Civitas Erie

Civitas Erie Founded in 2004, Civitas focuses on regional issues including zoning, land use, preservation, transp

Founding members Lisa Austin, Stephen Sonnenberg and Laurel Swartz, and more recent members Michael Beightol, ASLA and Lindsey Gearhart have worked together to advocate for Greater Erie. Improved transportation, land use, zoning, sustainability, preservation, education and economic development have been the focus of Civitas efforts. Civitas has helped to cofound several vital community organizatio

ns: All Aboard Erie, Innovation Erie and Preservation Erie. In addition, Civitas took on a leadership role in promoting local entrepreneurs in the first Green Friday Made in Erie Marketplace in November 2013; and, working closely with architect Adam J. Trott, is making a case for re-purposing the McBride Viaduct. Civitas members regularly contribute opinion pieces to the Erie Times News, and, have just initiated a monthly "Considering the City" column for the ErieReader.

02/27/2021
07/16/2020

About Active Erie In October, 2019, the city of Erie began a master planning process that focuses on building a network of bike and pedestrian facilities throughout the community. The plan should be completed by the fall of 2020. The transportation firm of Whitman, Requardt and Associates LLP (WRA)....

06/10/2020

Green stormwater infrastructure would lessen pollution in lake, bay.

. . . says: listen to & "get involved"
01/17/2020

. . . says: listen to & "get involved"

“We have to change our way of thinking about each other,” says Abdullah “Bigg Wash” Washington.

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Erie, PA
16501

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