LWV Berks County Presents: “How do you Imagine Berks?”
BCTV at Tuesday July 1, 2025 9pm-10pm Also 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29
Watch this show LIVE or streaming on www.bctv.org
Guests include: Pamela Menet David Hunter Ashley Showers
Join the League of Women Voters of Berks County on BCTV as we discuss:
“How do you Imagine Berks”
We hope to provide answers to your questions about the County Comprehensive Plan and why it relates to you:
1. What is the Comprehensive Plan? What is its purpose?
2. How is this plan different than the ones the County has done before?
3. What do Planners do?
4. What is an implementable Comprehensive Plan and what topics will be covered?
OUR GUESTS:
Pamela Menet is the Director of Community and Economic Development for Berks County. In this position, she directs the community and economic development policies and programs for Berks County and leads the implementation of the newly created IMAGINE Berks Strategic Economic Development Action Plan - the County’s first formally adopted plan for guiding investments and pro-active strategies for the County’s growth.
She is a graduate of Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania and holds professional certifications from the American Planning Association (APA) and the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).
David N. Hunter, Sr. serves as the Executive Director of the Berks County Planning Commission and supervises a veteran staff which provides planning support to Berks County’s 72 municipalities. David is a member of the American Planning Association, the Urban Land Institute and the Pennsylvania Downtown Center and is a certified planner. David also serves on the Board of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association and is the Co-Chair of the Student Engagement Committee. He graduated from the University of Maryland with B.A. and M.A. degrees in Urban Studies. He also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Regent University.
Ashley Showers is the Assistant Director for the Berks County Planning Commission where she has worked for 17 years. She is a graduate of Bloomsburg University’s Geography/Environmental Planning Program.
THIS BCTV PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE VIA: Comcast Reading Channel 15 Comcast-Southern Berks Channel 965 Service Electric Channel 19
BCTV will broadcast this LWVBC program on every Tuesday of July at 9pm.
Both channels are streaming online 24-7 at www.bctv.org
YouTube Channel (for on demand viewing): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjuI03soTP4EUm_7lawBYq81L4Sjr2sgp