As a resident of Port Richmond who owns a dog, I need public garbage cans, and I am frustrated by the fact that I have to walk 5 blocks to find a single garbage can, in Campbell Square Park. There are NO other public garbage cans on these public streets. Doesn't the city have a responsibility to place garbage cans on its streets? Recycling along with garbage cans would be even better.

Every day, tons of plastic bags and empty Cheetos or Snickers wrappers float past me on the street and build up in my backyard. This is really disgusting. Can't the city DO SOMETHING?

Also, why are TREES not a priority in Port Richmond? This has got to be the LEAST green area in all of Philadelphia. I don't care about waterfront access!!! Give me a tree!

Please, I beg the city and Mayor Nutter, recycle everything! At least give us the option. I spend way too mutch time sorting plastics, cardboard, plastic toys & bags, cans and glass and trying to work on recycling plastics in general is a daily/monthly task. It only gets recycled Once per month. My Children go though 1 or 2 plastic juic(%100 juice)bottles every other day. It is too time consuming. And God forbid you miss the recycle day... if so then my yard begins to look like a junk yard. Make it simple. Penalize the citizens who DON't take responsability!!! Bigger recycle pales and more of an option. It isn't fair to the people that ACTUALLY DO recycle.

Make it simple
plastics(INCLUDING plastic bags!!!)

cardboard & paper

Glass & metals

Every week! This isn't rocket science!
Simply because I work late and if I miss a week it's more trash sitting in my yard.

Hello,

I have been following this process since I discovered this site late in 2006.

I took part in surveys for may area near Port Richmond due to the fact that this is such an impacted area in the way of lack of facilities/maintenance and riverfront access.

I had originally found included in your site, a map for my area called "PAS-G Vacancy," which showed the vision vs exisiting slum conditions created by property vacancy. This vacancy issue has been part of a vicious cycle with crime causing vacancies and criminal element taking advantage of vacancy with little criminal investigation. As a result, my area is part of a line of demarcation between at least 3 drug gangs who shoot it out now and then and has involved the shooting of a man who druglords mistook for someone else, assasinations of informants by arson and truant students are involved w/ gang kickings resulting in a death as well. Since then things have been cleaned up a bit by police, but we still have the same 4 prostitutes and thier pimp working corners near vacant buildings at Venago & Kensington & using El-stations as a toilet for going on 6 years. We still have boys as young as 7 harassing women as they walk by the rec center near Castor Ave & Amber St and rumbles several times per school break on the grounds there as well.

There are few trees and few who bother to have plants outside so our neighborhood looks desperate, which it actually is. Our tree cover is in the neighborhood of 1.5% including the very wild area along the Frankford Creek and Railway interchanges which are closed to the public. We could really use some street trees and to see the green as proposed by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission 2030 Plan and as once reflected in your map "PAS G Vacancy" to be reflected in your Community Summary drawings at the meetings this month.

Please correct this ASAP - we are anxious that we are about to be facing another wave of pay-to-play land grabs as it is. Having the DVRPC recommendations for riverfront greenspace left off of your drawings is extremely upsetting, especially when one considers that 4 of the top 10 issues in our area relate to riverfront/greenspace access.

I am hoping for continued co-operation between the city and it citizens so that we can all deal well with the projected doubling of population in the next few generations. Keepng open space for the sake of sanity will be of utmost importance and we already have none of either here.

Thank you!

Jeannine S Missaoui
Harrowgate, Phila