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Constructive Ideas Will Strengthen Region - Washington Observer-Reporter
June 8th, 2011
"It is 2025. What is it about our region that makes you most proud? What was the key to getting there?" These were the questions asked in 2010 of 3300 residents in 32 counties in 4 states that comprise the region in which we live...

‘Community conversations’ in hand, Power of 32 leaders identify six major themes - The Cumberland Times-News
June 8th, 2011
Angie Brant
The Power of 32 initiative is continuing to move forward to “create agendas that will result in actionable plans designed to positively impact” the lives of the 4.2 million residents in the target area of West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The first phase of the process, completed last year, involved collecting public input in what were called “community conversations.”...

32 Counties Seek Economic Cooperation - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 18th, 2011
Anne Belser
What do the populations of 32 counties in four states that form the headwaters of the Ohio River have in common? It turns out a lot. Twenty-five years after the collapse of the steel industry put the entire region into an economic slump, the residents have adopted a commitment...

Four Power of 32 states share similar vision for future - The Cumberland Times-News
April 20th, 2011
Angie Brant
For the past year, individuals in 32 counties from four states have been sharing their thoughts and visions for the future.This groundbreaking, collaborative effort is called the Power of 32. The Power of 32 represents more than 4.2 million individuals in Maryland, West Virgina, Pennsylvania and Ohio.From June to November 2010, 156 “community conversations” were held in each of the 32 counties. More than 3,000 participants were asked...

Power of 32 is regional visioning - Daily American
Mon, Mar 28th, 2011 10:23am
Somerset— People who attended the Power of 32 “Community Conversations” identified six key issues that affect daily living in this region. The issues are: economy, education, environment, governance, people/community/quality of life, and transportation/infrastructure. The Power of 32 is an initiative to create a shared vision for 32 counties in western...

Commitment to listening’ marks Power of 32 initiative
Mon, Mar 28th, 2011 10:14am
By Jessica Borders Times West Virginian
FAIRMONT — People in the area are highly engaged in the Power of 32 initiative and want to participate in creating a better future for the region. Power of 32, which went into full operations mode in January 2010, is the largest regional visioning project ever...

A newsmaker you should know: He's expanding power of community
Wed, Feb 02nd, 2011 12:43pm
By Anthony Todd Carlisle Allen Kukovich When asked what is important to him, Allen Kukovich, a man firmly grounded in family and community, doesn't hesitate with his answer: home. Mr. Kukovich, 63, feels a certain pride and satisfaction that his family has deep roots in Manor, Westmoreland County. He represented the county for...

Welcome to Cleveburgh! Pittsburghers need to rethink their place in the world
Mon, Jan 03rd, 2011 11:13am
Cleveburgh. To anyone who has survived the many cold slugfests pitting the Steelers against the Browns, this word may grate like fingernails pulled across a chalkboard. But chalkboards have seen their day. It may be time to realize that what separates Pittsburgh and Cleveland is more artificial than real. It may be time to talk about the once-...

Teens weigh in on Power of 32 project
Wed, Dec 01st, 2010 11:55am
I have always believed that our young people are the voice of tomorrow. Power of 32 is a regional visioning initiative that will involve tens of thousands of people across 32 counties in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In September, I participated in a Power of 32...

Power of 32 gives hope for Pittsburgh's economy
Wed, Dec 01st, 2010 11:50am
By Ann Belser, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh can stop celebrating how well it weathered the recession, because as other cities around the world are experiencing a recovery, Pittsburgh is falling behind again. In a study of 150 cities in the U.S. and abroad, researchers at the...

Power of 32 seeks input from people from all walks of life
Mon, Nov 01st, 2010 10:53am
By Jessica Borders Times West Virginian
FAIRMONT — Power of 32 is “really a full community effort.” As part of this initiative, which is the largest regional visioning project ever undertaken in the country, a series of...

Power of 32 Talks Region's Future with College Students
Tue, Oct 12th, 2010 11:40am
 MORGANTOWN -- Counties in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland are collaborating. The Power of 32 hosted a community conversation Monday night at West Virginia University. The Power of 32 is a regional collaboration working to...

