Studies & Reports

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East Coventry Township Stormwater Management Public Outreach and Education
Follow this link to East Coventry Township's website for relevant stormwater educational information. Included is education regarding the effects of stormwater runoff on the quality of local streams, rivers and lakes.
Schuylkill River Trail Reading to Hamburg Section & Freedom Trail Study
01 Table of Contents - 215k 02 Introduction - 1.85M 03 Recommendations - 7.93M 04 Methodology - 370k 05 Inventory and Analysis - 372k 06 Appendicies Index - 119k 07 Appendix A - 951k 08 Appendix B - 1.45M 09 Appendix C - 122k	10 Appendix D - 177k 11 Appendix E - 54k 12 Appendix F - 157k 13 Appendix G - 5.44M 14 Appendix H - 1.90M 15 Appendix I - 3.02M 16 Appendix J - 2.34M 17 Appendix K - 144k 18 Appendix L - 11.8M 19 Appendix M - 17.6M
Schuylkill County Ethnic Heritage Study
Come to the Old Country- 3.1M A Handbook for Preserving and Sharing Schuylkill County's Cultural Heritage
East Falls Reconnection Study
To read the pdf documents and double paged maps correctly, after Adobe Reader is opened, under the View menu, select Page Layout, then select Continuous-facing. East Falls Plan - 1.5M East Falls Design Guide - 681Kb
Schuylkill River Outdoor Recreation Business Study
Intro Letter from Kurt Zwikl, Executive Director - 749Kb Outdoor Recreation Business Study - 637Kb Focus Group Transcript - 364Kb
Pottstown and North Coventry Reconnections Final Report
Table of Contents - 79Kb Table of Figures - 71Kb Executive Summary - 780Kb Chapter One: Introduction - 1.44 Mb Chapter Two: Physical Inventory 1 - 436 Kb Physical Inventory 2 - 2.0 Mb Chapter Three: Recommendations - 3.92 Mb Chapter Four: Implementation and Potential Funding Sources - 160 Kb Appendix - 19.2 Mb includes: Committee Meetings Public Meetings (minutes & attendance list) Public Comments Relevant Newspaper Articles No. Coventry Twp. Police Dept. Reconnections Memo Route 724 Corridor Study Summary (DVRPC) Route 422 Ramp Options Pottstown Metro Region Plan Working Draft Summary NLT Open Space Map US Army Corps of Engineers Information Bibliography
State of the Schuylkill Watershed
Schuylkill Watershed Conservation Plan
North Berks Land Utilization & Reconnections Planning Study Final Report
Table of Contents - 26KB Introduction (Executive Summary) - 294KB Chapter 1 - 800KB Chapter 2 - 415KB Chapter 3 - 1,401KB Chapter 4 - 414KB Sketches and Maps Hamburg Recreation Area Master Plan - 1,039KB Village Analyses - 1,677KB Contains Shartlesville, Shoemakersville, Strausstown and Hamburg Site Analyses. Site Analyses - 2,470KB Contains Hamburg Area Site Analysis, Hamburg to Shoemakersville Site Analysis and Hamburg to Strausstown Site Analysis. Hamburg to Shoemakersville Route Matrix - 655KB Hamburg to Strausstown Route Matrix - 3,129KB Aerial Sketch of Kernsville Dam Recreation Area - 544KB Protected Open Space - 586KB Miscellaneous Sketches - 693K Contains Hamburg To Shoemakersville Off Road Trail Along Canal Path, Bartram Trail Extension from Pedestrian Bridge to Recreation Area, and Off Road Trail to Shoemakersville Under Route 61.