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Meet the Allies
Alliance to Keep Pike Green
P.O. Box 218
Hawley, Pa 18428-0218
info@keeppikegreen.org
Telephone:
Sue Currier (Delaware Highlands Conservancy) 570-226-3164
History behind The Alliance
For more than twenty years, Pike has been the fastest growing county in Pennsylvania. Because of our proximity to New York and Philadelphia, analysts predict that our population will double or triple within the next 20 to 30 years.
Without an effective strategy to contain these population pressures, Pike County is likely to lose much of its rural character and scenic beauty by the same process that has overwhelmed so many towns in nearby New York and New Jersey.
The economic boom of the 1990’s and a new period of urban flight driven by 9/11 have led to increasing numbers of new residents from New York and New Jersey. Land that seemed relatively secure from development for the last decade is now rising rapidly in value as it attracts new interest from developers. Without dramatic changes in conservation planning, and infrastructure improvements, doubling our population will consume 6-9 times as much land as is currently developed.
Faced with this information a group of concerned citizens from across the community met in the summer of 2003 to discuss what could be done. Out of these initial meetings, the Alliance to Keep Pike Green was born.
A good first step: The Alliance to Keep Pike Green has been instrumental in the placement of a Planning and Conservation Bond Referendum by the Pike County Commissioners on the November 2005 ballot. The $10 Million bond would provide increased funds for planning at both the county and municipal level and provide protection of critical habitat and natural resources through the purchase of land or conservation easements from willing sellers. Open Space and Conservation Bonds have been highly successful in other Pennsylvania Counties, translating into innovative local planning and successful land conservation and natural resource preservation.
A $10 Million Bond may not seem like enough but much can be accomplished with this start. Municipalities will be able to apply to the county for matching funds to rewrite their land use ordinances, the County Planning Department will have increased staff and technical expertise with the time and ability to act as a resource for the municipalities, and the county, critical natural resources and open space can be protected, and municipalities will be able to leverage the $10 Million with matching funds from existing state and federal programs that are not currently utilized by Pike County.
Endorsers
- Ronald and Barbara Adams
- Daniel and Kathleen Allen
- Teresa Allen
- Timothy V. Andersen
- Barb and Charlie Anzman
- Michael Appel
- John R. Appert
- Audubon Pennsylvania
- Peggy Bancroft
- Marion Banzhaf
- Neil P. Barmann
- Theodore A. Beck III
- Sally and Sanford Beecher
- Susan Beecher
- Carl Beidleman
- Mike and Eleanor Billig
- Alan Blumenson
- Macyn and Carolyn Bolt
- Lynne and Sanford Bookey
- Borough of Milford
- J.D. Bourgholtzer
- Leonard Boyer
- Jack Bradt
- Ed Brannon
- Barbara Brenner
- Gus & LaJoyce Brookshire
- Fred Buchholz
- Diane Burger
- Ernest and Lynn Bush
- Camp Netimus, Inc.
- Richard and Bernadette Caridi
- Al and Rosemarie Carin
- Skip and Heidi Carlton
- Gary & Marjorie Chase
- Jennie V. Clementi
- Community Building Projects, LLC
- Pat and Ken Corcoran
- Robert and Sally Corrigan
- Randy Daddis
- Jim Davis
- Delaware Highlands Conservancy
- Delaware Highlands Properties, LLC
- Robert and Stacy DeYoung
- Russ Dimmig Real Estate
- Roger P. DiPeppe
- Leah Dobrowolski
- Charles & Lynne Dodson
- Dale H. Dohner
- John and Ann Marie Drake
- Paul and Deb DuCharme
- Joe Dugan
- Edward and Nancy Duvinski
- Richard Evans
- Jeffery Ferretti
- Barbara and Peter Fiore
- Dennis Fleming
- Valentine (JR) Flores and Gina Flores
- Sami and Syd Fluck
- Joseph and Diane Foster
- William F. Forbes
- Linda and Bob Franzmann
