Nittany Valley Comprehensive Plan
(added
3/23/03 revised 3/8/06)
Benner Township along with Spring, Marion and Walker Townships and the
Borough of Bellefonte have joined together and created the Nittany Valley Joint
Planning Commission. The purpose of this commission was to provide the mechanism
for these municipalities to develop a regional comprehensive plan and be
eligible for State grant money to assist in the cost of the plan.
Municipalities are
required to periodically update their comprehensive plans. In the recent past,
the State revised the
Municipalities Planning Code to permit adjoining municipalities to develop a
single comprehensive plan. This change includes new provisions giving
municipalities the right to provide land uses in areas which make the most
sense, instead of requiring each municipality to provide for each use.
The Joint Planning
Commission was successful in obtaining a State grant that will pay half the
$102,000 cost of the plan. Benner's portion is $4,401. The plan was adopted on
September 16, 2004. Work is now underway to create the Zoning Ordinance
that will go along with the Comprehensive Plan. Click here to go to
the Nittany Valley
Comprehensive Plan's website.
Greenways Study
(added 1/25/01, revised 3/23/03)
The Nittany and Bald Eagle Greenways
Study was completed and accepted by the Centre Commissioners earlier this year
after public meetings held in December, 2002. The
area area of study included the Spring Creek watershed area and down to and
including the lower Bald Eagle Creek, ending at Sayers Dam. The
study identifies possible linkages to existing parks and
points of interest throughout the study area by means of greenways, bikeways and
walking trails. This study will assist us in determining potential bikeways and
walkways, as well as, developing an acquisition strategy to create a greenway
corridor.
The Greenways Study has identified numerous existing points of interest, and recreation,
historic, scenic, and cultural sites. There are many such
locations that form chains of activities throughout Benner Township. For more
information, go to the County's
Planning website.
click to review current and past issues of
"Crossroads"
click to review meeting minutes and other archived material
This site has been developed and is maintained
by Benner Township. This page was last updated on July 23, 2004.
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