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Overall, 2011 was not a banner year for the local area’s housing market. Cumberland County’s median home-sale price in 2011 dropped 2.8 percent from 2010, and the number of residential units sold dropped 5.4 percent, according to statistics from Central Penn Multi-List. The numbers show the median home-sale price for 2011 was $174,500, down from $179,000 in 2010. The number of residential units
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Home sales • Continued from C2 sold was 2,169, down from 2,294 in 2010. For south-central Pennsylvania as a whole, numbers were not much better. The median home-sale price across Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry counties dropped 5.4 percent, down from $163,000 in 2010 to $155,000 in 2011, and the total number of residential units sold dropped 4.7 percent, down from 6,423 in 2010 to 6,118 in 2011.
Getting better Despite what look to be grim statistics for the housing markets of south-central Pennsylvania and Cumberland County, real estate professionals don’t seem to think so. For starters, even though home prices and the number of residential units sold are not where they were in 2007, both are better than they were in 2002 for southcentral Pennsylvania. Then, the number of residential units sold was 5,912 and the median home-sale price was $123,000. “Was 2002 a bad year? Nobody thought it was then,� said Marti Garrett, president of the Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors. “Our top years are probably behind us, but that’s probably a good thing, because look at the trouble we got in. “There were irresponsible practices six years ago,� she continued. “If you were breathing, you could buy a house.� The other reason for the Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors’ confidence is a second half change in the south-central Pennsylvania market in 2011. While the total number of residential units sold in 2011 was down compared to 2010, that was primarily due to low numbers the first half of the year. The total number of residential units sold in both the third and fourth quarters of 2011 was actually higher than those sold in the third and fourth quarters of 2010. “While overall sales decreased in 2011, we are pleased with the slight increase of sales in the fourth quarter,� Garrett said in a January news release. “We hope that we may start to see a trend of increases in 2012.�
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A home for sale along Holly Pike just north of Mt. Holly Springs. A month later, she’s still confident about 2012. “I think we have to look at what just happened,� Garrett said. “We’re optimistic that it’s going to stay better.� She’s also confident housing prices will slowly make their way back up. “We think prices are going to hold steady and keep ticking upwards,� Garrett said. “I really think we bottomed out, and we are on the way up again.�
Cumberland County Unfortunately, Cumberland County is not sharing in the same bright spot southcentral Pennsylvania is enjoying as a whole. The total number of residential units sold in Cumberland County dropped in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to fourth quarter of 2010, to 484 from 518. Despite this, Cumberland County is still in better shape than Dauphin and Perry counties, south-cen-
tral Pennsylvania as a whole and the nation, which is important to note, according to Garrett. “Cumberland County fared better than the rest of the Multi-List,� she said. “We continue to see a situation, here in the greater Carlisle area, where values have not been terribly impacted, but days on market continue to stretch out,� said Ray “Buz� Wolfe, owner of Wolfe & Company Realtors in Carlisle. “What we were getting accomplished in 2005, 2006, in 30 days is now taking 180 days. For many years that was a normal market ... but we all got a little bit spoiled,� he said. As for the question of whether owning a home is still a good investment, Garrett and Wolfe don’t see it as much of a question at all. “To me it makes sense to buy rather than rent, no matter the climate,� said Garrett, who added that she
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A home for sale in North Middleton Township. gives the same advice to her own 20-something children. “I’m not giving any advice to anybody that I wouldn’t give to my own kids.�
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between home values and consumer spending, which fuels 70 percent of economic activity, during a speech to the National Association of Home Builders in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month. Bernanke says the broader economy won’t fully recover until the depressed housing market turns around. People are spending less because they are stuck in “underwa-
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There’s a crisis in Cumberland County’s manufacturing industry, and it’s not a loss of jobs. The industry is growing in the area, but failures in education and the industry have created a shortage of people capable of filling well-paid, skilled manufacturing jobs, according to the Manufacturers’ Association of South Central Pennsylvania. “While this economy has exposed that we have an employment problem, that we have thousands of individuals looking for jobs, the challenge we’re finding on the manufacturing side is finding skilled labor,” said Mike Smeltzer, executive director of MASCPA. “We are 100 percent confident that there will be a growing shortage of skilled labor in south-central Pennsylvania,” he said. “We believe it will reach crisis proportions in the not-too-distant future.”
New age To understand what has created what Smeltzer calls a skilled labor shortage of crisis proportions, one must first understand that manufacturing has changed. The stereotypical manufacturing worker who puts in eight hours of manual labor a day and is covered in grime
by the end of it has all but died out in the U.S. “Manufacturing has grown to the point that a lot of the manufacturers that we have here are more technologically advanced,” said Omar Shute, executive director of Cumberland County Economic Development. “You’re not seeing that manual labor.” “In the manufacturing world, we still have this stereotypical thought that we’re dark, dirty (and) not safe,” Smeltzer said. “Not only now do we need people who know how to weld, but we need those same people to know how to program and troubleshoot robots.”
