Institutional Memory

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.

4.1.15 PSU, Boundary Violations & Civic Trauma

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
4.7.18 Change.org – David Roberts Rebuttal to Dan Hawbaker Advertisement
4.8.18 Change.org – Andrew McKinnon Remarks to Ferguson Township Supervisors – April 2, 2018
4.11.18 Change.org – April 18 Watershed Forum
4.13.18 Change.org Update – Contact CBICC via Facebook 4.17.18 Change.org Update – Nestle not taking over Spring Township Public Well 2
5.2.18 Change.org – April 19, 2018 SCBWA Meeting – Partial Transcript
5.7.18 Change.org – Sewage management planning for Toll Brothers development
5.15.18 Change.org – SCBWA vote on Toll Brothers easement likely Thursday, May 17
5.17.18 Change.org – Concerned citizen digs into Toll Brothers sewage planning claims
5.18.18 Change.org – 3-3 tie at SCBWA
5.22.18 Change.org – In-depth update
6.5.18 Change.org – NVEC Summer Projects, plus short TB:WRRP update
6.15.18 Change.org – IMPORTANT WATERSHED MEETING JULY 10 in BOALSBURG
6.24.18 Change.org – Spring Creek Watershed Action Plan – Register for July 10 meeting
7.2.18 Change.org – Bailiwick News reporting on Spring Creek Watershed Action Plan
7.15.18 Change.org – SCBWA Updates; NVEC Memo to CRPRA; Reminder re: RTK Workshop
7.24.18 Change.org – SCBWA board denies Toll Brothers easement request; SCWAP update
8.22.18 Change.org – WRRP Development Update – STOP this taxpayer rip-off
8.28.18 Change.org – Spring Creek Watershed Action Plan Update from David Roberts
9.17.18 Change.org – SCWAP Update from Terry Melton, Chester County Neighbors for Crebilly Update
10.16.18 Change.org – Oct. 29 COG General Forum to consider Whitehall Road Regional Park issues
10.24.18 Change.org – Oct. 22 SCBWA Board Memo to CRPRA Board Re: Whitehall Road Regional Park
10.28.18 Change.org – Public Comment to COG General Forum
11.8.18 Change.org – COG General Forum approved the easement; plan recorded Nov. 2
12.12.18 Change.org – Penn State investigating ways to conserve 365 acres of PSU-owned land

Change.org updates were written by Katherine Watt, except between Feb. 2016 and May 2017, when they were written by Smita Bharti.

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