The Philadelphia City Planning Commission wants to hear from residents about what they want for the city’s future. Planners in the department have nine open-ended questions for Philadelphians on topics like safety, economic opportunity, housing, transportation, weather, and neighborhood health. These questions are part of the first phase of updating the City’s comprehensive plan, called Philadelphia2050: Planning Together.
How would you, your neighbors, your coworkers, and your community answer these questions?
- What is your vision for the future of Philadelphia?
- What is your dream for the future of your neighborhood?
- What does access to opportunity look like for you?
- What does a healthy and safe Philadelphia mean to you?
- Imagine a thriving neighborhood. What does it include?
- What housing options would you like to see in Philadelphia?
- Which parts of your culture and tradition would you like to see celebrated more?
- How are you impacted by Philadelphia’s hotter summers, flooding, and more extreme weather?
- Are you satisfied with how you get around Philadelphia and beyond? Why or why not?
The responses to these questions will help planners at the Philadelphia City Planning Commission form the priorities of Philadelphia2050: Planning Together, the comprehensive plan update.
Send in your answers to these questions by filling out a Vision Survey or by visiting an in-person Philadelphia2050 Station at a location near you:
- Municipal Services Building – 1400 JFK Boulevard
- Independence Library – 18 S 7th St
- Northeast Regional Library – 2228 Cottman Ave
- Martin Luther King Recreation Center – 2101 Cecil B Moore Ave
- Ramonita G. de Rodriguez Library – 600 W Girard Ave
- Simpson Recreation Center – 1010 Arrott St
- Kendrick Recreation Center – 5800 Ridge Ave
- Eastwick Library – 2851 Island Ave
- Lillian Marrerro Library – 601 W Lehigh Ave
- Nicetown-Tioga Library – 3720 N Broad St
- Tacony Library – 6742 Torresdale Ave
- Holmesburg Library – 7810 Frankford Ave
- Richmond Library – 2987 Almond St
- South Philadelphia Library – 1700 S Broad St
- Kingsessing Library – 1201 S 51st St
- Kingsessing Recreation Center – 4901 Kingsessing Ave
- Bustleton Library – 10153-99 Bustleton Ave
- David Cohen Ogontz Library – 6017-35 Ogontz Ave
- Dwight Evanls Library of West Oak Lane – 2000 E Washington Ln
- Stenton Park Recreation Center – 4600 N 16th St
- Greater Olney Library – 5501 N 5th St
- Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library – 68 W Chelten Ave
- Sayre Health Center – 5800 Walnut St
- Haverford Library – 5543 Haverford Ave
- Parkside Evans Recreation Center – 5300 Parkside Ave
What is the comprehensive plan update?
The comprehensive plan is a guidebook for Philadelphia’s change and development. City planners use it when they provide their professional opinion on planning and development matters. It is a record of what communities would like to change and what infrastructure improvements are needed across the city.
The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter requires the Planning Commission to keep the comprehensive plan up to date. This means it is a task the Philadelphia City Planning Commission is required to do. The Planning Commission is using this requirement as an opportunity to hear from Philadelphians about the future of the city.
The first comprehensive plan for the city was created in 1933. The most recent citywide vision, Philadelphia2035, was completed in 2011. City planners use the plan their day-to-day work and reference it in every meeting of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Philadelphia2050 will update the information in Philadelphia2035.
How can I share my vision and ideas with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission?
At this time, completing a Vision Survey is the best way to give the Philadelphia City Planning Commission your thoughts, ideas, and desires for the future of Philadelphia.
The Vision Survey is the first citywide opinion survey in this effort to update the comprehensive plan. It is just one way city planners will collect feedback during this process. This feedback will be analyzed by planners and community partners to form another round of questions.
Future engagement opportunities like focus groups, art-based engagement, and story sharing will be scheduled on the Phila2050 Engagement Website, www.phila2050plan.org.
Information sessions
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission staff will host two virtual information sessions about Philadelphia2050: Planning Together:
- Friday, December 12, at 12 PM
- Thursday, December 18, at 6 PM
To be notified when registration opens for the information sessions, and to receive other updates about Philadelphia2050, sign up for the Planning Together mailing list.
