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Survey highlights from the latter half of 2023

Posted Friday, January 12, 2024 By Pete Kennedy

Every other week, we post a survey question in our news briefs. Here are a few of the questions that drew the most responses in the past half-year. School tax bills are arriving in the mail. How closely do you read yours? (July 31, 2023) ...

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SEPTA’s ‘Bus Revolution’ includes big changes

Posted Friday, December 8, 2023 By Pete Kennedy

Bus Revolution is SEPTA’s first comprehensive redesign of its entire bus network. A key initiative of SEPTA Forward, the authority’s strategic plan, Bus Revolution is intended to deliver a more reliable and easier-to-use bus network. ...

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Have you visited our new Maps page?

Posted Friday, November 24, 2023 By Pete Kennedy

The freshly redesigned Suburban Realtors Alliance website features a Maps page, which has interactive Google maps showing boundaries at the following levels: Municipalities School Districts Counties PA House PA Senate U.S. House

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Alliance Office Visits: We'll Come to You!

Posted Monday, November 6, 2023 By Pete Kennedy

The Suburban Realtors® Alliance offers free office visits to members of the Bucks County Association of Realtors® and Tri-County Suburban Realtors®.

An SRA staff member will come to your location — in person or virtually — to discuss the topics below and answer any questions:

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Zoning Maps: The Good, The Bad & The Blurry
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Zoning Maps: The Good, The Bad & The Blurry

Posted Friday, September 15, 2023 By Pete Kennedy

Zoning is one of the most important functions of a municipal government, and zoning maps are crucial to long-range planning, economic development and quality of life.

However, the quality of municipal maps varies a lot.

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Easttown's look at EIT provides informative case study
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Easttown's look at EIT provides informative case study

Posted Wednesday, July 5, 2023 By SRA Staff

Easttown Township supervisors recently commissioned a revenue study on the potential impact of a local earned income tax (EIT). After reviewing the data and hearing from residents, supervisors voted 3-2 to abandon plans for an EIT in 2024. But the ...

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Zoning, stormwater … and nuclear weapons
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Zoning, stormwater … and nuclear weapons

Posted Wednesday, July 5, 2023 By Pete Kennedy

Municipal codes cover a lot of ground — from regulating how tall apartment buildings can be, down to providing instructions on how many minutes tattoo artists must boil the nail file they use to clean their hands. (It’s 15 minutes in ...

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