Mayor’s Office

At a press conference January 25, Mayor Nutter and Deputy Mayor Alan Greenberger released the report Philadelphia’s Development Permit Review Process: Recommendations for Reform, aimed at making the city’s development process less confusing, time consuming and unpredictable for customers. The report spells out each step of the development process and recommends improvements for a quicker and more efficient process. Click here to view the full report. View the Mayor’s press release.

Sponsored by BIA and the When We Fix It Coalition

Join us at a breakfast forum to examine the high cost of building homes in Philadelphia and how modular construction may make more investment in the city’s neighborhoods possible.

Date: March 23, 2010
Time: 8 am to 10 am, breakfast
Location: Downtown Club, 6th & Chestnut Streets, Public Ledger Building, 11th Floor

For more information, contact info@fixitphilly.org

Special Workshop

Neighborhood leaders and members of the development community met last night to find areas of agreement about how and when the public should be involved in development review. The final in a series of three workshops was designed to focus attention on the toughest issues – who speaks for the neighborhood, which projects are reviewed, how to differentiate zoning review from design review, and the role of city council. Results from the workshops will be summarized in the form of common ground principles and action steps. The ZCC will consider whether any of the recommendations should be incorporated into the new zoning code. Read more

A network of more than 10 neighborhood associations has formed Neighborhoods Matter to support the role of civic organizations in the development review process. See http://www.neighborhoodsmatter.org.