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October 29-November 4, 2015
Volume 7, Issue 43
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Voters will decide two races in Bellefonte By ALEXA LEWIS news@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — There are a total of four seats open on Bellefonte’s borough council with contested races in both the West and North Wards. In the West ward, incumbent president of Bellefonte Borough Council, Frank Halderman, will face Democrat challenger Joanne Tosti-Vasey in the municipal general on Nov. 3. As for the North Ward, incumbent councilmember Brian Walker will face Douglas Johnson, who is a democrat. Renee Brown and Karen Harvey, who are both currently council members, are the two candidates running in the South Ward
Developer provides update on project By HARRY ZIMBLER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — Great progress is being made on the construction of the Fraser Centre multi-use building in downtown State College. When complete, the 165-foot-tall building will be the tallest structure in the region. An update on the project was offered by Gary Brandeis, a Penn State alumnus and the building’s co-developer, to the Rotary Club of Downtown State College during an Oct. 22 meeting. The Fraser Center will include 26 to 29 condominiums on the upper floors. “We already have 400 names of people interested in purchasing them,” said Brandeis. “They will be offered for sale
and both are sure to secure the two open seats in that ward. Here is the Centre County Gazette’s breakdown of the candidates running in the two contested races.
NORTH WARD
■ Douglas Johnson Johnson may not have served yet on borough council, but he was born in Bellefonte, attended the Bellefonte Area High School, has worked as a facilities manager at Penn State and serves as a committee member on Bellefonte’s planning commission. He said the focus of his campaign has been improving the borough’s tourism and drawing more businesses to the com-
ance the annual budget with minimal tax munity. increases despite increasing operating and “There’s tourist attractions not only in overhead costs. state college but also Bellefonte, so I’d like “What’s primary to me is basically tryto attract those folks to Bellefonte and get ing to maximize the revenue potential in a some new businesses in Bellefonte,” Johnsmall borough like this,” Walker said. son said. To increase the borough’s tax base and As the non-incumbent candidate runkeep costs low in the community, Walkning for a position in the North Ward, er has supported the waterfront project, Johnson said the reason he decided to run (actual size 10.25” W x 16” H) (full page) a land development project that recently was to bring more transparency to current broke ground in the borough. borough policies, procedures and expenWalker said, “While its rewarding and ditures. equally interested in serv“I want to be a(actual public servant to theW xfrustrating, size 10.25” 8” H) (1/2I am page) ing the community.” residents of Bellefonte,” Johnson said. “I For a little more than a year Walker had want to be there to listen to their concerns held a spot on borough council when the and present them to the rest of council.” (actual size 5.075” W x 8” H) (1/4 page) ■ Brian Walker Races, Page 6 Walker said his focus is trying to bal-
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Vern Squier, CBICC president and CEO, said the chamber will relocate to 131 S. Fraser St. in downtown State College. The CBICC expects to be (actual size 3.35” W operating x 2” H) (business size) out of its card new headquarters within the next few days. “The soon-to-be-finalized CBICC transition of Business Name: ___________________________________ lease-hold interest at the Technology Center to Penn State University is a strategic realignment of resources as the result of recent collaboration Contact: HALEY NELSON/For__________________________________________ the Gazette in business incubation by the chamber, the Ben Franklin Technology Center of Central and NorthMAKING PROGRESS: Construction continues on the Fraser Centre in downtown State College. ern Pennsylvania and Penn State,” Squier said. _________________________________________ “Our goal is toAddress: create the most dein the spring of 2016.” The CBICC has a storied history in supporting sirable spaces in State College,” said The facility will include 50,000 small business incubation. Brandeis. “You can expect___________________ an exciting square feet of retail space, a restaurant “When it was State: started in 1985 in the dormant City: ________ ZIP: ______ press release on our tenants soon. You and a 165-room Hyatt Hotel. Matternville Elementary School, the CBICC Busiwill all be happy. We have signed conBrandeis explained that the “piano” ness Incubation Program was one of the first of its tracts with retailers who have never portion of the building on the lower Phone: __________________ Fax: ___________________ kind in both the state of Pennsylvania and in the level is finished. Work continues on the country,” said Dan Leri, director of Innovation Park Progress, Page 6 upper sections. and former director of the Ben Franklin TechnolEmail: ___________________________________________ ogy Center. “Companies such as Restek, Real Time Devices, Sound Technology, Salimetrics, HigherEd Jobs, Advertiser’s Signature: __________________ Date: ______ Schoolwires, Indigo BioSciences, Mission Critical Partners, NanoHorizons, and many more all started their operations through the incubation program,” Leri. “Along with substantial CBICC PA 1680 The Centre County Gazette · 403said S. Allen Street, Suite 200, State College, funding, the Ben Franklin Technology Center was a DIGITAL AD SUBMISSION: Accepted Formats: PDF, EPS, JPG and TIF. Programs: Illustra longtime financial supporter ofAccepted the program inInDesign, the By CHRIS MORELLI be embedded. Use “press quality” settings. Do not export from a design program. All files should be distille early years.” editor@centrecountygazette.com be CMYK not RGB. Do not mix for black. Use 100% K (black) only. Background color: Overprint all revers During the past years, the as CBICC reunited color type, rules and boxes on color and reverse. Blackthree & white ads: Send black and white, not color. Do with the Ben Franklin STATE COLLEGE — Linda LochPlacement in the newspaper isefforts on a first-come, first-serve basis and is TechCelerator not guaranteed. To Proguarantee placem gram, collaborated with Smallinch Business baum is a fighter. More importantly, of the ad. To guarantee placement on aand specific page, an additional $2 the per column premium will be cha Center, Innovation Park Offi ceAdvertisers and Linda Lochbaum is a survivor. move State, it to anotherDevelopment date at our discretion without notice. Cancellation policy: not c After graduating section from orOhio end of the month. NetState’s 20 days.Offi Publishers for an error shall not exceed Penn ce of liability Technology Management to actual spac Lochbaum is the president of the Lochbaum landed ainvoiced job inat athehospital start more than 34 new technology-based compaCancer Survivors’ Association in Cenwhere she bonded with a Jewish patient nies. With the recent announcement of the Invent tre County. She is passionate about her suffering from ovarian cancer. Penn State initiative and the university’s deploywork, and said that stems from her days “It was hard, managing her pain. ment of additional resources focused on start-up as a nurse. Ovarian cancer is one of the most paincompanies, the collaborators are realigning their “I’ve been taking care of cancer ful forms of cancer. It was very difficult individual resources to continue to strengthen patients since I was a student at Ohio because her daughter had cancer and State,” Lochbaum said. “It got to me CBICC, Page 6 way back then.” Lochbaum, Page 6
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