There have been resounding accolades in the Harrisburg community for PennLive’s discussion series on Harrisburg’s downtown development, but there is one criticism we took to heart – -too few young voices. We heard you, and we’re about to address that.
PennLive’s “Harrisburg Downtown Development Roundtables” goes back to Harrisburg University (HU) Tuesday for its next forum, and the voices will be decidedly young and incredibly smart.
The forum with Harrisburg University students is being sponsored by The Foundation for Enhancing Communities and will be live streamed to PennLive’s social media platforms at 1:30 p.m.
Speakers will include HU students who regularly navigate their way through Harrisburg’s downtown. They have to figure out where to shop, find the cheapest and best places to eat, and deal with the transportation and parking nightmare – issues we’ve address in previous discussions. They are all super important to young people who have to watch every dime but want to enjoy urban life. To put it bluntly, it’s hard doing both these days in Harrisburg or anywhere else in the world…