Two failures The stereotypical image of manufacturing is one of the two primary failures that have resulted in the skilled labor crisis. “There’s that public perception out there that that’s who we are,” Smeltzer said. Because of that, youth aren’t interested or parents discourage their children from manufacturing, according to Smeltzer. “We have not done a good job of educating the public on our workAssociated Press ing conditions and the opportunities available in our industry,” he Ed Kurzawa inspects the circumference of a bearing control admitted. for an industrial shock absorber at the Fitzpatrick ManufacturThe other major failure, and ing Co. in Sterling Heights, Mich. The high-tech job shop crafts
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“In the manufacturing world, we still have this stereotypical thought that we’re dark, dirty (and) not safe. Not only now do we need people who know how to weld, but we need those same people to know how to program and troubleshoot robots.” Mike Smeltzer
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Spending • Continued from C3 foreclosed homes and reducing or modifying mortgages are among steps that could help. “Low or negative equity creates additional problems for households,” Bernanke said. “It reduces financial flexibility: Homeown ers who are underwater on their mortgages cannot tap home equity to pay for emergency health expenses or their children’s college educations. There have been mode s t s i g n s o f i m p rove ment in recent months. Sales of previously occupied homes rose in the last three months. Homebuilders are more optimistic after seeing more people express interest in buying this year. And home construction picked up in the final quarter of last year, which helped housing contribute to broader economic growth. Still, last year was the weakest for new-home sales on records dating back to 1963. Sales of previously occupied homes have also been at depressed levels. And home prices
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mortgage rates. anced approach. We want Lower mortgage rates them to make prudent loans Proposals typically encourage more and we don’t want them to turn away creditworthy The Fed issued a white buying and refinancing. borrowers.” paper last month that inWidespread damage cluded a number of proposEnding abuses als to boost home sales. The Still, damage from the paper sparked some criti- housing crisis has been so Asked about unanticicism. Rep. Scott Garrett, widespread that even the pated shocks that could a New Jersey Republican, cheapest mortgage rates set back economic growth, told Bernanke last week in history haven’t been Bernanke cited the Europeduring a congressional ap- enough to lift home sales. an debt crisis and continpearance that he was taken And many banks have re- ued budget uncertainties in aback that the Fed would stricted lending to only Washington. offer unsolicited advice to those with the best credit. “We will be paying close Congress, putting forward After the Fed’s meeting in attention to what is happroposals which Garrett January, Bernanke said the pening and hoping that said mirrored in many ways Fed has not ruled out a third our economy is developing ideas being pushed by the round of bond purchases. enough steam so that it will Obama administration. Bernanke told the builders’ be able to continue to reBernanke said the Fed group Friday that the Fed cover even if there are some only wanted to provide has been working to loosen bumps along the road,” pros and cons on various tight lending standards. Bernanke said. approaches, and he said “I do think that condiBernanke’s speech came Fed officials remained con- tions are still too tight for a day after the government cerned because the weak the health of the financial announced it had reached housing sector was holding system, the construction a landmark $25 billion back overall growth. industry and our economy,” deal with the nation’s bigThe central bank has Bernanke said. “As regu- gest mortgage lenders over tried to help by keeping its lators, we have been very foreclosure abuses that had benchmark interest rate at clear to the banks ... that occurred after the nation’s a record low near zero. And we want them to take a bal- housing bubble burst in the the Fed recently signaled that it doesn’t plan to raise the rate before late 2014. The Fed’s decision to hold Every Thursday rates down, along with two major rounds of bond purchases, has led to lower
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they often find that, if there are jobs available, the pay arguably the worse of the and benefits available for two, is a lack of technical those jobs are not family sustaining.� education in schools. “When I was a kid, we had Looking forward to learn to fix things,� SmeltDespite an exodus of zer said. “That’s not true some from the liberal arts anymore.� What small amount of fields, they first need to be education children do get in trained and the problems machines and technology with education and public perception need to be adisn’t really helping either. “H igh school seniors dressed quickly. “If it ever gets to the (are) making ashtrays with soldering irons,� Smeltzer point where our educasaid. “Education has not tional system fails, and maintained pace with the continues to be surpassed technology that is now the by other countries, then we cornerstone of our econo- are not even going to have advanced manufacturing,� my.� “(When) the only expo- Shute said. The skilled labor shortage sure they have the mechanical aspects of our life today is making an ashtray with a soldering iron, how excited do you think they’re going to be about manufacturing?� he asked rhetorically.
available closer to home. “One of the challenges that I know we have to deal with is, logistically, how do I get a student from Carlisle to commit to drive to York to the training center,� Smeltzer admitted. While the executive director of MASCPA hopes to maybe have some kind of mobile classroom in the future, focus first needs to be on the task at hand — developing the first MASCPA training facility.
