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Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

The article in the Northeast Times this week made reference to a bill submitted by council people Savage, Krajewski and DiCicco. Our friends at Hallwatch.org have provided a link to the entire text of the bill.

The bill first defines Transit-Oriented Development as “encourages mixed-use, higher-density development near transit stations.” It then goes on to enumerate very detailed changes to the zoning code to implement this type of development.

The second part of the bill designates Frankford Avenue from Cheltenham Avenue to the Frankford Creek as the Frankford Transit-Oriented Development District.

It is not extremely long and with some patience you can make some sense of it, so take a look.

You might also take a look at this wikipedia entry and this site to for some additional information.

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Savage pushes for Frankford to be Special again

This article from the Northeast Times outlines the steps taken by Councilman Savage to reauthorize the Frankford Special Services District and also legislation to amend the city’s zoning code, thus allowing creation of a classification to permit transit-oriented development.

We have a link over to the right that describes the concept and how it will repaint the picture of Frankford in the future.

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Taubenberger makes his pitch at Northwood Civic

From the Northeast Times dated October 25, 2007:

Republican mayoral candidate Al Taubenberger opposes any effort by the Board of Revision of Taxes to implement a full-value assessment of properties. At present, the BRT uses a complicated formula to determine property taxes. By going to a full-value system, the board would lower the millage rate, but Taubenberger thinks many homeowners would be penalized.

Read the entire article here.

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Future of Frankford is at a tipping point

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.

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Poll has closed

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.