goals and preserve and
3 nurture quality of life standards that sustain rural
4 Pennsylvania as a desirable place to work and live; and
5 WHEREAS, The Center for Rural Pennsylvania fulfills its
6 mission by awarding grants for applied research and
7 demonstration projects, maintaining a database on rural trends
8 and conditions and disseminating this information to persons
9 empowered to make decisions affecting rural communities and
10 residents, producing publications to share research and project
11 results with policymakers, local community leaders and the
12 general public, sponsoring workshops throughout this
13 Commonwealth and promoting policy forums at the national and
14 State levels and coordinating programs and resources to address
15 local needs and opportunities; and
16 WHEREAS, The Center for Rural Pennsylvania is marking its
17 20th anniversary of service to the General Assembly; and
18 WHEREAS, Through the activities of the Center for Rural
19 Pennsylvania, all Pennsylvanians benefit by preserving the high
20 quality of life that sustains rural Pennsylvania; therefore be
21 it
22 RESOLVED, That the Senate commemorate the 20th anniversary of
23 the Center for Rural Pennsylvania on November 17, 2007.
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