White Township, Pennsylvania

4 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 10 farms and big machinery. Somehow, though, they have managed to bring those two halves together, creating a strong community through thoughtful and extensive planning and foresight. Planning is a strength of the folks that oversee White Township. Anderson explains, “First and foremost, we do utilize our boards and plan and commissions. We have a five member planning commission and they review all land development. We also have a long range, comprehensive plan steering committee that’s more into long range planning.” At the heart of the township – their pride and joy – is their community recreation center. It all started back in 1995, when White Township purchased a 50-acre parcel of land with dreams of building a rec center. State grant funds, along with lots of local fundraising eventually WHI TE TOWNSHI P , PENNSYLVANI A