Park Place Blog

We are close to completing the final agreement between the community organization and the developers. At this time, we are waiting on the developers to send us a final version of the agreement reflecting some minor changes that have been verbally agreed to. I’ll post the final version here. It will include a site plan and a renovations list.  We have verbal agreement on all the outstanding issues at this point.

As of last week, Paradise has now taken this agreement to Walgreens, as part of the overall deal they are brokering with them.  We have not yet heard back from them, but expect to soon.

Provided this is approved by Walgreens, then the last item is to sign the agreement, and I am expecting/hoping that will be this week.

Thursday, October 19th at 7pm, at the Church of the Nazarene (corner of Peebles and Waverly), there will be a community meeting to review the proposed agreement between the community organization and the Walgreens’ developers. The agreement would be a variation of the proposal the community organization was exploring with the developers last month.

New, revised site plans and details will be provided, and community members will have the oportunity to ask questions about the proposed agreement and what it would mean for the community.

A vote will be held to either accept or reject the agreement.

Large numbers of community members from Park Place, and a host of other local community organizations and non-profits have worked hard over the last year to protect the neighborhood. In fact, today we had the support of ACORN (http://acorn.org/contactus/state.php?st=PA) who showed up in force to support us before council.
Thanks to the tremendous participation of *you*, in the community throughout this year long process, we have gained enough support from City Council and the Mayor’s office to succeed in bringing Walgreens back to the table with some serious concessions. Continue reading The Latest on Walgreens Rezone! »

Tuesday evening, September 26, a public community meeting was held at the Church of the Nazarene to gather initial public input for the Peebles Square affordable housing redevelopment project that is being funded through various grants and programs. The community had the opportunity to meet with Melana Mears of Action Housing, a non-profit organization who is developing the Peebles Square area in a joint effort with Hosanna House, as well as with the architect firm hired for the project- Rothschild Doyno Architects. Continue reading Peebles Square- Community Meeting Held 9/26/06 »

Last night, Monday September 25th, a community meeting was hosted by Twanda Carlisle, councilwoman for our district. The meeting was about the rezoning controversy that many in the community have been following for the last year.
Continue reading Community Meeting Sees Big Turnout before Council Vote on 10/27/06 »