Power of 32 Gathers: Looks to Spur Area Growth
Tue, Oct 12th, 2010 11:06am
Wheeling, WV
Power of 32 Gathers: Looks to Spur Area Growth September 30, 2010 - By IAN HICKS Staff Writer WHEELING - How can 4.2 million people with diverse backgrounds, goals and ideas spread out over a 17,000-square-mile area work toward common goals? That's what the Power of 32 "regional visioning initiative" aims to find out, and in doing so...

Meetings to collect ideas for regional planning
Mon, Aug 02nd, 2010 1:25pm
YOUNGSTOWN Trained facilitators will conduct the first round of a series of community conversations today to discuss a shared regional-planning vision for the year 2025. At 1 p.m. today, meetings will be at the New Castle, Pa., public library, 207 E. North St.; and at the Mercer County Courthouse, 120 S. Diamond St., Mercer...

Power Of 32 Seeks Public Input Today
Mon, Aug 02nd, 2010 1:08pm
Meeting Will Shape Vision A Community Conversation conducted by the Power of 32-the regional visioning initiative that includes 32 counties in the Maryland panhandle, eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania, and West Virginia's mid-central and panhandle-will be held today, 5 p.m., at West Virginia Northern Community College. Food and refreshments at...

States working to form regional blueprint - Cumberland Times-News
Mon, Aug 02nd, 2010 12:01pm
Cory Galliher
Power of 32 will help plot course for future
More than 60 business and community leaders and members of the public came together at the Allegany Arts Council Tuesday night for a Power of 32 Community Conversation meeting, beginning the listening phase of the program that will help mold the...

Hard work ethic can build future, Armstrong residents say at Power of 32
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
By Mitch Fryer, LEADER TIMES - SOUTH BUFFALO — A few of Armstrong County's business, industry, education and government leaders added their ideas to a regional visioning initiative Tuesday morning. The 15 who attended the...

County developing a vision for the future with Power of 32
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
By Mark Hofmann, DAILY COURIER Representative from county organizations, businesses and government took part in Community Conversations on Tuesday at Penn State-Fayette, the Eberly Campus. It is the first step in a...

Power of 32 begins idea exchanges
July 27, 2010
Patrick Buchnowski
SOMERSET - The Power of 32 muscled into Somerset County on Tuesday. Power of 32 is a “regional visioning initiative” involving counties in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia. The goal is to form a regional plan that includes strengthening the economy and creating jobs...

32 Counties in 4 States Banding Together to Improve Region
Mon, Aug 02nd, 2010
Thirty-two counties, four states, one vision. That's the slogan of a group called the Power of 32. It's a two-year initiative that includes counties in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The group has started gathering ideas by holding community conversations. "This initiative is based first in the citizens and residents...

You've Got the Power (of 32) at Community Conversations
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
POP CITY MEDIA  Clearly the hottest commodity in Pittsburgh right now is, well… Pittsburghers. The "regional visioning initiative" known as Power of 32 will be seeking your input at simultaneous "community conversations" across the region beginning on Tues., July 27. They join the...

'Power of 32' Talks Region's Future
Mon, Jul 26th, 2010 10:25am
By Macall Allen, Counties in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland are collaborating.  MORGANTOWN -- Thirty-two counties in four states are joining together to form the Power of 32. The regional visioning initiative involves 10 counties in West Virginia along with nearby counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. It says the 32...

Group aims to harness 'Power of 32'
Mon, Jul 26th, 2010
By Michael Bradwell,  Residents of Washington and Greene counties will have the opportunity on Tuesday to participate in a far-sighted, 32-county, multi-state regional forum dedicated to shaping the region over the next 15 years that has never been attempted anywhere in the United States. Their input to...

