Jon Geeting

1 week ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Jon Geeting

As part of Mayor Parker’s H.O.M.E. plan and related efforts, many of our elected officials have emphasized the need to build more capital-A Affordable Housing, while dismissing the value of market-rate housing to their cause. That’s a mistake. There’s no logical reason why a preference for affordable housing has to be paired with an attitude of ambivalence or outright hostility to market-rate development.

3 weeks ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Jon Geeting

SEPTA is staring down the barrel of a serious financial crisis if state lawmakers don’t come through with the $213 million the transit agency needs to keep running most of its current operations, with painful service cuts and fare increases in store for riders if negotiations fail. That should be a unifying point for Philly-area legislators, Republican and Democrat alike, as SEPTA is a lifeline for many businesses, residents and schools in the area.

1 month ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Jon Geeting

Do Something If we only reach out to complain, what works can slip past the radar. Find out who represents you on the City Council and reach out to let them know you want the city to invest in making Open Streets more frequent and in more neighborhoods. Here you can find instructions on how to sign up to comment on Council meetings and how to speak at public hearings.

1 month ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Jon Geeting

Do Something One of the founding tenets of The Philadelphia Citizen is to get people the resources they need to become better, more engaged citizens of their city.

1 month ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Jon Geeting

“Location, location, location” is a well-known real estate axiom, and the value of a particular building or piece of land is heavily influenced by the access it provides to different kinds of amenities and services. Among those services that affect housing prices is access to public transportation.