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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 20/05/2026

Sent another Herndon Highlights out this morning. It summarizes our May 11 council meeting where we discussed the Downtown Improvement District, financial information and passed a quick resolution on Community Solar. Please join the group to read all the details and stay in the loop.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 19/05/2026

Today it's primary day in Pennsylvania and I encourage everyone to get out and vote. In my area the D ballot was essentially uncontested, but voting in an election like this gives your voice more weight in future elections because campaigns talk to recent voters first. Happy voting!

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 09/05/2026

Incidents like this, where PA State laws don't protect pedestrians in crosswalks, are far too common. That's why I push so hard for safer bike/walk infrastructure like raised crossings. Local roads are something Council can actually fix and we can't wait on the State legislature for safety.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 04/05/2026

With so many bad things happening in the world today it's important to find peace and joy where we can. My joy today came from taking my first bike ride to pick up free municipal compost, made from the organic waste my neighbors and I throw away. What other city/town is this even possible in?

A black fat tire ebike stands in front of a large pile of deep brown compost. Connected to the back of it is a cargo trailer filled with compost and a shovel. A silver tarp obscures most of the cargo trailer and holds the compost inside of it.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 26/04/2026

Sent another edition of Herndon Highlights out this morning. It summarizes our last council meeting where we discussed housing at Addison Court/Bellaire Court/Grad Circle, heard public comments on ICE, and got some good news on our budget. Please join the group if you'd like to read all the details.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 14/04/2026

Sent out another edition of Herndon Highlights. This summarizes our last council meeting where we discussed SCI Rockview, Thompson Woods, ICE, Chiles v. Salazar's local impact and more. Please join the group if you'd like to get all the details. groups.google.com/g/herndon-hi...

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 08/03/2026

Just sent out the latest edition of Herndon Highlights. This summarizes our last council meeting where we discussed zoning, the solar PPA, East End Social and more. Please join the group if you'd like to get all the details. groups.google.com/g/herndon-hi...

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 14/02/2026

Great to see Ray Bilger kick off his race for Congress with support from so many local pols. We need men of integrity like Ray in Congress to defend our Constitutional rights and create a more affordable country for us all. I've donated to his campaign using: secure.actblue.com/donate/raybi...

Colleen Kennedy, Paul Takac, Ray Bilger, Scott Conklin, and Jason Moser standing in front of an American flag.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 25/01/2026

I went to a vigil for MN at a church Friday night. Was asked why I came, what my self interest was. I've been thinking about that a lot. My answer is that history has shown where this leads. No one is safe. Yesterday we saw you can work to heal our veterans, to honor them but it won't keep you safe.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 24/01/2026

The real “domestic terrorists” are in the White House. The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm. Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 22/01/2026

We're lucky that this isn't happening in State College yet, but if it isn't stopped it will come here eventually. Our U.S. Constitution explicitly bars cruel and unusual punishment, and this sure looks cruel and unusual to me. This vile, unacceptable, and unlawful behavior must end!

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 21/01/2026

My office hour today has been moved to 4 pm. I plan on testing this change through May at least to see if this works better for people. I've also created an email group to send out summaries of council meetings. You can sign up with this link if you're interested. groups.google.com/g/herndon-hi...

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 10/01/2026

I'm sure you've all heard about ICE shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. It's a complicated situation, that's compounded by an active disinformation campaign, but what seems uncomplicated to me is that this woman should not be dead today.

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ICE Out For Good - Vigil in State College, PA · Indivisible

Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 10/12/2025

We discussed the #StateCollegePA budget again 12/8: Highlights: * We've lowered the proposed tax raise from 8 mills to 2 * This budget's expenditures are $3.2M below last year's * We've deffered $1.2M in street maintenance * We're using $2.8M transfer tax windfall to pay for recurring costs ...🧵

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12/8/25 State College Borough Council Work Session

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 10/11/2025

Last Friday staff presented the proposed 2026 budget to Council. This budget includes an 8 mill tax which would raise our property tax to 30.88 mills 35% above current levels. There've been many questions/concerns about this in the community and I'll attempt to answer them in this thread. 🧵

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 04/11/2025

Today's election day. I wish there were more offices up for a vote, but the ones that are really matter. Retaining judges is key to ensuring our votes are actually counted in future elections. We also need good members on school board, their opponents literally spoke against playgrounds and solar!

Vote yes to retain Justices Donohue, Dougherty, Wecht, Dubow, and Wojcik. Vote to elect Neuman and Tsai.

