Council Approves New Kensington Revitalization Plan with Additional Land Acquisition and Reuse Options

Official:Amending an Ordinance approved June 13, 1997, as amended, which approved the redevelopment proposal, the urban renewal plan and the relocation plan of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of the New Kensington - Fishtown Urban Renewal Area, by approving the third amendment of the redevelopment proposal and the third amendment to the urban renewal plan which provide, inter alia, for certain additional land acquisition of approximately five (5) properties for residential and related reuses and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project, all as contained in the third amendment of the redevelopment proposal and the third amendment to the urban renewal plan.