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Bucks NAACP Race & Policing in Bucks County Briefing
On 15 February 2024, the Bucks County NAACP hosted a "Briefing" at the Bucks County Community Collage on Race & Policing in Bucks County. I audio recorded the 15-minute "Key Findings" session presented by John Blevins who is a member of NAACP’s Criminal Justice and Education Committee. To create this video, I selected what I considered the most appropriate graphics and data from the BC NAACP's "2023 Report on Reimagining Public Safety", which you can find here: https://rebrand.ly/NAACP_RIPS
Although Mr. Blevins did not include results from any specific police agency, I added some specific data and information from the Report regarding Newtown Township. Specific data are available in the Appendices to the Report.
Developer Revises Plan for Apartment Complex
BET Investment presented a revised plan for Newtown Corners, now called “Newtown Place.” The owner seeks a text amendment to the Joint Municipal Zoning Ordinance (JMZO) to allow a “Parking Core Apartment Building” in the TC (Town Center) district of Newtown Township. The current zoning does not allow for such a structure. Consequently, BET proposes to add this “B-11” use to the JMZO defined as:
Parking Core Apartment Building: A building where individual apartments surround a central parking garage to feature a walkable oriented streetscape in keeping with a traditional village. Each apartment unit has direct access to the outside or to a common hall and each unit is designed for and occupied by a single family.
The applicants have modified their plans since they had presented in August 2023. The plan now shows 120 units, with no reduction in parking.
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