🌱 How will State College grow over the next 20 years?
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In today's newsletter:
- How will State College grow over the next 20 years?
- How much more will State College homeowners pay in school taxes?
- How a new high-tech lab in State College could boost local jobs
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 83 and low of 52 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 84, low: 57.
- Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
1. State College hosts community open house for input on future development (wjactv.com) — State College residents just weighed in on a long-term development plan that will guide local land use, housing, and growth for the next 10–20 years. At a borough open house, officials highlighted rapid growth and said affordable housing has emerged as the community’s top priority. 
2. State College School Board Approves 2026-27 Budget With Tax Increase (statecollege.com) — State College Area School District homeowners will see a 3.5% real estate tax increase starting July 1, adding about $134 a year for the average property. The new $221.8 million budget boosts staffing, maintenance, and benefits, while offering homestead/farmstead reductions and limited rebates to soften the impact for eligible residents.
3. Creating Jobs in Pennsylvania: Governor Shapiro Secures $10 Million Investment from the Kurt J. Lesker Company to Expand Operations, Creating 39 New Jobs (einpresswire.com) — State College is set to gain a new Kurt J. Lesker Company research and development site in partnership with Penn State, bringing five advanced manufacturing jobs focused on atomic layer deposition technology. Backed by state economic-development grants, the broader project will create 39 jobs statewide and signals growing semiconductor and high-tech investment that could benefit local workers and university collaborations.
4. Developers, residents and borough leaders push to keep Addison Court low-income senior housing (wjactv.com) — Residents of Addison Court in downtown State College may get to keep their low-income senior housing after new developers, facing community pushback, pledged to try to preserve the building and renew key tax credits. Borough leaders, including Mayor Ezra Nanes, say they’re working to maintain affordable, accessible one-bedroom units near transit while the lengthy tax-credit process plays out and leases are extended.
5. 'You unite us:' State College hosts mayor of Ukrainian 'sister city' (wjactv.com) — State College residents welcomed the mayor of their Ukrainian sister city, Nizhyn, as he returned to the borough and addressed council and community members. He thanked locals for sustained humanitarian aid and support during the ongoing war, emphasizing how State College’s efforts have strengthened trust and unity between Ukrainians and Americans.
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💬 Chatter
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- I have a question for the cosmologically knowledgeable community: On Saturday night May 30 while observing the (almost) full moon, still sitting in the SE sky about 11 p.
m., I noted a very bright star just slightly down and to the left. Typically the moon is so bright that nearby stars are not visible; it had a slight… (Nextdoor Smithfield Park)
- RDSolutions posted a job opening for Store Scanning Specialist in State College. Apply here.
- Target Corporation posted a job opening for Seasonal: 4am Inbound (Stocking) (T1288) in State College. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near State College here.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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