PlanPhilly Archive

“The community has to have a determining voice,” one critic said. “This policy doesn't do that.”

The study comes as the Sixers push to build a new arena in Center City Philadelphia.

Over $4 million in federal grant money will flow to nonprofits and local governments to support environmental justice in the Philly region.

The independent groups said they want City Council to stop the billion-dollar project from moving forward.

Officials and business executives broke ground on the industrial and logistics campus at the former refinery site this week.

Economists say that’s not likely to change for a few more years.

The endorsement is part of a broader effort to execute a community benefits agreement the team wants to finalize before construction starts.

The Sunrise activists want Philly’s next mayor to put solar panels on rec center roofs, open libraries longer, and turn vacant lots into gardens.

Several other cities have already banned or started phasing out gas-powered leaf blowers over their unhealthy emissions.

The city selected KBK Enterprises to redevelop the historic property in 2016. But the building remains vacant and blighted.

Opponents argue the city’s analysis will be biased towards building a downtown basketball arena for the Philadelphia 76ers.

The event hosted by WURD radio’s EcoWURD featured panels, on-stage interviews, and workshops at a community center in West Philly.

Efforts have targeted the "High Injury Network," which includes the 12% of city streets with 80% of all traffic deaths and serious injuries in Philly.

Residents of a flood-prone Philly neighborhood learned more about a proposed 15-foot levee near their homes during a meeting Wednesday.

El Centro de Estudiantes has called three buildings home since 2009. It will now have what it hopes will be a permanent home.