“High school seniors (are) making ashtrays with soldering irons. Education has not maintained pace with the technology that is now the cornerstone of our economy.� Mike Smeltzer
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is expected to reach crisis proportions within the next two to three years in southcentral Pennsylvania, and 5 percent of the manufacturing workforce in the region is currently retiring annually, according to Smeltzer. To help deal with the problem, MASCPA is currently raising money for a training center in York County. “We will have the tools, the machines (and) the classroom environment necessary to effectively deliver a quality apprenticeship program,� Smeltzer said. Unfortunately for Cumberland County, it may be awhile until something is
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The business of charities Non-profit organizations are very similar to - and very different - from other businesses Last year’s economy was a drain on local charities, which saw an increase in need. â–
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Non-profits are sometimes run, as far as organization, like a business. But, unlike businesses, they rely greatly on public contributions and great employee commitment to the mission of the organization in order to survive. “A charity organization should run efficiently and effectively, like any business, so it can better serve the people it is intending to serve,� said Maureen Mahr, business administrator for the Salvation Army of Carlisle. “That being said, a charity organization cannot always ‘think’ like a business because its end objective is very different. A charity exists to serve people by distributing rather than maintaining its ‘profit.’� The last year brought continued turmoil in terms of the economy, which greatly affected local charities and non-profit organizations, especially in terms of campaigns and fundraising.
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Above: Chris Brand, left, of Carlisle receives a sample of puree of roast turnip and leek soup from Jeri Hollinger, right, of Mechanicsburg and co-owner of the Holly Inn in Mt. Holly Springs during the Salvation Army’s Annual “The Souperâ€? appetizer event. Right, top: Brooke Ciccocioppo serves a traditional holiday meal to Pearl Bouder, left, Pat Brown, center, and Bobbi Alston during the annual Senior Action Center Holiday Party at the Salvation Army, Carlisle, last year. Right, middle: People participate in the YMCA’s annual Carlisle Turkey Trot Year of uncertainty “The United Way does feel last year. Right, bottom: Pictured from left, Jeff Ernst, Tom Bream, Rena Geesaman, Cindy Barclay, Adam Green, Lisa Thomas, Rebecca Foote and Kevin Curtis • See Charities, C8 during the United Way “Campaign Celebration.â€?
Foreclosure • Continued from C6 “robo-signing.â€? Major banks temporarily put foreclosures on hold after the problems surfaced in the fall of 2010. Some had to refile previously filed foreclosure cases and revisit pending cases to prevent errors. Those delays and uncertainty over state and federal probes into the industry’s foreclosure practices led to a sharp slowdown in foreclosure activity last year. The settlement between the banks and state attorneys general helps clarify the rules banks must follow to foreclose on borrowers, said Daren Blomquist, a vice president at RealtyTrac. That will pave the way for more foreclosures, he said. “The settlement will accelerate the foreclosures that are happening this year and it will accelerate the process of lenders catching up on the backlog of foreclosures that has been
building up over the last year and a half,� Blomquist said. Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings also anticipates foreclosures will climb nationally this year, but not right away, noting it will take some time for lenders and mortgage servicers to make sure they are in compliance with the rules set forth in the settlement. “You probably are going to see the pace pick up as the year goes on,� said Grant Bailey, a managing director at Fitch. RealtyTrac projects foreclosures will rise 25 percent this year to 1 million homes. Last year, lenders took back 804,000 homes. Even so, the rise in foreclosures isn’t expected to be uniform nationwide. That’s because the settlement isn’t likely to ease the backlog of foreclosure cases in states where courts play a role in the process. In addition, some states have taken steps to slow lenders down.
Throughout the housing downturn Nevada has had the nation’s highest foreclosure rate. There, a law that went into effect in October requires that foreclosure documents must be filed in the county where a property is located and a lender must provide a notarized affidavit detailing their legal right to proceed. That has contributed to fewer homes entering the foreclosure process, but also a smaller pool of foreclosed homes available for sale in places like Las Vegas. There are as many as 3,000 fewer homes listed for sale in the greater Las Vegas market than just a year ago, said Rosa Herwick, a broker and owner of Century 21 JR Realty in Henderson, Nev. That’s made multiple offers on foreclosures and other properties priced up to $250,000 commonplace, she said. “There are tons of homes sitting out here vacant that people haven’t paid on for
two years, or whatever the case, that should be in the foreclosure pipeline and are not yet,� Herwick said. Foreclosure activity in Nevada fell 8 percent last month from December, but was down 52 percent from January last year, RealtyTrac said. High unemployment, a sluggish housing market and falling home values remain major factors in homeowners falling behind on their mortgage payments. Many borrowers also have simply stopped paying their mortgage because they owe more on the mortgage than the home is worth.
All told, 210,941 U.S. homes received a default notice, were scheduled for auction or were repossessed by a lender in January, RealtyTrac said.
That’s up 3 percent from December, but a drop of 19 percent from January last year. The foreclosure rate translates to one in every 624 U.S. households.
