DCNR official takes tour of Connellsville

Partnerships between the city, DCNR, DCED, PEC and the Trail Town Program seen as vital to moving from the drawing board to implementation.
August 30, 2009

From The Uniontown Herald-Standard 

By PATTY YAUGER, Herald Standard

CONNELLSVILLE - As a former third-class city mayor and a main street manager, state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources acting Secretary John Quigley understands the plight of Connellsville as the city struggles to revitalize the community.

Rutledge soaks up garden

Daily News in Delaware County highlights a recent rain garden PEC helped install at Triangle Park
August 7, 2009

By BARBARA ORMSBY Times Correspondent

It was a "green" letter day recently when the long-awaited rain gardens at Triangle Park were dedicated with a ribbon-cutting
ceremony.

The rain gardens are designed to help control stormwater and filter and trap pollutants before they can reach Stoney Creek, a tributary of Darby Creek.

When rain water enters the gardens, native plants and soils act as filters to help cleanse water before it flows into the creek.

PEC seeks bids for Ohiopyle Green Infrastructure Project

General contract bid consists of the installation of rain barrels with downspout and gutter repair/installation throughout the Ohiopyle Borough; and pervious pavement, bioswales/rain gardens, landscaping, asphalt pavement repair, and concrete sidewalks on demonstration streets –Sherman Street, part of Lincoln Street and part of Sheridan Street.
August 26, 2009

PEC received funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the Ohiopyle Borough Green Infrastructure Project. 

Bids will accepted now through October 6, 2009 for:

Digging into summer fun

Times Leader reporter Mark Guydish reports on a collaborative community garden that educates student on how to grown their own food.
August 21, 2009

Click here to see the full article on the Times Leader web site. 

WILKES-BARRE - Mix tons of mulched soil, about 400 plants, and 10 and 1/2 kids and what do you get? Dirty fingers, a few worms, corny lyrics to an ad-libbed song, and a community garden outside an urban elementary center intended to become an "edible schoolyard."

Deals add to state forests, game lands

"This is additional land for the public to enjoy ... spectacular land in the headwaters of the Lehigh River," said Ellen Ferretti of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.
August 16, 2009

From The Hazelton Standard Speaker

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Community Garden Planting at Kistler School Rescheduled

The Lands at Hilldside Farms "Peace and Carrots" summer camp children join PEC to plant vegetables at Kistler Elementary in Wilkes Barre.
August 19, 2009

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council is partnering with the City of Wilkes-Barre Health Department, the Wilkes-Barre Area School District, The Lands at Hillside Farms, King's College and the Penn State Cooperative Extension/4-H to create a community garden at Kistler Elementary in Wilkes-Barre. The purposed of this collaborative community garden is to educate students not only how to grown their own food but also the health, environmental and economic benefits of locally grown food.

Janelle Stelson, WGAL News Anchor, Program Emcee

Janelle Stelson, WGAL News Anchor, Program Emcee

2009 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence Winners

2009 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence Winners

Construction to Start on Riverfront Greenway

Construction will begin on the much-anticipated North Delaware Greenway, a rverfront trail that will provide access to the Delaware River. PEC has been a long-time supporter and partner in this effort.
August 7, 2009

By Jennifer Lin, Inquirer Staff Writer

Read the article online here.

Bob Borski heads down a long lane off State Road and stops his car at a city park on the Delaware River in Northeast Philadelphia.

The former congressman scans the broad shoulders of the muddy river.

"It's spectacular," Borski said.

"And no one ever gets over here to see it."

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