About PCA’s Keystone Region
North Central Pennsylvania Porsche Enthusiasts
Founded in 1997, the Keystone Region is a group of North Central Pennsylvania Porsche enthusiasts who enjoy bringing people together for social events, driving tours, technical workshops, and Cars & Coffee to enhance the Porsche ownership experience. We have approximately 100 members and are in Zone 2. We invite you to participate in our activities and join in the fun!
Comprised of 11 Counties
PCA’s Keystone Region is comprised of 11 counties in North Central Pennsylvania, they include: Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Sullivan, and Tioga County.
Keystone Region Counties Map
Region Membership
Mission
Keystone Region’s mission is to create a family of Porsche enthusiasts who treasure the amazing roads in Northern Pennsylvania and build a noteworthy Porsche driver community in Northern Central Pennsylvania through events, social interaction, driver education, and community support.
Some Founding Keystone Members
Where has the time gone?
Mount Nittany Winery
November 2012
AACA Hershey Automobile Museum
March 2013
Some Keystone Region History
Throughout 1995 and 1996, a number of PCA members in the Centre, Clinton, and Lycoming County areas, for a variety of reasons, decided to investigate the possibility of forming a new PCA region to serve PCA members in the central part of Pennsylvania. Shortly after the 1996 national Porsche Parade (Sept. 1996 in Oklahoma), a small but active group of PCAers gathered in the alcove just off the “Whiskers” lounge in the Nittany Lion Inn in State College for what turned out to be Keystone’s first pre-organizational meeting. PCAers present at that meeting on October 27, 1996 were: Bill and Sally Bowman, Craig Eastwood, Joe and Helen Fahy, Bill Sacks, Bill Simon III, Dan and Betsy Swearingen, Eric Swendrowski and Karon Jackson, and potential member Dave Neufer. At that auspicious moment, we unanimously decided that we needed to be a separate region.
Following some initial correspondence and phone calls by Bill Simon to the PCA National Office and Zone 2 Representative Chuck Drake, the initial group met again on December 15, 1996. At that second meeting, they were joined by PCAers Mike Hartman, Barry King, Shirley Sacks, and Murray Schoenholtz, plus potential member Doug Stewart. At that second, more official meeting, we agreed on the name “Keystone” for the region, and elected the first slate of officers for the provisional region: President Bill Simon III; Vice President Joe Fahy; Secretary Craig Eastwood; and Treasurer Bill Sacks. Other issues discussed included counties in northern and central Pennsylvania to be in the new region, acquisition of a post office box, generation (by donation, led off by Murray Schoenholtz) of an initial working treasury, and production of a newsletter.
Additional correspondence with Zone 2 Representative Drake, the PCA National Office, and PCA National Secretary Bob Miller, and all our neighboring regions, plus monthly meetings each month all throughout central Pennsylvania, ensued. After what, at that time, seemed like an interminable amount of paperwork, we officially submitted our Petition for Charter (including Constitution, ByLaws, and membership list) to PCA National on 16 May 1997. One month and two days later, on 18 June 1997, during the 1997 Porsche Parade in San Antonio, the PCA National Executive Council called Bill Simon to their meeting and officially “blessed us” and welcomed Keystone Region to the national organization.
Certificates of Appreciation
Four members received certificates of appreciation as they step down from the Keystone board. Left to right: Eric Swendrowski (on behalf of Bill Simon III), Dan Crust, Gwen Cornell, and Bob Cornell.
Branding – The Keystone Region logo is displayed in the window of the Blonde Bistro Brew Works in Bellefonte, PA.