The Next Mayor | Issues Forums | Planning

The Next Mayor project is an innovative, two-year multimedia partnership to focus on the issues - not just the personalities - leading to the 2007 Philadelphia mayor's race. It was created by the Daily News, WHYY and the Committee of Seventy.

We took what we what we learned from our travels around the region and identified 16 different issues that are important to the people of Greater Philadelphia. Tune in as we convene panels of experts to talk about those issues. They'll let us know how other cities are tackling those same problems and they'll make suggestions to the next mayor.

In 2005, National Geographic Magazine hailed Philadelphia as 'The Next Great City,' but 2-years later it is a city that continues to struggle. Many neighborhoods have acres of vacant land and underused property. And while the downtown booms with development, problems of homelessness, litter, jobnlessness and crime continue to grow. A group of planners talks about how Philadelphia can truly become the next great city if the next mayor has a vision and a solid plan for growth.

Greg Heller is an urban planner with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Tim Kerner is a principal of Terra Studio, LLC, which specializes in an interdisciplinary approach to architecture, urban design, and planning. Domenic Vitiello is with the Urban Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania.

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