The Voices article published at the start of the fight to keep high-density development out of the Slab Cabin Run watershed, and the Change.org updates that followed.
2015 Change.org Updates
- 5.25.15 Change.org Update – Water Authority member asks activists to compile scientific objection report.
- 6.1.15 Change.org Update – Ferguson Township Meeting Tonight; Summer Campaign Plans
- 6.8.15 Change.org Update – Summer Signature Scavenger Hunt
- 6.28.15 Change.org Update – Joint Ferguson Township/SCBWA Work Session Scheduled for July 7
- 7.2.15 Change.org Update – Regis Becker, Penn State’s Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, opening investigation
- 7.9.15 Change.org Update – PRD Review Deadline Postponed to September 22
- 7.20.15 Change.org Update – Legal Tools for PRD Denial and Corrective Zoning Amendment
- 8.11.15 Change.org Update – Ferguson Township response to legal strategy submission
- 8.18.15 Change.org Update – Toll Brothers/PSU Residential Deadline now postponed to October 20
- 8.28.15 Change.org Update – PSU internal investigation finds no evidence of wrongdoing in land and zoning deals
- 9.3.15 Change.org Update – June 5 plan documents newly available; Sept. 21 regional public land use meeting scheduled
- 9.19.15 Change.org Update – Agenda for Sept. 21 Growth Discussion at Schlow Library: 4:30 P.M.
- 10.6.15 Change.org Update – Deadline for Ferguson Township Decision Postponed Again – Now Nov. 17.
- 10.21.15 Change.org Update – VOTE TIME: Toll Bros Plan Going to FT Planning Commission Nov. 9, Supervisors Nov. 16
- 10.25.15 Change.org Update – October 28 Plan Review – Help Wanted
- 10.29.15 Change.org Update – Update from Laura Dininni Re: Oct. 28 Plan Review.
- 11.5.15 Change.org Update – Holy Guacamole! ALL THREE Water Slate Candidates WON!
- 11.8.15 Change.org Update – Stop Toll Brothers This Monday
- 11.9.15 Change.org Update – January 2007 SCBWA Source Water Protection Report
- 11.10.15 Change.org Update – FT Planning Commission Voted Tonight to NOT Approve the Toll Bros. Plan
- 11.11.15 Change.org Update – NEW PETITION: THANK YOU TO FERGUSON TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
- 11.13.15 Change.org Update – Supervisor Meeting Monday at 7 p.m.; Citizen Letter Signers Needed over the weekend
- 11.17.15 Change.org Update – Supervisors Voted to Approve the Toll Bros./PSU Plan
- 11.21.15 Change.org Update – Nittany Valley Water Coalition Forging Ahead
- 11.30.15 Change.org Update – Press Release
- 12.1.15 Change.org Update – Nov. 16 Yeager Letter to Ferguson Supervisors
- 12.7.15 Change.org Update – Up to 15 Plaintiff Households on Board; Attorney Conference Call Tomorrow
- 12.14.15 Change.org Update – Suit to be filed this week; Sewage Planning Module on Dec. 14 FT agenda; other news
- 12.16.15 Change.org Update – Appeal Filed Today
- 12.17.15 Change.org Update – Notice of Land Use Appeal Posted
- 12.24.15 Change.org Update – Looking Ahead to January
- 12.31.15 Change.org Update – Drew Clemson suing Colleen Unroe
2016 Change.org Updates
- 1.2.16 Change.org Update – Due Process and Voter Rights
- 1.3.16 Change.org Update – Cutting Through the Crap: One Possible Scenario
- 1.4.16 Change.org Update – Joe Cusumano on FT Appointments to Boards and Commissions
- 1.4.16.2 Change.org Update – Brief Report on Ferguson Township Organizational Meeting
- 1.10.16 Change.org Update – Kelli Hoover on Voters’ Will and Science in Policy-making
- 1.12.16 Change.org Update – Ferguson Township Accepting Applications for Vacant Supervisor Seat
- 1.14.16 Change.org Update – Nittany Valley Water Coalition Land Use Appeal Update
- 1.21.16 Change.org Update – Water Campaign Informational Meeting – Thursday January 28
- 1.21.16.2 Change.org Update – Seating Limited at Foxdale – Event only open to Foxhole residents and invited guests
- 1.24.16 Change.org Update – Jason Grottini and David Yoxtheimer Advocate Wellhead Protections in Ferguson Township
- 2.4.16 Change.org Update – Oral Argument on Toll Brothers Motion to Quash Land Use Appeal – March 7 at 2:30 p.m.
- 2.5.16 Change.org Update – EPA and DOJ Record of Toll Brothers’ Clean Water Act Violations
- 2.6.16 Change.org Update – Six Candidates Apply for Unroe’s Vacated Seat
- 2.8.16 Change.org Update – Welcome to New Communications Coordinator – Smita Bharti
- 3.3.16 Change.org – Heading to Bellefonte court this Friday Mar. 4, 10:30 a.m.
- 3.7.16 Change.org – Court proceedings last Friday
- 3.17.16 Change.org – Toll brothers motion to quash denied!