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Charities • Continued from C7 a burden from the unstable economy, because there have been workplaces that had once run campaigns that have now shut down or had major staff layoffs that resulted in either no workplace campaign or a much limited campaign,” said Sherrie Davis, executive director of the United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County. “Some people are also a little more hesitant to give because we don’t have a stable economy yet.” “(This past year) 2011 was a year of uncertainty,” Project SHARE Executive Director Elaine Livas said. “We rely heavily on the support of local congregations, and when people are struggling, then the church struggles and giving decreases.” “(The year) 2011 was a hard year with an increase in requests for services and funding sources decreasing,” Mahr said. “The unstable economy has been felt by people in general and certainly by agencies that try to meet the needs of the members of our society on the margin.”
& Cumberland County, despite the economy, had a successful fundraising campaign that ended in January. “(The year) 2011 was a good year for United Way as far as being able to accomplish projects that will help our community,” Sherrie Davis said, noting some of the projects such as forming the Women’s Leadership Council, which raised more than $10,000 for programs benefiting women and children, and holding the first “Gifts that Give” event for homeless children and children of low-income families so they could pick out Christmas presents for family members. Project SHARE collected corrugated cardboard, which resulted in nearly $20,000 in revenue that was put toward food as well. “The Salvation Army is dealing with the unstable times by streamlining our operation to accomplish more with less. We have looked carefully at the services offered to make sure we are not duplicating services offered by other Carlisle agencies,” Mahr said.
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Rising above However, many local organizations have found ways to rise above the economy and to continue to help members of the community in need. With the help of the Finance Committee, the board of directors and the board of trustees, YWCA Carlisle has taken a “very critical look at fundraising strategies and evaluating programming through the lenses of financial viability and mission importance,” Executive Director Barbara Kohutiak said. “We are constantly evaluating current programming.” The United Way of Carlisle
But unlike business, nonprofits often have very different missions and seek somewhat different outcomes from their work. “We don’t want to give a box of food month after month and have nothing change,” Livas said. “We are always working toward people getting back on their feet and being able to feed themselves and their families and their neighbors. We are working for transformation in people’s lives, not just a transaction for the moment.” “I think a successful non-
profit has to start with an important mission that speaks to the community and to its employees. But that mission has to be implemented by having strong financial management, along with community support,” Kohutiak said. Much of what comes out of non-profit organizations is directly related to the passion and commitment of their employees as well as their volunteers. “ Un i te d Way i s a l s o blessed to have a very strong dedicated team working together (employees and volunteers) that care deeply about the community and will constantly strive to give 200 percent to help the needs of the community,” Davis said. “The best thing about Project SHARE are the wonderful volunteers,” Livas said. “There are so many terrific people with so many life experiences who share them freely.” “Employee commitment to the mission is equally important, and the YWCA has a very dedicated staff,” Kohutiak said. “One example would be the Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis program, which offers services to victims of sexual assault 24 hours a day. The operation of our 24-hour hotline would not be possible without the commitment of employees and a great group of volunteers from the community.” Business-like or not, nonprofits and local charities are something the community cannot do without. “It’s important for the community to know how much non-profits contribute to the fabric of our society, both in terms of the economy and in terms of the safety net we provide,” Kohutiak said.
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County proactive with reassessments In 2011, 657 new dwellings were added to the tax rolls
At the end of 2010, the total assessed value of property in Cumberland County was $22,321,727,800. A year later, that number had risen to $22,433,161,400.
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Real estate appraisers often say that when homeowners wants to sell their houses, they want the value to be as high as possible, but when assessment time comes, they want the value to be as low as possible. The difference in desires is one of self-interest. It’s in a homeowner’s best interest to get as high a price as possible for a house at closing time but to pay as little as possible in taxes. The assessed value of a property is used for determining property taxes, which are used to fund loca l e gove r n m e n ts a n d school boards. Taxes are assessed based on a millage rate; a mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property value. At a millage rate of 1 mill, a $100,000 house would owe $1,000 in property taxes. Each school district sets its own millage rate, usually based on the average tax bill collected - a district with mostly $50,000 homes would need to assess more mills than a district with mostly $100,000 homes. Municipalities can and often do have property taxes as well, and their millage rates are set differently than school districts’. The assessment to establish the value is done by the county, and the frequency is determined by the county. There are counties in western Pennsylvania that haven’t been reassessed since the early 1970s, meaning that municipalities and school districts are collecting woefully inadequate revenues, and if and when the counties are reassessed, some property owners are in for unpleasant surprises in their tax bills. C u m b e rl a n d Co u n ty, however, has been proactive with reassessments and has had two in the last eight years, one in 2004, with the rates going into effect July 1, 2005, and one in 2010, with the rates going into effect July 1, 2011. In the 2004 assessment, 3,810 parcel owners scheduled informal reviews and 1,698 scheduled formal appeals - and of those, 208 withdrew their appeals and
Members of the Cumberland County Tax Assessment Appeal Board meet at the Old Courthouse, Carlisle. Board members from left to right, Lloyd Bucher, George DeMartyn, and Kristin Lehman. Jason Malmont/The Sentinel
181 were no-shows, according to Bonnie Mahoney, chief assessor for Cumberland County. In 2010, those numbers skyrocketed. The county tax assessment office saw 9,909 scheduled informal reviews - of which 172 cancelled, 441 were no-shows, 568 accepted the county’s explanation, 5,789 changed at the review and 2,048 rejected the offer and went to a formal appeal. There were 2,532 formal appeals heard. At the end of 2010, the total assessed value of property in Cumberland County was $22,321,727,800. A year later, that number had risen to $22,433,161,400. In 2011, 657 new dwellings were added to the tax rolls.
