Following through on a promise from last June, Mayor Nutter today re-invented the Penn's Landing Corp., which dissolved itself and was replaced by the new Delaware River Waterfront Corp. The new entity, Nutter promises, will be more open to the public and expand its focus to cover more of the water front.
You can read Nutter's announcement after the jump.
MAYOR NUTTER APPOINTS DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION
Establishment of new group fulfills objectives of Action Plan for the Central Delaware
Philadelphia, January 30 – Mayor Michael A. Nutter has appointed members to the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC), the new organization which has replaced the Penn’s Landing Corporation.
“To fulfill our shared hope of a walkable, accessible and sustainable Delaware River waterfront, we need a new visionary institution to provide the best planning, development and management of our priceless waterfront resource,” said Mayor Michael A. Nutter. “The new Delaware River Waterfront Corp. will be an open and transparent body. It will be the catalyst to attract quality investment and to make the central Delaware an exciting destination in the region. Leading this new non-profit will be a diverse group of dedicated volunteers with a broad base of experience and the skill to undertake the critical task of renewing our waterfront.”
The establishment of the DRWC achieves the objectives outlined by PennPraxis, in conjunction with the Central Delaware Advocacy Group, in An Action Plan for the Central Delaware: 2008-2018. The Action Plan calls for the establishment of an “open, accountable, effective waterfront manager”, a reformed Penn’s Landing Corporation with the powers to rapidly and effectively transform the riverfront. The establishment of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation achieves just that.
The new sixteen member organization chaired by Andrew Altman, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Planning, was created today at a special meeting of the Penn’s Landing Corporation Board of Directors led by Mayor Nutter. The board voted to dissolve the Penn’s Landing Corporation and create the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation.
The DRWC will be dedicated to the planning, design, development, and management of the central Delaware waterfront. It will drive high quality investment and improvements, create a vibrant asset for the whole city, and extend Philadelphia to the river’s edge. The new body, established after many years of planning and hard work by residents and stakeholders, will work with city, state, and federal agencies to leverage the necessary support and investment to realize the City’s vision for the central Delaware.
The DRWC will adopt the Sunshine Act meaning that its operations will be open, transparent, and accountable to the public, another recommendation from the Action Plan. Board meetings will be open, financial report, annual reports, and all other information will be published on the new DRWC website: www.DelawareRiverWaterfrontCorporation.com.
Board members
Ex-officio Directors
Andrew Altman (Chair) – Commerce Director and Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
Alan Greenberger – Executive Director, Philadelphia City Planning Commission
Bill Wilson – Principal-in-Charge, Synterra Ltd.
Mayoral Appointees
Rina Cutler – Deputy Mayor for Transportation and Public Utilities
Diane Dalto Woosnam – Chairman, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Avi Eden – Consultant with a background in finance and law
Terry Gillen – Executive Director, Redevelopment Authority & Senior Advisor to the Mayor for Economic Development
Jay Goldstein – President and CEO, Valley Green Bank
Bill Hankowsky - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Property Trust
Michael Hauptman, AIA - Partner, Brawer & Hauptman Architects
Alan Hoffman – President, Vitetta Architects/Engineers
William R. Miller, IV – CEO, Ross Associates, Inc.
Donn Scott – Sales Director, Wachovia Bank
Marilyn Jordan Taylor – Dean, PennDesign
Ellen Yin - Co-Owner, Fork Restaurant and Bar, Fork:etc
Mario Zacharjasz, AIA - Co-founder and principal, PZS Architects, LLC; President of Puente Construction Enterprises, Inc.
Hopefully, they will replace the acting President, Brooks, what a joke he was almost as bad as Sabatini. Let's hope that they will move forward on Penns Landing proper since it is one of the stops that tourists make after the historic district, everyone wants to go to the waterfront. Ours is not user friendly for most of the year. Why can't we have something on our waterfront that will encourage people to come to the waterfront to eat and have a good time out of the elements? Something enclosed would be nice like a conservatory that Brandywine was proposing. There are no family friendly eateries on Penns Landing proper and it costs a lot to eat at the restaurants that are there. Why not do something in the Seaport Museum building, God only knows what a joke that place is, tourists always say how "okay" it is. Baltimore made better use of their building like that by putting in a farmer's type market, unlike parks it gives the city revenue and jobs also.— concerns25- Too many pols, not enough Penn's Landing residents.— derf
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