Why Happy Valley?
Happy Valley is an entrepreneurial hot spot that means business, but also boasts a playful side. Living among the region’s rolling ridges and valleys, you can have the best of it all. Big-city amenities like world-class restaurants, theaters and festivals sit close to miles of hiking and biking trails, plus acres of farmland. A vibrant community welcomes newcomers and diversity. Plus, you’ll experience an affordable cost of living, all while being just a short drive or flight from some of the country’s top destinations.
Really — What more could you need?
The Happy Valley accolades speak for themselves...
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The Future Belongs to Places Where People Belong
“You better learn it fast, you better learn it young… ’cause someday never comes.”
Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1972
So went the lyrics composed back during another era of rapid change and political upheaval; if only they were true. Throughout our society (and around the world really), including here in our lovely little (though less “little” than it once was) college town, people are reckoning with challenges that had always felt like problems we might have to face someday.
Well, “someday,” which for years and even decades felt more abstract than real, is now visible on the horizon.
This Week Around Happy Valley: Juneteenth Celebrations and Summer Officially Arrives
Summer officially arrives this Sunday, so for once it’s not just a feeling, it’s on the calendar. Whether you want to spend the weekend listening to live music outside, taking the kids down to Bellefonte, marking Juneteenth with the community, or just finding an excuse to get out of the house, there’s a lot to choose from.
Here are some of the highlights happening around the area this week.
The Future Belongs to Those Who Know Where to Put the X
Over the past year, we have watched a curious phenomenon unfold on college campuses and throughout society. Graduation ceremonies that were once straightforward celebrations have occasionally become stages for frustration. Students have booed commencement speakers. Faculty members openly debate the future of higher education. Parents question whether the cost of a degree still makes sense. Employers wonder whether traditional credentials remain reliable indicators of readiness for an increasingly uncertain future.
Ferguson Township Residents Just Told Us What They Want
Every few years, communities go through the same exercise: public meetings, planning discussions, demographic studies, and resident feedback about the future.
Usually, the conversation quickly gets pulled into the weeds. Housing units. Traffic counts. Zoning categories. Land use maps.
Those details matter.
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BEST TOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA, NICHE, 2018
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TOP 15 BEST U.S. CITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO LIVE AND LAUNCH, ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE, 2016
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NO. 5 BEST SUMMER FESTIVALS, LIVABILITY, 2013
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NO. 7, THE BEST PLACES FOR BUSINESS AND CAREERS, FORBES, 2018
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TOP ADVENTURE TOWN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, 2011