Taxes are assessed based on a millage rate; a mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property value. At a millage rate of 1 mill, a $100,000 house would owe $1,000 in property taxes.
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Homebuilder optimism rises for 5th straight month Rising interest has occurred alongside other improvements that suggest the troubled housing market could pick up after four weak years. â–
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WASHINGTON — U.S. homebuilders are gradually growing more optimistic about the depressed housing market and believe homes sales could pick up sharply when the spring buying season begins. The National Asso ciation of Home Builders/Wells Fargo says that its builder sentiment index rose for a fifth straight month in February to 29, up
from 25 in January. The index has climbed 15 points since September and is now at its highest level since May 2007. Builders have generally become more hopeful during that stretch about current sales, sales six months out and foot traffic, the report shows. Even with the brighter outlook, the industry has a long way to go. Any reading below 50 indicates negative sentiment about the housing market. The index hasn’t
reached 50 since April 2006, the peak of the housing boom. A key reason homebuilders are more optimistic is they are seeing more people express interest in buying a home. And rising interest has occurred alongside other improvements that suggest the troubled housing market could pick up after four weak years. Sales of previously occupied homes rose in December for a third straight month. Mortgage rates have never been lower. And home construction picked up in the final quarter of last year. Still, home prices continue to fall, and builders keep slashing their prices to stay competitive. Last year was the worst for new-home
sales on records dating back to 1963. Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics, said the index is now consistent with new-home sales rising to more than 450,000 annually. While that’s below the 700,000 considered healthy, it would be an improvement from the recent trend of just over 300,000. “The story here is that pent-up demand is being freed by much easier mortgage conditions, low rates and rising employment,� Shepherdson said. “It’s real.� But some economists have questioned the foundation for the growing optimism. Pierre Ellis, an analyst at Decision Economics, notes
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HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett is expected to sign a sweeping bill that could force Pennsylvania’s booming natural gas industry to help pay for a wide range of state a n d l o c a l gove r n m e n t programs, toughen safety standards and limit the ability of local officials to keep drilling out of their towns. The state House of Representatives’ vote came m o re t h a n t h re e yea rs after the exploration industry, armed with new technology, descended on Pennsylvania and began pouring billions of dollars into tapping the Marcellus Shale natu ra l ga s fo r m a t i o n , t h e nation’s largest-known natural gas reservoir. The 174-page bill was n e go t i a te d a m o n g Re publicans and unveiled recently. It passed the House on recently, 10190, and the Senate, 3119, largely along partisan lines. Only seven Democrats voted for it, while 1 3 R e p u b l i c a n s vo te d against it. Pe n n sylva n i a i s t h e largest natural-gas producing state that doesn’t impose some type of levy on the activity. Still, Democrats complained bitterly that the bill asks t h e i n d u s t r y to p a y a meager price for extracti n g a va l u a b l e n a t u ra l resource while it strips municipal officials of the kind of authority to cont ro l d r i l l i n g t h a t eve n towns in Texas enjoy. Re p u b l i ca n s i n s i s te d the bill strikes a careful balance between cultivating an enormous econ o m i c b o o s t a n d p ro tecting the environment, and that Pennsylvanians cannot wait any longer to update decades-old laws t h a t n eve r e nv i s i o n e d such deep, widespread drilling that generates huge volumes of oftentoxic wastewater. “This legislation reaffirms our strong commitment to safe and res p o n s i b l e n a t u ra l ga s d eve l o p m e n t h e re i n Pennsylvania,� Corbett said in a statement shortly after the House vote. Corbett, a Republican, did not say when he will sign the bill, but as soon as he does, about 35 counties will have 60 days to decide whether to impose a 15-year fee on their local wells. The first payment for Marcellus Shale wells drilled before this year would be due Sept. 1. For counties that do not impose the fee, a critical mass of municipalities would have another 60 days to impose it countywide. Because Corbett opposes the kind of tax on the industry that many other states impose, Republican
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regions north and east through large stretches of state-owned forests to its agricultural northern tier. Environmental groups were split over the bill, and the industry has been largely silent on it. Local government groups supported it while one ex p l o ra t i o n c o m p a n y, Fort Worth, Texas-based Range Resources Corp., one the most active Marcellus Shale drillers, said it would provide strong, more predictable regulations that are nevertheless more costly. “ E i t h e r yo u a re fo r a commonsense, balanced approach to the develo p m e n t o f t h e n a t u ra l gas discovery, or you are just always (saying) ‘no,’� House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, said during floor debate. “You don’t get to have it both ways.� Money from the fee would aid state agencies tasked with regulating the industry, communities that are home to the d r i l l i n g a n d s ta tew i d e environmental improvement programs. Dollars also would flow to improve bridges and water and sewer plants, p u rc h a se n a t u ra l ga s powered fleet vehicles, build affordable housing and help the development of a massive petrochemical refinery in southwestern Pennsylvania and the reuse of three Philadelphia-area oil refineries that are shutting down.
