PlanPhilly Archive

Cemetery volunteers are working to make the urban forest open to families with loved ones buried there. It will be a long road ahead.

With more than a month left of the program, over a dozen county agencies have waitlists. “Demand is outrageous,” one official said.

Researchers analyzed nearly 700,000 records of home sales in the city from 2000 through 2021.

Scammers targeting the Philadelphia region are claiming to be the “Pennsylvania Turnpike Toll Services” and are looking for money.

Funding for the new program was included in the budget lawmakers passed last week.

Wednesday will be the final day of excessive heat and humidity "for a while," per the NWS Mount Holly branch.

Units at the Arlene Thorpe Townhomes are permanently affordable thanks to a public-private partnership led by the Women’s Community Revitalization Project.

New Barber’s Hall was set to become a historically designated property. The nomination may now be withdrawn.

Climate change will bring increased flooding to the Philly region, but flood insurance can be a hardship for many homeowners. A FEMA program could help lower the cost.

Advocates hope the cameras will reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries along the busy corridor.

The city has the authority to condemn the site of Phase 2, but isn’t ready to take definitive action. Meanwhile, Reading International shows no sign of letting it go.

Philly-area insurance officials break down three common misconceptions around financial protection from flood damage.

With less than 2% of insured Pennsylvania properties carrying flood insurance, a task force has made recommendations to make it more affordable.

Chester County farmers, conservationists and landowners are working together to help baby birds successfully leave the nest.

Pennsylvania’s historic preservation tax credit program has an annual cap of $5 million. Legislation moving through Harrisburg would change that.