Members of the alliance represent a broad spectrum of stakeholders, from neighborhood advocates, community development corporations, market rate developers, advocates for small businesses, green space and food access.
Uniting these disparate interests is a belief that a predictable, efficient, transparent, accountable, and equitable land bank is an essential part of the significant reforms necessary to place our vacant properties into productive reuse. These values have resonated with Philadelphians and now hundreds of individuals, nonprofits, and small businesses from across our City have signed on in support of a land bank.
Now, after months of hard work, a national conference, and significant media attention, City Council has scheduled a hearing on the Philadelphia land bank bill. We’ve seen that together we can make an impact – that we can create meaningful change to improve our neighborhoods, find sustainable reuses for vacant properties and begin to eradicate blight in every corner of the city.
But we can’t do it without you
We need you to save the date: Monday, October 28, 2013 at 10 a.m. in City Hall, Room 400. We need you to turn out with your friends and colleagues to show City Council that reforming our broken vacant property system is important to you and critical to the long-term sustainability of our city.
In the meantime, we’re looking for your vacant property nightmares.
Tell us your stories about the challenges you faced in trying to acquire publicly or privately held vacant land. Tell us about a vacant property that hasn’t been kept up, that has attracted crime and trash, or has brought down the block. Tell us about a vacant property that has harmed you and your community.
Click here to tell your story, so that we can share your experience with City Council members and let them know that this is urgent. We need a #LandBankNOW.