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It’s no secret that the construction industry was one of the hardest hit by a recession the U.S. has yet to fully recover from. But based on the number of proposed commercial and residential plans submitted to Cumberland County in 2011 and comments from area builders, it is an industry that may be turning the corner. While the number of building permits issued in 2011 have not yet come in from across Cumberland County, the planning department has received the number of proposed dwellings and commercial and industrial developments from each municipality, and those numbers look positive -- literally. The total number of proposed dwellings did not see a dramatic increase, but, at 684, it seems to have stabilized after reaching the lowest number on record, 682, in 2010. Meanwhile, the total number of proposed commercial and industrial developments across the county increased by 15, up from 33 in 2010 to 48. “In a good year, and when I say good year I mean a normal year, we usually get, as far as commercial/industrial type of developments ... over 50 new ones a year,� said Jeff Kelly, deputy director of the county’s planning department. “It’s getting close to the norm, which I think is a pretty good sign.� “I expect, too, that the housing will start to come up,� he added. Kelly expects housing will eventually get back up to around 1,000 proposed
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dwelling units annually, which would put it close to what it was in the early 2000s but nowhere near its height in 2005 of 3,182. “I don’t know if we’ll do that all in one year, but I think in 2012 we’ll have an increase in housing units proposed,� he said. “Overall ... we’re not go-
ing any lower and we’re seeing signs that it’s picking up with the industrial and commercial,� he continued. “It looks like we’ve bottomed out and we’re coming back.�
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Brookside Heights plan in Hanover becomes more dense The Penn Township Zoning Hearing Board unanimously granted a special exception for Brookside LLC to allow the development to expand. â–
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Developers of a planned subdivision off York Street in Penn Township received approval recently to build townhouses instead of duplexes and thereby increase the number of units in the project by 36 percent. T h e P e n n To w n s h i p Z o n i n g Hea r i n g Boa rd u n a n i m o u s l y g ra n te d a special exception for Brookside LLC to allow the development to expand from a proposed 186 residential units to 240 dwellings. Burkentine & Sons Builders representative Scott Barnhart said the lackluster housing market has forced Burkentine to re-examine the project and scale back the size of the homes in the long-planned Brookside He i g h ts to m a ke t h e m more affordable. Barnhart and attorney
Paul Minnich described the change as minimal. “The net effect is a slight density change, not an overwhelming change from our perspective,� Minnich said. Terrance Grove, president of traffic specialists Grove Miller Engineering, testified that the increased volume of vehicles from the additional homes would not alter the conclusions of the original traffic study performed for the project in 2004. Grove explained that the majority of traffic is designed to exit and enter the development at the intersection of Center and York streets, where there is a traffic signal planned. Grove said recent studies indicate the townhouses would generate 20 additional vehicle trips in the morning peak time and 24 additional trips in the afternoon peak hours. He said the traffic-flow designs and the signal
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planned for the intersection would still handle the additional load. “That is really the critical intersection of the analysis,� he said. “Based on the additional traffic volume the traffic signal would still continue to function at an acceptable level.� Grove said the original traffic study looked at a 186-unit Brookside Heights but took into account other planned subdivisions in the area. The zoning hearing board, which had continued the special exception hearing from its January
meeting, granted the approval with the condition that building permits in the development not be issued until the traffic signal is installed, operational and meets PennDOT standards. Burkentine has agreed to pay for the installation of that signal, which has been part of the township’s plans for years. Zoning board members expressed concern about traffic using other streets within the nearly 40-acre d eve l o p m e n t to ge t to York Street. Grove said he projected that 55 percent of the traffic in the de-
velopment would use the Center and York streets intersection. Plans call for widening Center Street at that intersection. Duplexes are allowed as a use by right in the R-8 residential zone but a special exception is needed to develop townhouses. Barnhart said smaller homes, such as townhouses, are more marke ta b l e i n t h e p re se n t economy. “It boils down to you have to have something that people will want to purchase,� he said. “Right now, the best thing we can think of is townhouses.�
Barnhart said the homes would have driveways and garages. Penn Township had previously granted preliminary land development approval for the subdivision but the final plans still need to come before the planners and commissioners. Barnhart said Burkentine also needs to determine how many homes would be built in the first phase of the development before submitting those final plans. “They (the plans) have to be engineered over the next few months,� he said.
