Supporting Local Decision-Making for Data Center Development

MEDIA ADVISORY

Public Hearing on Supporting Local Decision-Making for Data Center Development

What: The Center for Rural Pennsylvania's Board of Directors is convening a second hearing examining the growth of data centers in Pennsylvania. Testimony will focus on local government capacity, research on post-industrial economic development and community planning, energy law and policy, and agricultural production and land preservation.

Who:
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania Board of Directors

• Senator Gene Yaw, Chair
• Representative Eddie Day Pashinski, Vice Chair
• Dr. Nancy Falvo, Pennsylvania Western University Clarion, Secretary
• Mr. Stephen M. Brame, Governor's Representative, Treasurer
• Senator Judy Schwank
• Representative Dan Moul
• Dr. David Abler, The Pennsylvania State University
• Mr. Richard Esch, University of Pittsburgh
• Dr. Jeffrey Hyde, Penn State Extension
• Ms. Shannon M. Munro, Pennsylvania College of Technology
• Dr. Charles Patterson, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
• Ms. Susan Snelick, Northern Pennsylvania Regional College
• Mr. Darrin Youker, Governor's Representative

Anticipated Testifiers:

When: Wednesday, July 29 at 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Assembly Room 127 of Monty's Building at Commonwealth University's Bloomsburg Campus

Livestream: www.SenatorGeneYaw.com and www.Facebook.com/SenatorGeneYaw .

Contact: Zachary L. Adams, Ph.D., Executive Director (717) 787-9555, zadams@rural.pa.gov

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania is a bipartisan, bicameral legislative agency that serves as a resource for rural policy within the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The Center works with the legislature, educators, state and federal executive branch agencies, and national, statewide, regional and local organizations to maximize resources and strategies that can better serve Pennsylvania's nearly 3.4 million rural residents.