Area Plans

While the Centre Region Comprehensive Plan provides a solid foundation for addressing regional planning challenges, the successful implementation of regional planning principles requires a more detailed study of strategic areas of the community. The following documents are the culmination of multi-year studies by the Centre Regional Planning Agency, as directed by Steering Committees comprised of elected and appointed officials from each of the study areas.

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Pine Grove Mills Small Area Plan

In 2018, the Ferguson Township Board of Supervisors formed a Steering Committee and directed this Committee to prepare a Small Area Plan for the Pine Grove Mills area of the Township. The Steering Committee, with the help of several stakeholders drafted the Pine Grove Mills Small Area Plan, and on November 4, 2019, the plan was adopted by the Ferguson Township Board of Supervisors.
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Halfmoon Township Small Area Plan


In 2017, the Halfmoon Township Board of Supervisors formed a Steering Committee and directed the Committee to prepare a Small Area Plan for the eastern area of the Township that was designated as Mixed Use in the Centre Region Comprehensive Plan.
 
The Steering Committee drafted a Small Area Plan, with community participation, and the Board adopted the Plan on June 14, 2018.
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Boalsburg Small Area Plan

In 2013, the Harris Township Board of Supervisors appointed 15 residents to the Small Area Plan Committee and charged them with the following mission:

“To prepare a small area plan that establishes a long range vision to guide the future growth and development of the Boalsburg area.”

State College Land Area Plan

The State College Land Area Plan is a very detailed and specific comprehensive land use plan for the Borough of State College and parts of the adjacent municipalities of College and Ferguson Townships.