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DVRPC has published over one thousand reports from the 1970s to present. Product abstracts and/or PDF downloads are available.

November 1, 2019

Growing Greater Philadelphia: Comprehensive Economic Development StrategyGrowing Greater Philadelphia: Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
This report was created to provide the required update to Greater Philadelphia’s regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The report includes background demographic, economic, and land use data; identifies regional strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; discusses economic resiliency; identifies regional economic development goals, objectives, and strategies; and identifies…

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March 12, 2018

Investing in People and Places: Greater Philadelphia's Comprehensive Economic Development StrategyInvesting in People and Places: Greater Philadelphia's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
This report was created to provide the required annual review and update to Greater Philadelphia's regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The report includes background demographic, economic, and land use data; identifies regional strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; discusses economic resiliency; identifies regional economic development goals and objectives; identifies…

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November 29, 2016

Investing in People and Places: Greater Philadelphia's Comprehensive Economic Development StrategyInvesting in People and Places: Greater Philadelphia's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
This report was created to provide the required annual review and update to Greater Philadelphia's regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The report includes background demographic, economic, and land use data; identifies regional strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; discusses economic resiliency; identifies regional economic development goals and objectives; identifies…

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March 21, 2012

Taming Traffic: Bethlehem PikeTaming Traffic: Bethlehem Pike
This report provides a summary of the Bethlehem Pike road diet evaluation, conducted as a second phase to the study, Taming Traffic: Context Sensitive Solutions in the DVRPC Region (#08044) published in December of 2008. The most important recommendation from the 2008 study was to convert Bethlehem Pike’s existing four-lane configuration to a three-lane cross-section with one travel lane per direction…

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December 20, 2011

FY 2011 DVRPC Annual ReportFY 2011 DVRPC Annual Report
Each fiscal year, DVRPC is responsible for issuing an annual report that summarizes the programs and projects that comprise the annual planning work program. This Annual Report features highlights of the Commission's many programs, a message from the Executive Director and Board Chair, a listing of Board members and committees, a financial summary, and unique characteristics of each county and major…

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February 18, 2011

Eating Here:  Cultivating a Robust Food System in Greater PhiladelphiaEating Here: Cultivating a Robust Food System in Greater Philadelphia
Food can be viewed through the lenses of homeland security, emergency preparedness and human services, private industry and business, environmental stewardship, land use, and public utility, among other categories. This publication is based on the ongoing work of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) and the Greater Philadelphia Food System Stakeholder Committee. This plan identifies…

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February 10, 2011

Eating Here:  The Greater Philadelphia Food System PlanEating Here: The Greater Philadelphia Food System Plan
Food can be viewed through the lenses of homeland security, emergency preparedness and human services, private industry and business, environmental stewardship, land use, and public utility, among other categories. This publication is based on the ongoing work of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) and the Greater Philadelphia Food System Stakeholder Committee. This plan identifies…

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February 23, 2010

Cumberland County Farmland Preservation PlanCumberland County Farmland Preservation Plan
This publication outlines a plan for county action to preserve farmland and the agricultural industry in Cumberland County, New Jersey. The Plan describes the farming industry within the county, outlines land use planning at the state, county, and municipal levels, and compiles information on land preservation. It delineates 14 agricultural Project Areas within the county across 11 municipalities,…

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February 20, 2009

Camden County Farmland Preservation Plan & Planning Incentive Grant Application, Camden County, New JerseyCamden County Farmland Preservation Plan & Planning Incentive Grant Application, Camden County, New Jersey
Agriculture, agricultural development areas (ADAs), built environment, Camden County, Camden County Agriculture Development Board (CCADB), Camden County Department of Open Space and Farmland Preservation, conservation, endangered species, farm assessment, farming industry, farmland, Great Egg Harbor, Great Swamp Branch, greenways, habitat, Jersey Fresh, land use planning, land preservation, Mullica…

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June 2, 2008

Bucks County Senior Mobility AssessmentBucks County Senior Mobility Assessment
The number of elderly residents has increased dramatically throughout the nation and the Delaware Valley in recent years, and is expected to continue to increase at a record pace. DVRPC's Getting Older and Getting Around (report #99015) considered accessibility and mobility needs of the region's elderly. The Aging of the Baby Boomers: Housing Seniors in the Delaware Valley extended that work by…

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Air Quality Partnership
Annual Report
Connections 2050
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
Economic Development District