Swatara Township Municipal Campus Study

The engagement

What We Did

Swatara Township, a municipality in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, retained the Center for Public Safety to conduct a space needs study spanning an unusually broad set of functions: police, fire, fire administration, the EOC and EMA, highway, and general administration, together with space used by independent entities including the water and sewer board and the tax collector’s office. The township’s fire service had historically been delivered through several independent volunteer companies, and the township’s vision was to consolidate into a new fire station supporting a paid department. The police department shared space within the administration facility. Building on the study, the township engaged CPS through a contract amendment to lead a community outreach effort, working alongside a new design team to explain to residents what the project is, why it is needed, how it will improve services, what it will cost, and what the benefit to the community will be. The outreach engagement reflects CPS’s role in supporting both the technical program and the public understanding a capital project needs to move forward.