America 250 PA Infrastructure Improvements & Projects Committee

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America 250 PA Infrastructure Improvements & Projects Committee

August 29, 2023 | 10:30 a.m.

Lehigh County

Agenda

1. Welcome
Co-Chairs, Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill and Rep. Jared Solomon

2. Introduction to America250PA and Today’s Hearing Process
America250PA Executive Director, Cassandra Coleman

3. Proposed Project Testimony
a. John Mandracchia, Region Manager — Montgomery County PTHS
i. Panel Q&A
b. Claire Wildermuth Sadler, Executive Director — Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Inc.
i. Panel Q&A
c. Annamaria Glisson, Secretary/Treasurer — Marcus Hook Preservation Society
i. Panel Q&A
d. Honorable Andrew Dinniman and Dr. Larycia Hawkins — Lincoln University Foundation of PA
i. Panel Q&A
e. Voffee Jabateh, CEO ACANA, and Dr. Gaston Mbonglou, Advisor —
African Cultural Alliance of North America (ACANA)
i. Panel Q&A
f. Gina Burritt, the Delaware County Director of Planning, and Andrew Hamilton,
September Eleventh National Memorial Trail Board Chair — Delaware County, Planning Department
i. Panel Q&A
g. Tom Yencho, Vice President for Communication and Strategic Partnerships, and
Heather Lobban-Viravong, Vice President for Inclusion and Community Engagement — Ursinus College
i. Panel Q&A
h. Jennifer Martin, Executive Director — Friends of Washington Crossing Park
i. Panel Q&A
i. William Collins, RLA, ASLA, Principal, Simone Collins Landscape Architecture — Delaware Canal 21
i. Panel Q&A
j. Louis King, President and CEO — OIC of America
i. Panel Q&A
k. Benjamin Pawson, Development Director — First Person Arts
i. Panel Q&A
l. Commissioner Michelle Kichline, and Conor Hepp, President of the Chester County History Center —
America250PA Chester County Commission
i. Panel Q&A
m. Larry Dubinski, President & CEO — The Franklin Institute
i. Panel Q&A
n. Eric Pryor, President and CEO — Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
i. Panel Q&A
o. Lisa Minardi, Executive Director — Historic Trappe
i. Panel Q&A
p. Cory Amsler, VP of Collections & Interpretation — Bucks County Historical Society
i. Panel Q&A
q. Randy Cope, Township Manager and Seth O’Neill, Finance Director — North Whitehall Township
i. Panel Q&A
r. Tracy Schott, Director/President — Schott Productions
i. Panel Q&A
s. William Sheeler, Chairman of the Planning Committee — Reading Area Firefighters Museum Inc.
i. Panel Q&A
t. Lisa Acker Moulder, Director of the Besty Ross House — Historic Philadelphia, Inc.
i. Panel Q&A
u. Thomas R. Petrucci, MPA, Township Manager — South Whitehall Township
i. Panel Q&A
v. Mayor Michael P. Harakal Jr., Mayor of Whitehall Township, and
Jeffrey J. Warren, Whitehall Commissioner — Township of Whitehall, PA
i. Panel Q&A
w. Nathaniel Guest, Executive Director — Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust
i. Panel Q&A
x. Alicia Miller Karner, Deputy Director, Economic Development — City of Bethlehem
i. Panel Q&A
y. Councilwoman Teri Sorg McManamon — Borough of Emmaus
i. Panel Q&A

4. Closing Remarks
Co-Chairs, Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill and Rep. Jared Solomon

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