City cuts PHS's land program by $840,000

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City cuts PHS's land program by $840,000

POSTED: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 11:08 PM
Filed Under: Budget | Greenstorming

As we told you earlier today, the city was considering cutting all $2.4 million in funds to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's vacant land program. It didn't; instead, it cut $840,000 — that's 35 percent — of the program's total funds.

"Over the next few days and weeks, PHS will plan how it will best use the funds we will receive," says PHS spokesman Alan Jaffe. "For now, we know there will be no new land stabilization, and the maintenance schedule of the stabilized lots will be reduced. There will be also be an impact on the more than 200 green jobs the program has created."

This comes along with today's announcement of $47 million in cuts to this year's city budget — that's $27 million more than Mayor Nutter originally announced in May. You can check out how these cuts affected other agencies and programs by downloading the city's five-year plan here.

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