The report suggests new positions, initiatives and money be established to boost relations.
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Second, but not final, hearing held on neighborhood improvement district
The second hearing on the NCNID featured many of the same voices, but more hearings will be held on it.
Philadelphia City Council held its second hearing on bill number 120020, the North Central Neighborhood Improvement District, yesterday, May 4, at City Hall, in what proved to be another tension-filled meeting.…
Wavering support for NID
…As the improvement district pends, some at Temple have spoken out against it.
The North Central Neighborhood Improvement District proposed for the area surrounding Main Campus is supported by Temple, but is not without its fair share of dissenters.
A District in Dissent
Improvement plans have divided residents and property owners pushing the bill.
It’s a familiar sight: A group of developers and a pastor sit in a room on North Sydenham Street, talking about their investment in the community seated just off Main Campus.…
Opposition to improvement district faces Clarke at latest meeting
Council President Darrell Clarke spoke to long-term residents concerned with his neighborhood improvement district plans.
A week before the first hearing on the North Central Neighborhood Improvement District is to be held, community members came out to a meeting in force against the proposed bill.…
Meeting held for community members to discuss improvement district
Residents from around Main Campus met Wednesday, Jan. 25, in the Gesu School library at 17th and Thompson streets in response to City Council President Darrell Clarke’s proposed North Central Neighborhood Improvement District.…
Improvement district would charge property owners
A proposed district seeks to improve safety and cleanliness near Main Campus.
Just two weeks after he introduced a proposal to prevent students from obtaining housing in the area around Main Campus, Councilman Darrell Clarke presented another piece of legislation to help change the landscape of North Central Philadelphia.…
