Mayfair Civic Association Meeting

What the Planning Commission has in store for the Northeast 0

Nov19

Meet Ian Litwin. He works for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, and you’ll be seeing his face at neighborhood meetings as he learns how the Northeast operates, what matters to us and how the Planning Commission can help make the region more functional. In the video below, he explains to the Upper Holmesburg Civic Association some of the ideas on tap — some put forth by residents, others championed by the PCC. continue reading »

Holmesburg Civic Board unopposed in re-election 0

Dec9

Many community organizations across the Northeast have trouble developing new leaders. That struggle, a stubborn agenda item at civic, town watch and other neighborhood meetings, was on display Tuesday night at the Holmesburg Recreation Center.

In front of 10 residents, the four-person Holmesburg Civic Association‘s executive board was re-elected unopposed for the fourth consecutive one-year term.

“I still consider myself the interim president,” Fred Moore, a 10-year veteran of the board’s chief seat, told NEast Philly with a laugh.

Holmesburg Civic: North Delaware Greenway and Cottman Interchange updates 0

Sep9

Plans for the Cottman Interchange I-95 improvement, as discussed at last night's Holmesburg Civic Association meeting.

Updates on two massive projects affecting much of the Northeast were the focus of last night’s meeting of the Holmesburg Civic Association.

The four looming phases of a large-scale Delaware River reclamation project were rehashed by representatives of the Delaware River City Corporation and the latest from the 10-year, $2 billion I-95 Cottman Avenue Interchange project was discussed by a spokesman from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

It was the end of a quiet summer,” civic president Fred Moore said to more than 20 in the meeting room of the Holmesburg Recreation Center.