Welcome to Valley Vision 2020
SEDA-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG) worked with community leaders throughout its 11 county region (Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, and Union Counties) to develop a Strategic Action Plan for Land Use, Transportation, and Economic Development. The Valley Vision 2020 initiative is the first of its kind undertaken by the 11 counties of the SEDA-COG region and strives to address and develop a framework for our region’s most pressing land use, transportation, and economic development issues.

SEDA-COG partnered with a team of Commonwealth departments that includes the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), the Department of Agriculture (PDA), and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to facilitate and complete this plan. Valley Vision 2020 is one of ten similar efforts being undertaken in other regions of the Commonwealth.

These state agencies are coordinating their efforts so that implemented projects have more of a regional and long-term impact. The state agency partners requested in early 2009 that SEDA-COG compile a regional project candidate list. This outreach process will occur early in 2009. Projects submitted represent the goals and objectives set forth in Valley Vision 2020, reflect the Commonwealth’s Keystone Principles and present an opportunity for interagency cooperation through participation and/or funding.