HGF: About Us

123 North Prince Street , Lancaster, PA 17603   •   hourglassfoundation.org   •   717.295.0755
Hourglass Foundation

About Us
Mission

The Hourglass Foundation was formed to champion and facilitate effective growth management in order to make Lancaster County an even better place to live, work and visit. We believe that Lancaster County can have growth and economic prosperity without losing its unique character and enviable quality of life.

Hourglass Focus
  • To raise awareness, create interest, provide information, facilitate discussion, increase public involvement in growth-related legacy issues, and to improve the quality of decision making that affects the future of the county.
  • To support the County’s Comprehensive Growth Management Plan and the growth management initiatives of other organizations.
  • To become the trusted source for growth management information, ideas and insights that will help stakeholders, changemakers, influencers, elected officials and voters make more informed and enlightened decisions.
  • To help decision makers be more sensitive to the countywide impact of local decisions on economic development, the environment, infrastructure, land planning and community character.
  • To better enable decision makers to define problems, to articulate goals, to understand the root causes, to explore unforeseen consequences, to evaluate options, and to engage the support of an informed and involved public.
  • To help the people of Lancaster County better understand and more effectively participate in the decisions that affect their lives.
History
The Hourglass Foundation, founded in 1997, is a non-partisan, non-profit organization focused on making Lancaster County an even better place to live. The Hourglass works to raise awareness, facilitate discussion, provide information and create the conditions that will allow residents to understand and participate in decisions that impact the quality of their lives. We believe that strategic growth management is critical to controlling our destiny and protecting Lancaster County’s unique character and special quality of life. The Hourglass works with individuals, groups, organizations and government officials to enable informed decision making on issues affecting the future of Lancaster County.
Board of Directors
Arthur K. Mann, Sr., Chairman
Charles F. Milner, Jr., President
Carol Y. Phillips, Vice-President
Michael J. Rowen, Treasurer
Neil R. Kinsey, Secretary
Ronald T. Bailey, Director
James L. Corrigan, Director
Sidney P. Marland III, Director
Donald K. Roseman, Jr., Director
Mike Weaver, Director
 
STAFF
Jennifer P. Mundy, Administrator
 
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
123 North Prince Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Telephone: 717-291-5861
E-mail:tas@hptrust.org
 

The Lancaster Alliance
44 North Queen Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Telephone: 717-391-9534

Lancaster County Conservancy
117 South West End Avenue
PO Box 716
Lancaster, PA 17608
Telephone: 717392-7891
E-mail: conserve@lancasterconservancy.org

Lancaster Farmland Trust
125 Lancaster Avenue
Strasburg, PA 17579
Telephone: 717-687-8484
E-mail: Farmland@lancasterfarmlandtrust.org

Contact Elected Officials
FEDERAL
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
(202)456-1111 Fax: (202)456-2461
 
Senator Arlen Specter (R)
Room 711
Hart Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202)224-4254 Fax: (202)228-1229
E-mail: Access contact form via home page
 
Senator Robert Casey (D)
B-40
Dirksen Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202)224-6324 Fax: (202)228-0604
 
Representative Joseph R. Pitts (R) 16th District
420 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202)225-2411 Fax: (202)225-2013
 
 
PENNSYLVANIA
Governor
Edward G. Rendell
255 Main Capitol
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717)787-2500 Fax: (717)772-8284
State Representatives - Senate of Pennsylvania
Lloyd Smucker (R-13)
44 N. Christian Street
Suite 100
Lancaster, PA 17602
(717) 397-1309
 
Mike Folmer (R-48)
Senate Box 203048
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3048
(717) 787-5708 Fax: (717)787-3455
 
Michael W. Brubaker (R-36)
301 East Main Street
Lititz, PA 17543
(717) 627-0036 Fax: (717) (717)783-3156
 
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Tom Creighton (R) 37th
47 Market Square
Manheim, PA 17545
(717)664-4979 Fax: (717)664-4997
 
Katie True (R) 41st
2938 Columbia Avenue, Suite 501
Manor West Commons
Lancaster, PA 17603
(717)295-5050 Fax: (717)295-5053
 
Scott W. Boyd (R) 43rd
852 Village Rd., Municipal Bldg.
P.O. Box 268
Lampeter, PA 17537
(717)464-5285 Fax: (717)295-7817
 
P. Michael Sturla (D) 96th
8 North Queen St., Suite 1100
The Greist Building
Lancaster, PA 17603
(717)295-3157 Fax: (717)295-7816
 
John C. Bear (R) 97th
1555 Highlands Drive, Suite 110
Lititz, PA 17543
(717) 626-1776 Fax: (717) 626-4234
David S. Hickernell (R) 98th
222 S. Market Street, Suite 103
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
(717)367-5525 Fax: (717)367-6425
 
Gordon R. Denlinger (R) 99th
607 East Main St.
Ephrata, PA 17522
(717)733-4002 Fax: (717) 733-3992
E-Mail: gdenling@pahousegop.com
 
Bryan Cutler (R) 100th
207 East State Street
Quarryville, PA 17566
(717)786-4551 Fax: (717)786-3645
 
Office of the County Commissioners
150 North Queen Street
Suite 715
Lancaster, PA 17603
(717)299-8300 Fax: (717)293-7208
 
 
Membership and Support

If you believe Lancaster County is a special place and support the work of The Hourglass Foundation in championing a bright future for Lancaster County through effective growth management, we need your help.


The basic $50 family membership includes invitation to Hourglass events and direct access to Hourglass publications.  Financial support above this level will be greatly appreciated in helping us to continue our work. Making Lancaster County an even better place to live, work and visit, requires generous community support.

 

Contact Us
Office Location:    123 North Prince Street
                          Lancaster, PA 17603
Telephone:          (717) 295-0755
Fax:                    (717) 295-0757
E-mail:                hourglass@hourglassfoundation.org

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