The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society conducted a study of vacant land in Philadelphia with consultants Fairmount Ventures, Inc. The resulting report explores the legal basis, public policy rational, and financial mechanism of a new approach to vacant properties. The previous management system of vacant properties is described as “Reactive, Intermittent, and Fragmented” and the PHS presents a new management approach system that will be “Comprehensive, Strategic, and Ongoing” and implemented by the office of Vacant Land Management.
Read “Managing Vacant Land in Philadelphia”:
http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/phlgreen/ManagingVacantLand.pdf