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In times of emergency 2011 was a year of growth for emergency management services The department dealt with flooding, as well as developing social media outlets to get information to local residents. ■
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Last year was a busy one for much of Cumberland County, but the Department of Public Safety perhaps saw the most action - and growth - in 2011. “It was a busy year, for sure,” Megan Silverstrim, a spokesperson for the Cumberland County Department of Public Safety, said, noting that flooding especially had a huge impact on the department’s workings in the past year. “You don’t see a disaster recovery set up in
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Andy Padilione of New Cumberland carries a bag of clothing as he wades through the high flood waters to safer ground after residents of Bridge Street were orderd to evacuate their homes last year during the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee. Sentinel file photo
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Over the past year, the Cumberland Valley Visitors Bureau has developed a new brand — and a new logo — in an effort to market the Cumberland Valley as a destination place. The stylized logo of a rolling mountain, with the words “Found It” are appearing on everything from bumper stickers to tote bags, alerting people that, whatever they’re looking for, they’ve “found it” here in the Cumberland Valley. The idea behind uniting the Cumberland Valley under one logo is to create a destination location that is more than just one specific attraction but presents the area as a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Ove r t h e l a s t seve ral months, Shireen Farr has made presentations about the visitors bureau to the governing bodies of local municipalities in an effort to get the organization’s name and mission out. Instead of having local communities market themselves individually, the idea behind the visitors bureau is that the entire Cumberland Valley as a whole is a destination — from the historic areas of downtown Shippensburg and Carlisle to the Appalachian Trail Community of Boiling Springs.
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CVVB • Continued from D5 National Scenic Trail. Launched in 2010, the program recognizes communities for their part in promoting awareness of the AT as an important national and local resource. Towns, counties and communities along the AT corridor are considered assets by hikers, and “many of these towns act as good friends and neighbors to the Trail.” South Middleton’s Supervisor Bryan Gembusia, commenting on the designation at the time, said “South Middleton Township takes great pride in its natural landscape and vast amount of protected mountains and forest. The Appalachian Trail is not only a historic resource, but also a tourist attraction as well as a means to promote exercise and natural beauty. The South Middleton Township Supervisors take great pride in the designation of Boiling Springs as an Appalachian Trail Community.”
Signage If the Cumberland Valley Visitors Bureau has its way, “Cumberland Valley” might soon become an official stop on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The bureau would like to have the Plainfield service plaza renamed the Cumberland Valley service plaza and marked with the organization’s “Found It” logo. To do so, the bureau needs support from local governments affected by the proposed change. It got that support from one local board but also said it had been turned down by another. The Cumberland County commissioners voted unanimously in early February to send a letter of support on behalf of the bureau to the turnpike commission, which makes the decision. Farr told the commissioners that the bureau had
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Unusually for a county of its size, Cumberland County is served by five state representatives - Steve Bloom, R-199, Glen Grell, R-87, Sheryl Delozier, R-88, Rob Kauffman, R-89, and Scott Perry, R-92 - and one state senator, Pat Vance, R-31. Such a large delegation gives the county and exceptionally strong voice in the General Assembly and gives residents of Cumberland County representation on a variety of committees. Grell, in office since 2005, serves on the appropriations, insurance, judiciary and state government committees and is the chair of the judiciaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subcommittee on courts. Bloom, in office since 2011, serves on the agriculture and rural affairs committee, of which he is the chair, as well as the environmental resources and energy, labor and industry, and urban affairs committees. Delozier, in office since 2009, serves on the consumer affairs, human services, judiciary, and labor and industry committees and is the chair of the human servicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; subcommittee on drugs and alcohol. Perry, in office since 2007, serves on the appropriations, consumer affairs, labor and industry, rules, veterans affairs and emergency preparedness committees and is secretary of labor and industry. Kauffman, in office since 2005, serves on the agriculture and rural affairs, consumer affairs, labor and industry, and state government committees and is the chair of the consumer affairs subcommittee on public utilities. Vance, in office since 2005, serves on the appropriations, banking and insurance, communications and technology, finance, and public health
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From left to right, Rick Herring, division president, Giant Food Stores, Carlisle; Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett; Sen. Elder Vogel Jr. of the 47th District,; and Rep. Stephen Bloom, R-199, announce the signing of House Bill 1424, PA Preferred Act. The bill was signed at the Giant food store in Camp Hill last year. and welfare committees and is the chair of public health. They have, in the last 13 months alone, sponsored or co-sponsored among them 74 bills, on topics ranging from public health and tort reform to farmland preservation and estate tax law changes. Three of them - Grell, Perry and Vance - sit on the powerful appropriations subcommittee of their respective chambers. The appropriations committees are the first to look at the proposed budget after the governor unveils it in early February. Both the House and the Senate committees then begin tweaking the budget - adding and subtracting money from line items,
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Technology in the courtroom Pennsylvania courts have long banned live TV cameras inside the courtroom, claiming that live coverage of a trial would compromise the privacy of witnesses and encourage grandstanding. ■
