Park Place Blog

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 »

Today’s scheduled vote regarding the rezoning for the residential lots on East End and South Braddock for Walgreens was delayed at the request of Twanda Carlisle for two weeks.

The hearing should be on TV tonight, more details to follow.

It will be imperative that as many people as possible call each council member over the next two weeks.

ASK COUNCIL TO VOTE NO!
DON’T LET WALGREENS
REZONE PARK PLACE!

We have another chance to stop the developers from turning our quiet little community into a suburban strip mall.

City Council is scheduled to vote on the rezoning this coming Wednesday, the 13th at 10:00AM.

So if you love Park Place and want to save it, please join your friends and neighbors in defense of our community — by doing all of the following: Continue reading Ask City Council to Vote NO on Walgreens Rezoning »