School board vote list. For SCASD vote Barlow, Anderson, Huff, Desmaris and Black.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 18/10/2025

As an elected member of the State College Borough Council I have sworn to support the Constitution of the United States. Today I was happy to join my fellow citizens at our local No Kings protest to call on our Federal government to honor their oaths as well and uphold our Constitution. #NoKings

The American flag is in the left foreground. A huge crowd of protestors with signs assembled behind it. The PA and US flags fly high on poles in a clear blue sky above them.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 15/10/2025

@geoffrushton.bsky.social does a good job summarizing the discussion of a potential road diet on Atherton East of the intersection with Westerly. Obviously neither council nor PennDOT is fully decided on this. I hope everyone will take some time to learn more about road diets and see the potential.

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PennDOT Completes Road Diet Study for Next Phase of Atherton Street Work. Here's What It Recommends

PennDOT is considering reducing the number of travel lanes as a safety and traffic calming measure on one section of South Atherton Street as it plans for

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 14/10/2025

Last week Council met 3 times to discuss our new #zoning. With our 9/15 and 9/24 meetings that adds to over 14 hours discussing this. New zoning has many changes that can improve our town and I'm working on a summary of them, but if you'd like to chat about it in person my office hours are tomorrow.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 25/09/2025

State College Borough Council discussed residential zoning again last night. I've been pushing to allow more homes in our residential districts. A Council Member from Falls Church (@justineunderhill.bsky.social) has made a wonderful video explaining how this can both increase value and lower costs.

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The High Cost of "Low-Density" Zoning

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 15/09/2025

We'll be discussing more zoning during tonight's borough council meeting. The focus tonight will be on our residential zones, which are crucial. This new draft does a lot to increase housing opportunity in our residential zones and with a few small tweaks it can really help with affordability here.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 09/09/2025

Last night Council got a great start on finishing our zoning update. After the draft had been transmitted to us I gave a short speech at 1:48:07 addressing community concerns that have been raised around zoning and further explaining why this update is so urgently needed. Please give it a listen.

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9/8/25 State College Borough Council

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 08/09/2025

Trying to address our housing issues by deporting people is self defeating and this data shows it. The better way forward is to fix our antiquated zoning laws to allow more people to live where they want. State College's new zoning draft will be delivered to council tonight to help us do just this.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 15/08/2025

On Monday 8/11 council discussed the Pugh garage replacement and without voting roughly agreed to maintain the existing garage for 10 years instead of 3. This article captures most of our discussion, but leaves out an important detail on long term costs that makes 10 year maintenance cheaper than 3.

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State College Council Eyes Longer Timeline for Replacement of Pugh Street Garage, McAllister Deck

State College Borough Council is moving toward a plan that would extend the life of two aging parking structures for up to a decade before a replacement

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 12/08/2025

A car drove right into a restaurant wall last night in College Township. This could have been tragic, but fortunately no one was in the restaurant at the time. We need stronger state laws and safer road designs to prevent crashes like this.

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State College Area Restaurant Damaged After Driver Crashes Into Building

A Centre Region restaurant is temporarily closed for dine-in and takeout service after a driver crashed a car into its building early Tuesday morning.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 11/08/2025

Tonight's council agenda includes discussing the Pugh Street garage replacement. Some are still pushing to tear this garage down ASAP and build a replacement. Back in June Council was informed that with proper maintenance this garage can last 10 more years with a far lower $/year than a new build.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 25/07/2025

Great to see that Whitehall Regional Park is finally open. It sure took a while, but the results are very impressive!

Mascolo pollinator Garden with grass and blooming flowers.

Sidewalk running alongside a ball field with lighting and fencing.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 23/07/2025

State College Borough Council has met 3 times in July. Most of our time has been spent going through the income, spending priorities and major planned spending for both the borough and COG. I'll go into some important sustainability related items we discussed in this thread. 🧵 🔌💡

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 18/06/2025

June 16th's council meeting packed a lot of useful information in. I shared some graphs and maps about land use in Centre County, staff updated us on the solar power purchase agreement, and we also learned more about parking projects in the next CIP (Capital Improvement Plan) read on to learn more.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 13/06/2025

The first highlight from the new zoning I wanted to post was the new Cottage Courtyard use. This would allow 4 or more single family homes to be built around a shared communal space on a single lot. This seems like a great way to add housing, especially near our many wonderful, but underused, parks.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 13/06/2025

Last night's joint meeting is now up on C-NET. It shows how to navigate the zoning draft and provide comments on it. As I said at the meeting I am sure I'll have many comments as I read through it. I know most don't have time to read hundreds of pages so I'll be posting some highlights here.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 12/06/2025

The new zoning draft has been posted! The ordinance update page is having some issues right now, but the new zoning can still be downloaded by directly hitting its links. Here's part c link which describes what is allowed in each zone district. content.civicplus.com/api/assets/p...

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 12/06/2025

State College Borough has a housing affordability crisis. Updating our zoning won't fix everything, but it's a necessary first step. After years of working and waiting to make this a reality the new zoning draft will finally be revealed to council and the public tonight at 7 pm in council chambers.