Westmoreland seeks input on national community development project - Valley News Dispatch
Mon, Jul 14th, 2010 9:34am
By R. A. Mont Coming up Who: Power of 32 What: Community Conversation When: 9:00 p.m. Tuesday Where: Penn State New Kensington Conference Center, Upper Burrell One of the largest community development projects of all time is asking local residents for suggestions. The Power of 32 will be holding...

'Power of 32' Initiative Targeting McKeesport - McKeesport Daily News
Wed, Jul 9th, 2010
By Patrick Cloonan,  It seeks a shared vision of the future in a region reaching from Youngstown to Altoona, and from Clarksburg to Purchase Line. It's centered on Pittsburgh and such cities as Altoona, Wheeling and Youngstown, but it will focus on McKeesport, with a public meeting sometime before...

Power of 32 Introduced - The New Pittsburgh Courier
Wed, Jun 23rd, 2010 1:44pm
Diane I. Daniels, Former politician and public servant, Allen G. Kukovich served as featured speaker during the June 18 Power Breakfast meeting held by the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania. During his presentation he introduced the...

Power of 32 links counties - Tribune-Review
Thu, Jul 01st, 2010 3:28pm
By Cody Francis  About 20 Westmoreland County residents came together in Jeannette on Wednesday night to discuss the challenges, strengths and future of the region as part of a "regional visioning initiative." The initiative is called the Power of 32, a project that assembles 32 counties from...

Older News

"Group recruiting volunteers to speak up" - The Almanac, 4.21.2010 http://www.thealmanac.net/ALM/Story/04-21-2010-Power-of-32

"In Brief - Cumberland Times-News" - Cumberland Times-News, 04.11.10 http://times-news.com/local/x993494802/In-Brief-April-11-2010/

"Regional visioning project seeks recruits" - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 04.09.10 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_675638.html

“CIC Hears About Four-State Shared Vision” – Steubenville Herald Star, 8.19.09 http://www.hsconnect.com/page/content.detail/id/524818.html?nav=5010

“The Next Page: A Peek at Pittsburgh’s Post-Industrial Peers” -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 8.16.09 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09228/991004-109.stm

“Give-Take Approach - Visioning Project Must Benefit All Involved”-The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, 6.25.09 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_176154502.html

“Planners Hope to Promote Broad Swath as One Region” --The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, 6.21.09 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_172001000.html

“Group has a ‘Vision’ for the Future” --Weirton Daily Times, 6.3.09 http://www.weirtondailytimes.com/page/content.detail/id/522688.html

“Group Offers New Vision for Development” --Wheeling Intelligencer, 6.3.09 http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/524657.html?nav=510

“Group Offering a New Vision for Development” -- Steubenville Herald Star, 6.3.09 http://www.heraldstaronline.com/page/content.detail/id/521426.html

“DCBA Hosts Regional Vision Project Seminar” -- Weirton Daily Times, 6.2.09 http://weirtondailytimes.com/page/content.detail/id/522639.html

“Area Leaders Encouraged to Think Regionally” --WTRF-TV, 6.2.09 http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=60193

“Project Aims to Create One Regional Vision” -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5.21.09 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09141/971644-28.stm

“Regional Planning Panel to Meet” – WDUQ 90.5 FM, 5.20.09 http://wduqnews.blogspot.com/2009/05/regional-planning-panel-to-meet.html

“The New, New Visioning Project” – Pittsblog, 5.20.09 http://pittsblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-new-visioning-project.html

“’Visioning’ May Build Clout for Our Region” -- Wheeling Intelligencer, 5.17.09 http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/524119.html

“Project Seeks to Improve Region, County” -- The Daily American, 5.8.09 http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2009/05/05/news/local/news880.txt

“County Hosts Kick Off ‘Shared Vision’ Regional Project” -- Washington Observer-Reporter, 5.6.09 http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/05-06-visioning

“Thirty Counties, One Vision for the Future” – Wheeling Intelligencer, 5.6.09 http://theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/523690.html?nav=515

“Former PA Senator to Lead Study on Shaping Pittsburgh Region” -- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 5.5.09 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_623614.html