Month: March 2013

https://vimeo.com/62819266] The scene on the 2700 block of Coral Street could be quickly mistaken as any other residential community in Philadelphia. Children ride up and down the street on their bikes, two teenage girls enjoy

https://vimeo.com/62662714] On the 1000 block of Olney Avenue, changes in demographics have beat out community efforts to tighten the threads of unity within the area.  Although several homes line the domain of Olney Avenue between

Located at 47 E. Haines St., the Janes Memorial United Methodist Church sits nearby  Germantown High School and across the street from Robert Fulton Elementary School, both of which will be closed by September. Janes

Residents throughout Graduate Hospital have expressed concern about the lack of fairness and accuracy in property value reassessments under AVI, regardless of how long they have resided in the neighborhood. “I was born and raised

[vimeo 62719426] Longtime residents of Germantown have seen major changes occur in the business corridor of Germantown Avenue and Chelten Avenue. Once the shopping destination of the city, it has now become a place where litter

The OCF Coffee House in Fairmount and the Spring Garden Civic Association are looking to come to an agreement about prolonged zoning issues within the next month. Spring Garden Civic Association Vice President Justino Navarro

A new currency rewards volunteer hours with funds usable at South Kensington businesses. Equal Dollars is a community currency that residents can receive in exchange for community service performed in the neighborhood. These serve as forms of payment at participating businesses. “I think that we [Equal Dollars] have

As an individual stricken with HIV and someone who has lost loved ones to the disease Dawna Edwards-Watson has many reasons to lose hope, but she has transformed her pain into passion through her nonprofit