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State College has a draft for a new zoning ordinance. How to see it, offer input

The draft ordinance will be shown during a joint meeting between the State College borough council, planning commission and the zoning revision advisory committee Thursday.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 03/06/2025

June 2's council is now live on CNET. Here's a quick summary though. We re-affirmed our commitment to inclusivity, learned about ways to extend the life of our existing garages, approved the Action Sports Park, Arts Fest updates and next year's CATA budget. Click into this thread for more...

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6/2/25 State College Borough Council

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 19/05/2025

May 12th's council meeting was filled with information. You can watch the whole thing on CNET, but I understand that most don't have time for that so I'll try and summarize the highlights in this thread. 🧵

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5/12/25 State College Borough Council

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 07/05/2025

Monday's council meeting included some well deserved praise for staff's handling of last week's strong storms. After that we were given the hugely disappointing news that our zoning rewrite will face another delay. The full announcement can be viewed at 1:55:06 in the C-NET meeting recording.

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5/5/25 State College Borough Council

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 30/04/2025

Here is a live view (updated every 5 minutes) of road closures in the area. It also has information on how to report issues. I'm so grateful to the amazing borough staff for putting this together so quickly and to the utility workers and first responders working to fix things safely.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 30/04/2025

State College experienced another severe storm last night that has led to power outages and road closures. Borough staff have sent out a message detailing road closures here. I know not everyone is signed up for alerts though so I'm reposting it here. notifications.civicplus.com/message/f86f...

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 16/04/2025

Here’s a useful test: ask the people claiming that there are 20 million illegal aliens in our country whether their policies would change if the actual number were far lower. If the answer is no, they’ve given their game away. They don’t want border security. They want to ignore the US Constitution.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 06/04/2025

It was amazing to see hundreds of people come together today in State College to protest the destruction of our Constitution, our jobs, our savings, and our futures. It's going to take so much work to fix the damage Trump/ Musk have done in just a few short months, but we've got to give it our all.

A crowd of people with protest signs and colorful rain gear.

A crowd of people with protest signs and colorful rain gear, to the right a speaker in an orange safety vest stands under a green tarp hung from above.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 04/04/2025

With over 275,000 US jobs lost in March and the S&P 500 falling over 11% in just the past month I'm reminded of this post quoting a Trump interview from 2014. It seems crazy to purposely crash the economy, but this admin's actions are doing just that. The question is what will it take to stop them?

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 03/04/2025

With all the insanity going on at the federal level, it's easy to miss the amazing stuff happening locally. At our last Borough Council meeting my continued requests for a calendar detailing when our zoning rewrite process will finish were finally answered and the path to affordability is now clear.

Schedule for zoning rewrite completion. Draft will be delivered to planning commission May 7. They'll discuss for a few months then it will come to council August 4th. We'll discuss it, then have a public hearing Dec 1, and hopefully a final vote by Dec 15.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 24/03/2025

I'll be there! We need a mass movement to stop the destruction of our Constitution and our country. Today's disclosure that military plans were made over a 3rd party app, presumably to avoid a record, is just another reason why this is so urgent. The list goes on and America can't just wait 4 years.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 14/03/2025

I agree with Congressman Jeffries that the Senate must vote no on this bill. Another key reason is that it further erodes the powers granted to Congress by the US Constitution. If Congress cedes the power of the purse to Musk and Trump the checks and balances that built our country are diminished.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 11/03/2025

As NLC ends @whitehouse.senate.gov's presentation sticks with me. He calmly and clearly explained how climate change is destroying home values across our country. Disasters cause insurance rates to rise, then policies stop being renewed, then mortgages stop being available, then home values crater.

Map of US showing insurance non-renewal increases across the country. The highest rates are in Florida and California, but every state is effected.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 10/03/2025

Vice president Vance addressed today's national league of cities conference. When he discussed the need to update our zoning I was hopeful, but when he vilified and lied about 20 million people and I couldn't stay to listen any more. Now more than ever we must demand that leaders tell the truth.

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 08/03/2025

Great to see thousands come out to rally for science on a random Friday afternoon in DC yesterday. The most moving speakers discussed how their lives had been saved by science. People whose childhood diseases would have been death sentences decades ago were now living adults thanks to science!

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 05/03/2025

Monday's council meeting was one of the longest we've had, running past 10 pm. We spent a lot of time discussing and hearing from our community about the war in Ukraine. We passed a resolution supporting Ukraine 6-1. Fast forward to 1:09:14 to hear my reasoning on this important vote.

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3/3/25 State College Borough Council

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Councilman Matt Herndon @mattherndon.org · 02/03/2025

Monday's agenda for State College Borough Council has a number of important items on it. The most consequential local voting item is amending an ordinance to make it easier for events like Sips and Sounds to be held in Sidney Friedman Park.

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