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Penn IUR & Econsult Release Land Use and Policy Study

  • Nov 22 '10
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The Redevelopment Authority (RDA) of the City of Philadelphia hired the Econsult Corporation and the Penn Institute for Urban Research to assess the feasibility of urban agriculture on vacant land owned by the RDA.  The RDA controls 2,500 vacant parcels within Philadelphia, of which the vast majority are in economically depressed neighborhoods.  Given the unlikelihood that the real estate market will develop such parcels in the near future, the Econsult and Penn IUR team researched best practices in other cities and proposed a method to make vacant land temporarily available for urban agriculture, then fairly compensate the user if a rise in property values results in possible development.  In the mean time, a neighborhood can enjoy the positive amenities of a cleaned, greened, productive parcel

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