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During the corruption trial of Rep. Bill DeWeese, Judge Todd Hoover did not permit journalists to tweet updates --micro-blog live -- from the courtroom. During the preliminary hearing for disgraced Penn State officials Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, the same judge did allow that form of live-streaming communication with the outside world. Pennsylvania courts have long banned live TV cameras inside the courtroom, claiming that live coverage of a trial would compromise the privacy of witnesses and encourage grandstanding. Think O.J. Simpson. Senior Judge John M. Cleland allowed journalists to tweet and text from Jerry Sandusky’s preliminary hearing. Many journalists rely on technology — smart
phones, iPads, mobile wifi — to do their jobs, and that technology comes with amazing capabilities. Devices such as iPhones and iPads can record video, transcribe talk to text (though there are some kinks in Apple’s internal dictionary in terms of understanding the spoken word), connect to the Internet using available wireless networks or over a service provider’s 3G network, send and receive messages and tweets and download massive amounts of data in short periods of time. Although some of their brethren are finding such technology cumbersome, several of Cumberland County’s judges are using it to their advantage. In the fall, Cumberland County Court Administrator Melissa Calvanelli told the commissioners that her office was planning to buy iPads for several — though not all -- of the judges — in an effort to contain costs. The two newly elect-
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Some judges are allowing journalists to use technology like iPads and iPhones while in the courtroom. ed judges to the Court of Common Pleas — Christylee Peck and Thomas Placey — agreed to have the casebooks they will need in their judicial roles down-
loaded to their iPads rather than provided in book form. The county already pays for an online subscription to Westlaw and LexisNexis
for the judges and courts to use, she explained. The physical books cost about $50,000 and must be updated annually, usually with supplements, but sometimes
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lowing it,” Marion explained in June. The change is because of Cumberland County’s recent growth. The 2000 census showed the county with a population of 213,674 people. The 2010 census shows the county’s population to be 235,406. The third-class county classification includes counties with populations of between 210,000 and 499,999. The classifications are somewhat fluid, Marion explained, because of an exception for Lackawanna County, which saw a population decrease that would have resulted in it being bumped down a class. It sought and was granted an exemption. Lackawanna’s 2010 census data show a population of 214,437 and a 2000 population of 213,295. Cumberland was able to stay a fourth-class county after the last census, despite
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per Allen Township explained, that may not be the case all the time. As Jennifer Boyer of Upper Allen Township said, the township had 257 building permits in 2010, 56 more than the 201 permits issued in 2011. However, the construction cost for 2010 was only $35 million, as opposed to $46 million in 2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The dollar figures are based on what an applicant puts on their building permit as the total construction value of each project,â&#x20AC;? Boyer said in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As you can see we issued more permits in 2010, but the total construction costs of those projects were less than
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Local townships and boroughs had a difficult year in 2011, trying to make expenditures balance with revenue in yearly budgets. Out of the 16 municipalities for which building permit information was made available to The Sentinel, only four saw the number of building permits go up from the previous year, while 12 experienced a decrease in the number of building permits issued from 2010 to 2011. The decrease may seem like it would be a huge detriment to municipal budgets but, as Up-
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the total value in 2011. Therefore, we cannot assume that more building permits equal more revenue for the township.â&#x20AC;? John Paden, the maintenance supervisor and zoning and codes officer for the Borough of Lemoyne, said that most permits just included house additions or renovations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of the permits were just modifications to the present houses,â&#x20AC;? Paden said. Jerry Swope, the zoning and codes officer for Southampton Township, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel that the townshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decrease to 96 permits from 162 issued in 2011 versus 2010 affected the budget of the township in terms of permit revenue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think ours (the decrease) has bothered us that much. The overall economyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s affected building, new houses and so forth,â&#x20AC;? Swope said.
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Commercial and industrial growth on the rise CCED fosters growth by courting companies looking to locate jobs in Cumberland County.
For the most part, CCED activity is a good indicator of general commercial and industrial development in Cumberland County, according to Shute, but that does not seem to be the case in 2011. Statistics from Cumberland Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planning department show the total number of proposed commercial and industrial developments across the county increased in 2011 by 15, up from 33 in 2010 to 48. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a good year, and when I say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;good yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; I mean a normal year, we usually get, as far as commercial/industrial type of developments ... over 50 new ones a year,â&#x20AC;? said Jeff Kelly, deputy
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At a time when the importance of strong economic development is arguably the greatest it has ever been, activity at Cumberland County Economic Development (CCED) and commercial and industrial growth seems to be on the rise. CCED is Cumberland Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authorized economic development agency. It fosters growth by courting companies looking to locate jobs in Cumberland County during their site selection processes and investing money in the county through loans.
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see a lot out there, and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see a lot of opportunities. The year started slow and just continued slow.â&#x20AC;?
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