The State College–Centre Region area has been named a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.  Please join us at the COG for a brief ceremony announcing this award on Thursday, May 17.

It is time once again for the special bulk waste collection as part of the Regional Refuse and Recycling Program coordinated by the Centre Region COG (acting on your Township’s behalf).  Collection of bulk items will be May 14 - 18, 2012.

Public Safety Committee rescheduled to Monday May 14, 2012 at 9:00 am
Finance Committee rescheduled to Tuesday May 15, 2012 at 8:30 am
Human Resources Committee rescheduled to Tuesday May 15, 2012 at 12:00 pm

At its March 26, 2012 meeting, the COG General Forum voted to allow a Development of Regional Impact application for approximately 28 acres in Harris Township to be brought forward outside of the established review schedule.  Based on the Centre Region Growth Boundary/Sewer Service Area Implementation Agreement, the Centre Regional Planning Commission (CRPC) will review the DRI application at its regular meetings in May and June, and the COG General Forum will review and take action on the application at its regular meeting in June.

On April 17th Jim Steff, COGs Exectuive Director, received the Governor’s Award for Local Government Excellence.

Beginning this Friday, March 16, the Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority will add MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC CONTAINERS to our DROP OFF recycling program. This includes yogurt containers, strawberry containers, etc.

On February 14, 2012, Principal Transportation Planner Tom Zilla provided the COG Finance Committee with an update on Federal, State, and Local transportation funding issues.