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Blackwell calls for hearings on Philadelphia2035
Last week, City Council adopted a resolution introduced by 3rd-District Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell calling for hearings on the City Planning Commission’s Philadelphia2035 project, the city’s neighborhood-by-neighborhood comprehensive plan. The first phase…
March 27: Council grills administration on AVI assessments, outreach | Open data release schedule | Germantown Ave design charrette | Julie Slavet Q&A
Happy Wednesday, Streeters. Here’s what’s making news this morning: During budget hearings yesterday City Council grilled Office of Property Assessment officials about the precision of property assessments conducted for the Actual…
Worried about an ‘unfunded mandate,’ PCPC adopts regulations to comply with Blackwell bill
The Planning Commission adopted amendments to its rules and regulations Tuesday afternoon to bring them in line with Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell’s contentious bill amending the new zoning regulations for Registered Community…
Council debates commercial zoning changes, moves to alter community voice in zoning | Graffiti and youth engagement in Frankford | rethinking parking permits | Neighborhood Foods competes
William Penn Statue Taking a Walk, Flibert St. Skybridge | Theresa Stigale, Eyes on the Street Flickr GroupGood morning, Streeters. Here's your Wednesday morning Buzz: PlanPhilly’s Jared Brey reports on…
Demolition for Church of the Assumption | Preventing demo of Bunting House | Wilde Yarn Mill residential reuse | Council shouldn't diminish, politicize community role in zoning
Good morning Streeters. Today promises to be even more spring-like than yesterday, so get out and enjoy the day before it rains tonight and winter’s chill returns. The Church of the…
Committee recommends changes to zoning code rules on community input
It appears that the new rules regarding community input in the development process will be changed, having been in effect for just over three months. City Council’s Committee on Rules reported…
Planning Commission opposes bill changing Registered Community Organization requirements
In a unanimous vote Tuesday afternoon, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission declined to recommend a zoning code amendment bill which was introduced into City Council last week by 3rd-District Councilwoman Jannie…
Rules Committee recommends code clean-up bill without amendments to RCOs, CMX-2 district
The bill drafted by the City Planning Commission and intended to make small technical changes to the new zoning code got a favorable recommendation from City Council’s Committee on Rules Wednesday…
Council amendments to clean-up bill would roll back more of new zoning code
Councilman Brian O’Neill wants to prohibit passive and active recreation in the CMX-2 zoning district. And fraternal organizations. And pet stores, and building supply stores, and transit stations—all uses permitted by…
Heat wave | RCO hearings ahead | Council passed $3.6 billion budget | AVI slowed | Silverliner II and IIIs ride into sunset
Louis' Fountain | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr Group Weird morning, right Streeters? Did you see the hail and lightning? Today this weekend's heat wave will really kick in, and…
Councilwoman Blackwell calls for hearings on Registered Community Organizations
Third-district Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell introduced a resolution into City Council Thursday morning calling for Council's Rules Committee to hold hearings investigating "the creation of Registered Community Organizations and the impact they…
Mantua: Jannie's Place Aims to Assist Homeless Women and Children
by Kara Savidge for Philadelphia Neighborhoods What once existed as an indication of neglect, a vacant lot at 617 N. 40th St., is now a sign of redevelopment and sustainability in…
