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Steak and Caviar Housing Market: New Ways to
Talk About Affordable Housing
On January 17, the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations, the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania and the Network jointly offered the "Steak and Caviar Housing Workshop", presented by Elizabeth Hersh, director of the Pennsylvania Housing Alliance. Hersh presented research from Action Media which identified helpful ideas, approaches and key phrases to broaden acceptance for more affordable housing. More... The First Suburbs Project of Southeastern
Pennsylvania
The Network has worked closely with this grassroots start-up organization which held its kick-off meeting at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine on March 26. Myron Orfield, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, served as the keynote speaker and addressed an enthusiastic audience of over 100 people from the older developed communities in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties. More... Connecting Families to Jobs and
Opportunity
On April 16 a presentation at the American Planning Association's Philadelphia conference featured three Network participants who discussed the "spatial mismatch" between employment centers and inner- city workers in the Southeastern Pennsylvania region. More... Determining the Role of Transit in Housing
Affordability and Revitalization
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) in Chicago has compiled a body of research to help understand the combined impact of housing and transit on affordability for working families and the role transit will play during the next twenty years in revitalizing older communities. Peter Haas, the research director of CNT, presented a summary of this work to the Network on April 24 at the Delaware County Intermediate Unit in Morton, Delaware County. More... Zoning Matters!
May 15 is primary election day in Philadelphia and the Network has been working hard with three collaborative initiatives designed to introduce sustainability and promote the revitalization of city neighborhoods as priority issues into the City's primary election. Zoning reform is on all three agendas. More... |
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Organizing Meeting of the First Suburbs of
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Saturday, May 19, 2007 @ 9:00 a.m.
Delaware County Intermediate Unit
200 Yale Avenue
Morton, PA
SAVE THE DATE!
Regional Roundtable on Local Governance
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 10:00 a.m.
Are You Interested in Hosting Future Workshops ?
The Steak and Caviar Housing Market: The Southeast Region has a strong pipeline for serving the "steak and caviar" (higher income) portion of the housing market. More... <or> Regional Roundtables on Local Governance: Creating a regional vision and supporting big-picture ideas will depend on municipal and county governance and local tax reforms to help communities work together more effectively across boundaries. More... |
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Since its founding in 1970, the Pennsylvania Enivronmental Council
(PEC) has played an active
role in environmental policy discussions and decision-
making in Harrisburg, in both the regulatory and
legislative arenas. One of PEC's primary objectives is
to bring different groups together for dialogue and
cooperation to effect positive change. Recent projects
have included working to educate specialized groups,
young people and the general public on a variety of
environmental issues and assisting communities
across the Commonwealth plan for a healthier, more
livable environment.
On April 26, PEC of Southeastern Pennsylvania
and collaborating partners sponsored the first ever
Philadelphia Sustainability Awards to
recognize
those
who are leading the way to a more sustainable future.
Businesses, non-profits, community organizations,
individuals, schools and government agencies in the
region submitted nominations early in 2007. Jurors
reviewed more than 50 nominations total,
demonstrating many aspects of sustainability.
Click to view the WINNERS.
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Marilyn Wood
10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania
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