Community Zoning Meeting re: 4601 Springfield Ave

invites you to a

Public Community Meeting

Tuesday, February 20  – 7:00 PM

This will be a virtual meeting, via Zoom – please see the link at the bottom of this notice.  We are not holding in-person meetings at this time.  Please log in early enough to make sure your connection is working and that you can see/hear the case in which you are interested.  We are not able to assist with individual technical difficulties.

There is one case on the agenda – 4601 Springfield Avenue  

There are 2 refusals – one for use, and one for parking.  The applicant is requesting a variance to allow for four-family use; this property is in a single-family district, RSA-3.  Zoning requires one parking spot per unit, on site; this proposal does not include any parking, nor is there space on the site for parking.

Cedar Park Neighbors invites you to join our Zoom meeting:

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49th STREET TROLLEY TRACK RENEWAL PROJECT

There will be major renovation of the trolley tracks on 49th Street between Baltimore Avenue and Chester Avenue, between August 14th and October 28th. Here are some highlights:

• This project includes the excavation and renewal of existing corroded and broken rail on 49th Street between Baltimore Avenue and Chester Avenue

• Construction will take place from August 14, 2023, through October 28, 2023

• The Route 13 and 34 trolleys will operate as normal.

• The Route 64 bus will be detoured to 48th Street for the duration of the project. Check for posted signs. Check www.septa.org for travel information or call Customer Service at 215-580-7800.

• Staging of rail and other materials is likely to begin the week of August 7th within the work limits. This preliminary work could result in some loss of parking.

Click here for the full announcement from SEPTA

SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO OUR KINGSESSING NEIGHBORS

Our Cedar Park community sends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of our Kingsessing community neighbors.

Cedar Park Jazz Series 2023

Get ready! 

THE ANNUAL CEDAR PARK JAZZ SERIES - BACK AGAIN THIS SUMMER! Join Cedar Park Neighbors on a series of Friday nights this summer from 6 to 8 PM in Cedar Park for music, dancing, and community. Celebrate West Philly's incredible musical talent with an amazing lineup: 

June 16: Ray Wright’s Jasz Lab [postponed]

June 30th: Webb Thomas SuperBand

July 7: Glenn Bryan & Friends [canceled due to weather]

July 14: Bobby Zankel & the Wonderful Sound 5 Celebrates John Coltrane (7/17/67)

July 21: The Philadelphia Clef Club

July 28: Ray Wright’s Jasz Lab (Raindate)

Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and dancing shoes!
Family-friendly event. 
FREE and OPEN to ALL

Presented by Cedar Park Neighbors' Jazz Committee.

2023 SPONSORS - THANK YOU!!

Cedar Park Neighbors thanks our wonderful local sponsors!

• Algernong Allen, REALTOR - Gold Sponsor

• Penn Live Arts - GOLD Sponsor

• PFCU - SILVER SPONSOR

• VIX Emporium - SILVER Sponsor

• HELLCAT STUDIO BRONZE SPONSOR

PUBLIC COMMUNITY MEETING - TUESDAY APRIL 18 7:00 PM

This will be a virtual meeting - see below for Zoom info

There are two cases on the agenda.  Both are restaurants seeking approval for outdoor seating.  This is not a zoning case, but rather this meeting is being held to notify neighbors and solicit community input.
 
Case #1    701 South 50th St -  Carbon Copy Brew Pub   
Carbon Copy is the new brew pub on the first floor of the Firehouse, occupying the space long held by Dock Street.  They would like to put outdoor chairs and tables along both sides of the building.
 
Case #2     5021 Baltimore Avenue – Bookers Restaurant  
Bookers Restaurant has had a structured “streetery” in front of their restaurant since early on in the pandemic.  The temporary licensing for those structures has expired city-wide, and Bookers would like to make theirs permanent. 
 
The city of Philadelphia revised its outdoor dining requirements in October 2022.  Please follow this link for a pdf with more information:

https://www.phila.gov/documents/philadelphia-streetery-license-guide-outdoor-dining-program/


Cedar Park Neighbors is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting:

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Cedar Park Neighbors' Holiday Basket Drive - 2022

Dear Friends and Neighbors of Cedar Park,

Since 1985, the Cedar Park Neighbors Holiday Baskets Food Drive has brought together donations and volunteers to prepare and distribute food baskets to local families in need in partnership with community and religious organizations.

The 2022 campaign is under way. You can help in two ways:

• Donate to the fund that helps defray the costs of running the program, obtaining the food (some donated, some purchased at discount), and filling the bags that will be distributed this weekend. You can donate through this link (and also pay your annual CPN membership dues at the same time).

• Show up this Saturday (Dec 17) at Calvary Church Community Center (48th and Baltimore)  at 2:30 p.m. to help assemble the bags of food. No special skills required: if you can tell a potato from a bag of carrots, you have all the necessary skills. In past years the assembly process has been a quick and well-organized (and fun!) community effort that truly leaves you feeling good. The whole process takes at most two hours. Chatting with neighbors while working is not only tolerated, it's encouraged.

ADDED 12/25/22:

A number of volunteers showed up and once again an enormous amount of food was quickly parceled out and handed over to other volunteers to deliver. One hundred and forty bags of food were prepared and donated to families composing about six hundred individuals.

Volunteers grouped for a picture. The bags around them are clusters destined for distribution by a particular church or organization.

The assembly line.

Cedar Park Neighbors is a federally recognized 501(c)3 organization. All donations are tax-exempt to the extent permitted under law.

Community Zoning Meeting - re: 5015 Cedar Ave

Community Zoning Meeting

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 – 7:00 PM

This will be a virtual meeting, via Zoom – please see the link below.    

We are not holding in-person meetings at this time.  

7:00 pm – 5015 Cedar Avenue

The owners are requesting a use variance, as follows:

Permit FOR A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING (FOUR (4) DWELLING UNITS ON THE SAME LOT WITH ALL OTHER USES AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. NO SIGN ON THIS APPLICATION

The site is currently in an RSA-3 District (Residential single family attached).  The property has a long history as a multi-family building, but is currently zoned single family, due to a use change made in February 2022.  The owner is seeking to turn the zoning for the building back to multi-family.

7:45 pm – General Meeting

Meeting Info:

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2022 Cedar Park Jazz Series Lineup

Get ready! 

THE ANNUAL CEDAR PARK JAZZ SERIES RETURNS THIS SUMMER! Join Cedar Park Neighbors on four Friday nights this summer from 6 to 8 PM in Cedar Park for music, dancing, and community. Celebrate West Philly's incredible musical talent with an amazing lineup: 

June 3: The Dirk Quinn Band

June 24: The Philadelphia Clef Club Ensemble

July 8: Bobby Zankel and The Wonderful Warriors of Sound

July 22: Nasir Ebo and Friends

Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and dancing shoes!
Family-friendly event. 
FREE and OPEN to ALL

Presented by Cedar Park Neighbors' Jazz Committee.

2022 SPONSORS - THANK YOU!!

Cedar Park Neighbors thanks our wonderful local sponsors!

• Algernong Allen, REALTOR - Gold Sponsor

• Penn Live Arts - Silver Sponsor

• VIX Emporium - Bronze Sponsor

Algernong Allen, Realtor - Gold Sponsor

Penn Live Arts - Silver Sponsor