Center city district ACT Presentation 2010

C E N T E R C I T Y D I S T R I C T

First Phase: Focus on the Basics - Clean & Safe
Sidewalk cleaning and graffiti removal
Community Service Representatives

Second Phase: Beautification and Streetscape Improvements
1996/97 – As a municipal authority, the CCD was able to obtain funding from the city and issue bonds in order to raise $26 million for capital improvements, including new pedestrian lighting, signage, street planters, sidewalk paving, and street trees
These efforts have continued to expand with each year, with the support of various funding sources in addition to tax revenue, such as city, state, and federal funding, partnerships with local business and property owners, and grants

Current and Future: Concentration on Open Space Renovations
Aviator Park
Dilworth Plaza Sister Cities Park Café Cr é t at Three Parkway Plaza Chestnut Park

Center City District Street Tree Program
Nearly 350 planted in 1997-98
Adopted 100 on Market East in 2000
Adopted 300 on Chestnut St. in 2003
Maintenance key to success of trees
$180,000 annual maintenance budget
- Replacements (up to 60 per year)
- Watering
- Pruning
- Fertilization
- IPM
- Consultant fees
- Contracting fees
New tree locations funded by Fee-For- Service or Plant!Philadelphia programs
Over 750 Street Trees Maintained

Center City District Street Tree Program How can we work to increase the overall tree canopy?

Center City District Street Tree Program Donations
Created to help supplement City’s efforts to increase urban canopy
Augments current CCD program to plant more trees
Donation levels from $25 to $4,000
Replacement trees, new trees and general maintenance
Tax-deductable

Center City District Street Tree Program Fee for Service
Commercial/Residential
Helps streamline process for clients to plant trees
CCD oversees site research, permits, contractors and maintenance

Center City District Street Tree Program Opportunities and Partnerships
Matching Funds with Large-scale Properties / Condos
Grants (TreeVitalize)
Adoption of Current Populations

Center City District Street Tree Program Opportunities and Partnerships
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - consultants
City of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Commission (2008 Tree Survey)
Educational Outreach (Dow donation & Philadelphia Academies, Inc.)
Cornell University Study of Urban Street Trees in 2011

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Center city district ACT Presentation 2010

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