America 250 PA Infrastructure Improvements & Projects Committee
August 10, 2023 | 11 a.m.
Jefferson Educational Society, Monticello Room, Erie
Agenda
1.Welcome
Co-Chair, Rep. Jared Solomon
2. Introduction to America250PA and Today’s Hearing Process
America250PA Executive Director, Cassandra Coleman
3. Proposed Project Testimony
a. Theron Miles — Clarion Blueprint Community
i. Panel Q&A
b. Todd Burns, Treasurer — Grove City Area Historical Society and Museum
i. Panel Q&A
c. Jeremy Bloeser, Executive Director — Bayfront East Side Taskforce
i. Panel Q&A
d. Anita Brattina, Chairman — Friends of the Manor Charitable Trust
i. Panel Q&A
e. Richard Arthur, Eagle Hotel Curator — Fort LeBoeuf Historical Society
i. Panel Q&A
f. Benjamin Beck — Greenville Redevelopment Authority
i. Panel Q&A
g. Averie Shaughnessy-Comfort, Executive Director, and Tom Sebald, Board President —
Presque Isle Light Station | Lake Erie Lights
i. Panel Q&A
h. Jessica Horan, Director — Erie County Department of Planning and Community Development
i. Panel Q&A
i. Charles Gerbe, Partner — Gerbe Holdings LLC
i. Panel Q&A
j. Melinda Meyer, President — Erie Yesterday
i. Panel Q&A
k. Dr. Kat Lyons, Operations Director — Jefferson County Historical Society
i. Panel Q&A
l. Cal Pifer, Executive Director — Hagen History Center
i. Panel Q&A
m. Samuel McCrimmon, Vice President for Advancement and External Relations — Mercyhurst University
i. Panel Q&A
n. Kimberly Hawkes, Grant Director — Northwest Pennsylvania Trail Association
i. Panel Q&A
o. Bishop Curtis L. Jones Sr. — Historical Institute of Culture and the African American Experience
i. Panel Q&A
p. Kate Philips, Board of Directors, Erie Zoo; and Joel Deuterman, President & CEO, VNET — Erie Zoo
i. Panel Q&A
q. Joe Pfadt, Executive Director & CEO — Oliver Hazard Perry Shipyard
i. Panel Q&A
r. Robert Guy, Director of Operations — Becoming America
i. Panel Q&A
4. Closing Remarks
Co-Chair, Rep. Jared Solomon