Carbon County advisory board approves program sign, plans regional open‑space workshops

The Carbon County Open Space Advisory Board voted to accept a proposed design for a program sign and discussed a schedule of regional municipal outreach and summer workshops to explain the county's new open‑space program.

Board members approved the sign by voice vote after brief discussion of vendors and pricing; no roll‑call tally was recorded. Staff described a plan to visit municipalities across five regions, hold workshops this summer and use maps from the county's draft greenway and open‑space plan to help local officials understand the program and identify lands they might want to protect.

The vote and outreach appear aimed at increasing municipal participation in a grant cycle and in workshops that staff said will be regional and scheduled by doodle poll to maximize attendance. Staff said they have already visited Banks Township, Lehigh Township and Beaver Meadows Borough and plan upcoming visits to a group identified in the transcript as "NESCO Honing's," Weatherly and Packer to complete the northwest region before moving to other regions.

Staff members Anna and Dawn described a summer schedule of workshops: Dawn will present a…