The DRAFT Lower Northwest District Plan is now available for public review.  It can be accessed here. It is a large file, so please have patience.   The Planning Commission…

Community participants tell planners they want to sustain open space and housing styles and density, fill in the gap in the Schuylkill Trail, focus commercial development and move a transit center.…

In rural Shawmont Valley, the empty spaces aren't abandoned houses or factories, but former agricultural land. The Lower Northwest District Plan will look at preservation. Other issues in the district that…