The
Haddington-Cobbs Creek 2010 Vision Project is the comprehensive neighborhood
strategic plan developed for these communities in West Philadelphia through
the Haddington and Cobbs Creek Visioning Project. It focuses on strengthening
children and families, economic development, neighborhood building and housing
and housing counseling.
It
is the culmination of a groundbreaking neighborhood process in which:
- Two neighborhoods, historically and
physically divided by the Market-Frankford Elevated Train Line (the "EL"),
came together to work toward a brighter future.
- A historic level of community involvement
was achieved, which began with the selection of the planning consultant and
continued through a planning process in which the community truly developed
the plan.
- An agreement to foster plan implementation-through
a revitalized Haddington-Cobbs Creek CDC- was reached to provide a means to
historic level of Community involvement to continue as these neighborhoods
work in partnership to achieve the vision developed through this process.
Haddington is the area bounded by 52nd
Street, 63rd Street, Girard Avenue and Market Street. Adjacent to it is Cobbs
Creek, which is bounded by 52nd Street, Cobbs Creek Parkway, Baltimore Avenue
and Market Street. Together, these communites include 57,194 persons in 21,896
households. The area is 96% Black and primarily a residential community with
a high degree of homeownership (65%) and excellent access to public transportation.
Areas of commerce are concentrated on Market Street, 52nd Street and 60th Street.
