Welcome to Indiana Borough

    Indiana Borough has many assets including its status as the historical seat of county government, regional center of business and commerce, home of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and the birthplace of actor Jimmy Stewart.  Thank you for visiting our site. We hope you find that it really is a "Wonderful Life" in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Gallo elected as Indiana Borough Council President

 At the recent reorganization meeting of Indiana Borough, Councilman Rich Gallo was elected to serve as President of Council for 2010.  Rich has been a member of Borough Council for over 14 years, has previously served as Vice President, and has been Chairman of both the Finance and Community Development Committees.

Councilman Ross Bricklemyer was re-elected Vice-President of Council.  Councilwoman Nancy Jones will serve as Assistant Secretary.

Newly elected council members Robert Jobe Jr. and Jeffrey Geesey will be joining council, since former council members Tom Fruehstorfer and Claire Hogan did not seek re-election in 2009.   

Indiana Borough Public Relations Project

As part of IUP’s civic engagement initiative, Dr. Michele Papakie and her students have partnered with Indiana Borough to develop a public relations plan.  The plan will be prepared as part of Dr Papakie’s Problem-solving in Public Relations (JRNL 492) course to be offered Spring 2010.  During the project, students will be working as advocates of the borough to ensure the borough has a strong public image.    Local public relations activities include helping the public to understand the municipality, its activities and services. The primary purpose of the plan is to build and maintain positive relationships with residents, local businesses, and the media.  The plan might also cover image or performance problems as occasioned by accidents, public controversies or human errors.   As part of this effort we will be conducting a series of surveys, workshops and discussions over the month of January, 2010.  These activities are designed to provide background information for the plan.   We are specifically interested in how citizens currently receive information about borough activities and how citizens might prefer to get this information.  To get this data, we have drafted a short survey that will help us obtain this valuable information.  The survey has only 11 questions and will take approximately five minutes of your time.    Your input is important; please help us with this project!  All respondents will remain anonymous.  You must be at least eighteen years or older.  Thank You.

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It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story, "The Greatest Gift" written by Philip Van Doren Stern.

Please visit the James Stewart Museum at 845 Philadelphia St, Indiana, PA. Also visit www.jimmy.org for more details. Visit Google films to watch the original movie http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4867975537967299162

 

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Acknowledgement: Image - jeff tolbert

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Indiana Borough and IUP are working together to build a plan is to maintain positive relationships with residents, local businesses, IUP and the media

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 Public Relations Survey Results

 

Location of Borough Municipal building - 80 N 8th Street