- 4.26.16 Change.org – Status of the Toll Brothers development battle
- 4.28.16 Change.org – Legal update
- 5.3.16 Change.org – Update on status of lawsuit against Toll Brothers and Ferguson Township
- 5.4.16 Change.org – Court date set for oral arguments in the lawsuit against Toll Brothers and Ferguson Township
- 6.5.16 Change.org – Ferguson Township’s long-anticipated stormwater management ordinance is coming up for public comment
- 7.12.16 Change.org – Please attend Toll bros Court hearing tomorrow July 13, 2016 at 9:30 am Bellefonte Courthouse Annex
- 7.20.16 Change.org – Great turn out at the second court hearing!
- 7.20.16.2 Change.org – We won
- 7.21.16.2 Change.org – Great news! Judge Grine ruled in our favor!
- 7.26.16 Change.org – Funds for the ongoing Penn State/Toll brothers fight
- 7.30.16 Change.org – Peaceful Demonstration this morning in front of Old Main
- 7.31.16 Change.org – Alternate plan in place of Toll brothers project presented in front of PSU BOT
- 8.3.16 Change.org – Toll brothers appeal Judge Grine’s decision
- 9.14.16 Change.org – Update
- 9.22.16 Change.org – Thank you Sierra club for your $1,000 donation matching!
- 10.11.16 Change.org – Status of the lawsuit to stop the Toll Brothers development – Oct. 9, 2016
- 11.30.16 Change.org – Support for Clearwater Conservancy
2017 Change.org Updates
- 5.18.17 Change.org – Toll Brothers win their appeal
- 6.3.17 Change.org – Updates & Occupation
- 6.5.17 Change.org – Ferguson Township Supervisors Meeting Tonight – Protective Measures for the Future
- 6.10.17 Change.org – Occupation is 1 week old!
- 6.11.17 Change.org – Friends of Slab Cabin Hosting Social at the Site – 6 p.m. tonight
- 6.18.17 Change.org – Daily Updates from the Occupation – Plus, more occupiers needed
- 6.26.17 Change.org – Several Updates at Nittany Valley Water Coalition Website
- 7.2.17 Change.org – One Month Occupation Anniversary – Andy Tolins and Haystack Lightnin’ Concert Today
- 7.10.17 Change.org – Occupation Updates and Report on June 26 Ferguson Township Executive Session
- 7.19.17 Change.org – Potluck Saturday July 22, forthcoming meetings’ CDT Op-Ed and LTE links
- 7.20.17 Change.org – Penn State is escalating.
- 7.22.17 Change.org – Potluck location moved (due to rain); context and timeline of PSU actions
- 7.26.17 Change.org – Report – Water coalition meeting July 25 with Penn State executives
- 7.29.17 Change.org – Protest at Old Main – Noon on Monday
- 8.3.17 Change.org – Reporting on August 2 Meeting of Nittany Valley Water Coalition, Toll Brothers and Penn State
- 8.8.17 Change.org – Action Planned for Penn State Move-In; National Trend of Universities Swallowing Communities
- 8.16.17 Change.org – NVWC meets with Toll Brothers today
- 8.17.17 Change.org – Toll Brothers identifies alternative sites for student housing
- 9.4.17 Change.org – Campaign Update Event – Tues. Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
- 9.8.17 Change.org – Day 1oo Potluck – Saturday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. at site
- 9.20.17 Change.org – Slab Cabin Run Initiative Has Reached Its Goal!
- 9.28.17 Change.org – Penn State Shame.
- 9.30.17 Change.org – Organized, informed resistance seems to confuse Penn State
- 10.4.17 Change.org – #PennStateShame
- 10.8.17 Change.org – 127 Days
- 10.10.17 Change.org – Nittany Valley Water Coalition Looking Ahead
- 11.15.17 Change.org – Toll Brothers executives put in an offer on the alternative site
- 11.20.17 Change.org – NVWC Questions put to David Gray, Penn State Vice President for Finance and Business
- 11.22.17 Change.org – Thanksgiving Message from NVWC to Penn State
- 12.7.17 Change.org – 36 days later: The Silence is Deafening
- 12.19.17 Change.org – Water coalition incorporating, preparing to file suit against Penn State in January
- 12.22.17 Change.org – Penn State and Toll Brothers closed the Whitehall Road sale today
2018 Change.org
- 1.4.18 Change.org – Nittany Valley Water Coalition – Organizing Update
- 1.9.18 Change.org – Jan. 5 meeting postponed to Jan. 12
- 2.7.18 Change.org – Nittany Valley Environmental Coalition – Reorganization Update
- 2.28.18 Change.org – Report on Nestle project; upcoming events
- 3.5.18 Change.org – No to Nestle – Public Forum Wednesday, March 14
- 3.8.18 Change.org – Trout Unlimited – Spring Creek Chapter – Public Statement on Nestle Proposal
- 3.8.18.2 Change.org – Door-knocking this weekend, three upcoming public forums
- 3.14.18 Change.org – Community Meeting Tonight
- 3.15.18 Change.org – Report on Last Night’s Community Meeting
- 3.19.18 Change.org – Updates on Toll Brothers fight and No-to-Nestle campaign
- 3.25.18 Change.org – Spring Township Meeting Wednesday; other updates
- 3.29.18 Change.org – Report from March 28, 2018 Spring Township Water Authority Board Meeting
Change.org updates were mostly written by Katherine Watt, except between Feb. 2016 and May 2017, when they were written by Smita Bharti.