Glenn moyer wrote:
Neighbors,
The current UC Review reports a Penn civic engagement
project by "invitation only." BIDS, special service
districts, civic association leaders, and developers will
work secretly on a "public engagement" process for
zoning matters! Hahahaha
The Penn Praxis process sets up worthless statistical
reports based on a series of false dichotomies to "prove"
a pre-conceived agenda. But the people of Spruce Hill
know that ALL of the problems with public engagement on
zoning issues arise from the back room dealings between
those very untrustworthy groups! (Remember Campus Inn!)
The real answer for community engagement is easy, and the
public is the only group that needs to be invited to
"deliberations"� Link below
here's the exact link:
http://www.ucreview.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=1870&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2320&hn=ucreview&he=.com
another truly fine example of penn's hand in pre-emptively
framing the process, start to finish.
Penn's Project for Civic Engagement Hosts Workshops
(closed to the public) on the Public Engagement Process of
City's New Zoning Code
By Haywood Brewster | 05.JAN.10
The University of Pennsylvania Project for Civic
Engagement, in partnership with the Philadelphia chapter
of the American Institute of Architects (under its
umbrella organization of the Center for Architecture) and
media partner WHYY will host a series of deliberative
workshops to provide input to the Zoning Code Commission
about the public engagement process of Philadelphia's new
zoning code.
...
"These workshops provide an opportunity for the
development community and civic leadership to come
together and help formulate the basics of how communities
will have a voice in development decisions in their own
neighborhoods," Harris Sokoloff, the director of the Penn
Project for Civic Engagement, said. "By building common
ground up-front, we're more likely to have a project
review process that will be transparent, effective and
enriching both to the neighborhoods and the city as a
whole."
...
The workshops will not be open to the public and are by
invitation only.
The Penn Project for Civic Engagement will work with the
AIA Philadelphia to produce a report from each of the
three workshops, as well as an overall report analyzing
the work that has been accomplished, and to share any
recommendations that have emerged from the forums.
The Project for Civic Engagement is housed at the
Graduate School of Education at Penn. Funding for the
workshops is provided by the William Penn Foundation.
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