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Recap from March Happenings Community Meeting: 2022 Crime in Review
Our March Happenings Community Meeting was hosted on 3/9/2023 at 5:30 PM at the library on Fisk Street. The Happenings are the once monthly community meetings hosted by LU and LC on the second Thursdays of the month. There were approximately 20 people present in person and 5 people present over Facebook Live. The meeting…
Update: off-street parking requirements for rowhouse neighborhoods
In March, Mayor Peduto introduced zoning text amendments with a goal of “improving pedestrian safety, enhancing neighborhood walkability, and promoting non-vehicular mobility.” Under this proposed legislation, minimum parking requirements would be reduced from 1 to 0 in R1A (residential, single-family attached AKA rowhouse) neighborhoods like Lawrenceville. Maximum parking requirements would remain the same (4). For more…

Recap of Community Development Activities Meeting at 3634 Penn Ave
On Thursday, December 14th, at 6:30 PM, Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation hosted the Community Development Activities Meetings at New Alliance Federal Credit Union (3709 Butler St). The CDAM focused on proposed development at 3634 Penn Ave. The proposed plan calls for 50 rental units (townhome and apartment style) at the site. The meeting opened…
Lawrenceville United Statement on the Milhaus Lease with Starbucks
Lawrenceville United is extremely disappointed to learn that Milhaus has leased a Starbucks at Arsenal 201. Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation hosted many community meetings with Milhaus and hundreds of neighbors before both phases of Arsenal 201. Keeping the local identity of our business district was a top priority articulated by community members, and Milhaus…
Recap of Community Development Activities Meeting for New Residential Development at 39th and Foster
The Community Development Activities Meeting for the new residential developmentat 39th and Foster was held on Thursday, May 30th, at 6:30 PM at the TRYP Hotel (177 40th St). Dalian is developing 300 new units of housing for Lower Lawrenceville and shared their plans for design and construction of this new property. Community members were…