Brad Groznik
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Opinion: State College Should Become a 4-Day Workweek Test Lab
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Raise your hand if you’re currently working five days a week and would hate dropping down to four. No one? A four-day workweek would be awesome and State College is the perfect place to test it out. Here’s why. State College is already one of the most flexible places to work in the country. The…
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Why Solo Sports Are About to Blow Up in Happy Valley
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Who else read about the new Happy Valley Ironman Triathlon — which starts with a swim at Bald Eagle State Park, continues with a bike ride through the rolling hills of Centre and Clinton counties and ends with a run through Penn State’s campus — and thought “I want to do that!”? It’s exactly the…
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Let’s Build Our Kids a Safe Place to Skate and Hang Out with Friends
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I met local dad, turfgrass scientist and future brewery owner Gordon Kauffman for coffee at Webster’s a couple months ago to talk about a skatepark project he was helping spearhead. He mentioned he was looking to hire some help to get the word out. Having seen some recent headlines about it, I wanted to learn…
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We Need More Duplexes to Help Solve Our Affordable Housing Puzzle
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Seven years ago, my wife and I bought our house in the State College area. Rents looked high, and we said, “Why rent when we could spend the same amount on a mortgage?” Boy, was that naive. After buying a fixer-upper in Park Forest in the low-$200s, I learned just how costly homeownership can be.…
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Opinion: Why State College Should Charge More for Parking
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Here’s something I’m not really proud of: I only rode my bike to class twice last semester. I love riding my bike the 4 miles from my house in Park Forest to my classroom on campus. It’s fun. It’s good exercise. It saves me money on parking. It only takes two extra minutes door-to-door compared…
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How Can We Fix March and April?
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Remember the week after Spring Break in March when the weather was amazing? For five days, it was in the 60s. I stripped from my parka cocoon, showered in sunshine and emerged for spring. Then the weather turned back to winter and it even snowed on April 18. This happens every year. And every year,…
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Why Downtown State College Needs More Chain Stores
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Before the pandemic, on a beautiful fall afternoon, I was walking from teaching a class to meet up with friends at Local Whiskey. The sidewalks of Allen Street were busy with people, and the stores, restaurants and bars were energized with activity. It was one of those unique State College moments when you remember how…
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What Would It Take for Someone You Know to Move Back to State College?
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Last year, I posted a question on the discussion board for the Facebook group of about 8,700 Penn State alumni and was shocked by the response. I asked “What would it take for someone you know to move back to State College?” I followed the question with a link to a survey that I, my…
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Would State College Benefit from Offering Remote Workers Money to Relocate Here?
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What do you think? Should we offer $10,000 to persuade remote tech workers to move to State College? The concept is receiving a ton of media coverage and according to the website MakeMyMove, there are more than 50 programs with offers like this around the country. The often cited example of this perk is Tulsa…