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Real Estate Watch: 4720 Oakland St stunningly renovated

Check out the kitchen of of 4720 Oakland Street:

4720 oakland st kitchen

The floors looks great too.  This house is around the corner from me.   With an asking price of $260K for 1700 square feet of house, my home value will surely rise no matter what this house sells for.  Bless their hearts.  They need to do another.

[link] Trulia listing for 4720 Oakland Street

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Frankford Creek Greenway Trail Gets High Priority

The Frankford Creek Greenway trail moved one step forward at a presentation made to the Philadelphia City Planning Commission of the draft recommendation for prioritizing trail construction in the city.  The Frankford Greenway met the criteria for moving high up on the list of 75 planned trails.

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Open Space Planner Jeannette Brugger noted that “The Frankford Creek Greenway is in an area of low automobile ownership and fills a gap in open space access. Frankford Creek is also a waterway targeted for improvements by the Philadelphia Water Department.”

The factors in prioritization are: Prior commitment (Frankford Greenway plan by the PWD), demand (lack of green space in the lower Northeast), Feasibility (to be started this year), connectivity (would close major gaps in the trail network) and cost.

The Frankford Greenway scored highly because:

  • Previous master plan
  • In an area of low car ownership
  • Fills the gap in walkable access to open space
  • PWD waterway restoration priority
  • Completes a gap in the trail network

A grant for the feasibility study of the Frankford Creek Greenway has been awarded and the contract should be awarded in the next month.  You can review all the details on the planphilly web site at this link.

 

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Northeast EPIC Meeting 1/31/2013

Stakeholders,

Happy New Years!!!  Just a heads up, we are meeting this Thursday at Second Baptist Church which is located at 1801 Meadow Street, Phila, Pa. 19124 from 5:30 – 7:30.  Please arrive on time, we have a full agenda on Thursday and will need to begin promptly at 5:30pm.  This month’s guest speakers include our new Frankford NAC staff person, Simone Smith, Erica Smith from TreePhilly, Julia Hilligas from the mayor’s Office of Educations, Gail Anderson, from  Job Corps, Cheryl Lang from I-Lead and Laura Wagner from First Home Care.  This will also be the first opportunity to sign up for the EPIC/NAC Civic engagement training on Saturday, February 9th and Saturday February 16th.  If you are interested in earning a little extra money and participating on the Philadelphia Board of Elections please come out on Thursday evening and sign up for the trainings that will be held on Feb 9th and 16th (please find the flyer attached for more info.)

Also, if you are not aware, the Frankford NAC also has an RCO that was approved by the City Planning Commission to hold zoning hearings in the neighborhood.  The NAC’s zoning committee meets on the second Thursday of every month at Second Baptist Church (address above) from 7-8:30pm.  The next zoning meeting will be held on Thursday, Febuary 14th .  There is a flyer attached to this email, please feel free to circulate throughout the neighborhood.  If you have any questions or concerns or would like a copy of the Frankford NAC’s zoning procedures please contact myself or Simone Woods at ssmith@impactservices.org or by phone at 215 535 1093 ext. 191.

Hope to see you all on Thursday!!!

Thanks,

 Kimberly Washington, Esq.
Northeast EPIC Stakeholder Group, Coordinator
CORA Services, Inc.
8540 Verree Road
Philadelphia, Pa. 19111
215 701 – 2588
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Robberies Down in Frankford

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4844 Frankford ave

It was an active PSA1 meeting on Wednesday, January 23rd, with over 20 people crowding into the conference room at Aria Hospital.  The ever present Officer Andrews introduced Sergeant Ed Pisarek who is new to the 15th district.  Pisarek went through a list of things that are being done that have reduced the robbery rate in Frankford, among them focusing on getting guns off the street.  The police are targeting repeat offenders with a history of gun crimes.  These few repeat offenders may be responsible for 70% of the crime in our area.  (Interesting story on hot spot policing in New York at this link)

The barber shop at 4844 Frankford Avenue is closed due to guns and alcohol activity.

The individual who fire bombed the house on Foulkrod Street last month was apprehended the same day.  The target of his attack was never identified.  The hot spot area of Foulkrod and Frankford is getting serious police presence by both uniformed and plain clothes officers.

The Bridge and Pratt Cafe (Trolley Stop) continues to attract problems.

A new strategy will be enforcement of closing hours of both bars and take out shops.  Zoning specifies the hours that these places should close and when they do not they attract trouble.  The police will be stopping in to enforce the hours.

Pisarek noted that tips from citizens have been helpful in leading the police to drug arrests in areas of Frankford.  Drugs and guns go together so this helps get guns off the streets. You can attend the PSA meeting and talk with the police directly or find out how to make an anonymous tip.

The residents of the 5000 block of Griscom Street continue to enjoy some calm after a very bad time last year.

Tom McAvoy, President of the Northwood Town Watch, noted the occasional truck parking problem but said that it has improved a lot thanks to the police.  He also brought up the issue of bandit signs which are going up all over Frankford and brought some samples with him.  Those signs are illegal but not a high priority for the police.  You can find more information on this problem at the bandit project web site at this link.

The next PSA1 meeting will be held on February 20th at 7PM at Aria Hospital.