Tag: Land Bank

Sharswood: Sanctuary Farm Fights Community Hunger with Urban Agriculture

October 14, 2019Christian Starr and

Brewerytown resident Layla Woodard made her way through the concrete blocks of her neighborhood one late September afternoon to pick up fresh produce from the leafy terrain of Sanctuary Farm’s market at 22nd Street and

City Hall: Council Committee Approves Changes To Land Disposition Process

October 8, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

The Committee on Public Policy and Public Works of Philadelphia City Council recently approved bill 190606, which would streamline the process by which city owned vacant property is sold in the city. Currently, the process

North Philadelphia: Community Gardens Green Vacant Lots and Feed Residents

January 22, 2019Brianna Baker and

Carmen Francesco (below), a community organizer for Arch Street United Methodist Church, which partners with The People’s Garden in North Philadelphia, said that the presence of vegetables in the garden that late in December is

Poverty Beat: Land Bank Program Offers Much Needed Change

August 1, 2014

In January Philadelphia became the largest city in the country to approve the creation of a land bank, an entity that will regulate the sale of the city’s 40,000 abandoned properties. A coalition of for-profit

Axis Philly: Vacant Properties Damage Real Estate Values

May 2, 2013

https://vimeo.com/65164326] Would you rather live on a block that is speckled with ramshackle, rundown abandoned houses or one with inviting green community gardens? There are about 40,000 vacant parcels, which are property units, in the

North Philadelphia: Land Bank Could Help Residents Living Next to Vacant Land

November 11, 2012

https://vimeo.com/52979225] Doris Berris, of 1531 N. Ninth St., set up a community garden on a vacant lot across the street from her North Philadelphia home nearly three years ago. That garden produced nearly a ton

Hunting Park: Residents Applaud Councilwoman’s ‘Land Bank’ Bill

February 7, 2012

Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez introduced legislation Thursday that would better control vacant city-owned land and make it easier for the city to sell. Urban decay often results due to vacant land, which is a problem especially