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From the Northeast Times dated October 25, 2007:
Frankford will be the first community in Philadelphia to take advantage of the city’s move to transit-oriented development zoning. “Neighborhoods like this are at a tipping point,” said Janice Woodcock, director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, at last week’s Future of Frankford meeting.
There is a lot of important information in this article. Read it in it’s entirety here.
The East Fankford Civic Association has a new web site. We have a link to it over to the right or follow this link.
Before I retire the current poll I wanted to recap the results. 15 people cast a vote and 13 of them prefer Nutter. 1 went for Taubenberger and 1 would prefer somebody else.
We are fortunate in this election to have had quite a few good choices in the primary and now in the general election. In any case, Vote.
Why vote when the results seem clear already. Well the next mayor is going to have a full plate of issues to deal with very quickly. The public support that he carries will give him the political clout to be more effective and get done what needs to be done.
This could be the first election of a new era in Philadelphia. We certainly need one.
I met the owner of this twin that afternoon. He decided not to be in the picture though. All decked out for Halloween.
Northwood Civic Association has a slate of candidates up for election at the next meeting. You can see the list here.
