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Mar. 5, 2021 10:48 am
‘If you start to address the affordable housing issue, you will begin to address the poverty issue’
The Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities tackles the city’s housing crisis with its Land Justice Campaign.
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Apr. 15, 2019 2:19 pm
Neighborhood gardens grow community as much as food. Now there is online tool to help
Grounded in Philly, relaunched April 11, fosters relationships between community gardeners and municipal authorities while supporting food access and leveraging vacant land policies.
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Mar. 14, 2017 8:02 am
View the percentage of vacant properties in each Philly neighborhood with this nifty tool
An app from a handful of city departments allows you to find where vacant lots and buildings are and who owns them.
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Mar. 17, 2015 8:30 am
Crowdsourcing in Boston, Food Access in New Orleans and Revitalization in Newark – Social Impact Across the U.S.
Boston’s City Hall Plaza This week in Social Impact Across the U.S.: Boston is crowdsourcing ideas from its well-educated residents on how to redevelop City Hall Plaza, the long-neglected center of civic life in the city. CityLab looks at the opportunity and limits of reaching outside government for ideas. Some promising ideas, including a […]
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Apr. 10, 2014 1:05 pm
Watch: SHIFT_DESIGN Reveals Project to Reoccupy Vacant Lots
SHIFT_DESIGN does not design iconic buildings or civic monuments, but it has nonetheless left an imprint on the built environment of the city through its bike corrals, parklets, planters and rooftop gardens, each of which form the building blocks of more sustainable and livable streets. The Philadelphia-based firm’s latest project addresses the one of the […]