- GardenPhotos.com
- J. Anthony Gearhart
- Irv Ghiglietty
- Kathleen E. Gill
- Jeff and Karen Glick
- Fred Goehringer
- Robert and Yolanda Goldsack
- Henry and Jane Goldstein
- Perry Gower
- David and Joann Greenbaum
- Jeff Gress
- Krista Gromalski
- Jack Haley
- Gerry Hansen
- Jean G. Hansen
- Harry, Maryann and Harry Jr. in Bushkill
- Hemlock Farms Community Association
- Ed and Mary Higgins
- George and Carol Hill
- Isabel Hodges-Smith
- Jean Hoff
- Thomas W. Hoff
- Tom Holmes
- Daniel and Anna Marie Hook
- Hotel Fauchere, LLC
- Stefan Hurdalek
- John Hurley
- Phil and Jan Hurwitz
- Patti and John Innaco
- Glenn R. Johnson
- Darel Kadlec
- Alan and Wendy Kaplan
- Ann Kelley
- Virginia Kennedy
- Tom Khoury
- Paul and Ellie Kielty
- Robert Kiesendahl
- Tom and Pat Kiley
- Karen and Thomas Kontizas
- John and Pat Kupillas
- Paul Labounty
- Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation
- Lackawaxen River Conservancy
- James L. Lavoy
- Vern Lazaroff
- Jill A. Leighty
- Bill and Sandy Leiser
- Rob and Shannon LeMay
- Philip and Elsa R. Lichtenberg
- Amy and Bob Litzenberger
- Alice-Jane and Peter Loewrigkeit
- Sandy Long
- Margaret Lutz
- Jean Madison
- Halyna Manfredo
- Fort P. Manno
- Jane Martin
- Denise Marcel
- DeAnna Margiore
- Shirley Masuo
- Bernice and Elwood Mather
- Earl McCarroll
- Linda McCroddan
- Mark and Laurie McEvoy
- Pat and Joe Messineo
- Milford Experimental Forest
- Milford Business Council
- Milford Magazine
- Sonda and Lee Miller
- Rolf Moeller
- Jim and Therese Montemarano
- Jeff Moore
- Mark Moyer
- Very Rev. Gerald F. Mullally
- Elizabeth and Thomas Murphy
- Arthur Scherl Myers
- Margaret Peggy Myers
- Cheryl Ann Myers
- Bethann Myers
- Rich Naples
- Marilyn Nestor
- Ingrid Neugebauer
- Win Olsen
- Herbert Orlansky
- Betty Padgett
- Cindy Panagis
- Karen Pasciulto
- James Pedranti
- Tom Peifer
- Pike County Chamber of Commerce
- Pike County Conservation District
- Pike County Visitors Bureau
- Peter Pinchot
- Thomas and Kathryn Palozzi
- Karen and Edward Pasciullo
- Pike Media Partners, LLC
- Mark Peterson
- Dean and Arlene Quirk
- Philip Rappa
- Wendy Reading
- Nancy Reichert
- William Reitsma
- Dr. Mary E. Reuder
- Graham Rice
- Joseph A. Rice
- Thomas A. Richards
- James and Dixie Rich
- Nancy Richter
- Art Ridley
- Carol Ringanese
- Helen Ripple
- Martin and Maryellen Roever
- Eve Rosahn
- Joan C. Searle
- John and Mary Jane Seidenstricker
- Tim and Patrice Singleton
- State Representative John J. Siptroth
- Diane Smith
- Richard L. Snyder
- Glenn and Fran Sophie
- Cynthia and Robert Sorbe
- Sylvia & Charles Squires
- Phil Steinberg
- Jeffrey Stocker
- Mark E. Strauss, FAIA, AICP
- Sean Strub
- Arthur D. Sullivan Ed.D
- Maleyne Syracuse
- Taxpayers United Association
- William Taylor
- Ron and Sally Thieme
- Patty Tipson
- Titan Vending Inc
- Vienna Tomesheski
- Maria and Jack Torffield
- Michael Trenner
- TriState News
- The Twin/Walker Creeks Watershed Conservancy
- John and Carol Ulmer
- Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition
- Steve Vignau
- Steven Vitale
- Vitale Technical Services
- Anthony Waldron
- Catherine Walpole
- L. Arthur Watres
- judywhite
- Cindy Wildermuth
- Hannelore Wildermuth
- Robin Wildermuth
- Gordon Wildermuth
- Wildlands Conservancy
- Sigrid Wilshinsky
- Alan Wood
- Woodland Management Services
- Woodloch, Inc.
- Michael and Carly Workstel
- Pat and Chuck Wyckoff
- Peter Wulfhorst
- Barbara Yeaman
- Eric J. Yetter
- Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Young
- Dick and Gerry Young
- Tom and Terry Zeterberg
- Michael Zimmerman
- Edith and John Zulch
... and counting!
To join the Alliance to Keep Pike Green and be listed as an endorser, simply send your name or organization’s name and contact information with the subject line: "Please list me as an endorser" to info@keeppikegreen.org
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For more info on any of the above, send an email to the Alliance to Keep Pike Green at info@keeppikegreen.org
