Overview of LGA Multi-Municipal Planning Grant Program by Ray Reaves

Tom Headley, Executive Director of Westmoreland Heritage, also served as a Township Supervisor for Forward Township and as President of The Twin Rivers Council of Governments. Mr. Headley is also Chairman of the Twin Rivers Regional Planning Committee, a group responsible for the development of a new Regional Plan for the Twin Rivers COG communities. Headley moderated a panel on case studies of multi-municipal planning, featuring panelists who shared the factors contributing to their success with multi-municipal planning, as well as the things that they would do differently next time they embarked on a collaborative plan.

 

Ray Reaves, planning consultant and a Local Government Academy Board Member, presented an overview of LGA's Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Planning Grant Program supported by the Heinz Endowments, encouraging attendants of the conference to apply. Reaves explained that eligible applicants must involve two or more municipalities where an intergovernmental cooperative agreement has been signed, they must attend three workshops on multi-municipal planning, and must be able to provide 10% of the project cost in cash. The grants are awarded twice a year of up to $7500 per municipality for the preparation of a multi-municipal plan or the implementation of ordinances.