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Saint Joseph’s University students are pairing up with organizations throughout the Overbrook community in order to build stronger relationships with fellow residents. “As with any university, there is some tension between students and the community,”

The committee board for the Trenton Avenue Arts Festival (TAAF) is attempting to expand the annual spring event beyond Trenton Avenue by adding a pub crawl to the list of activities. “TAAFter Dark is going

Director Dom Gardner has been with the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts since it first opened in 1966. “I was in the union and I left town,” Gardner said. “When I moved

https://vimeo.com/60969768] In 1961, Jane Jacobs wrote The Death and Life of Great American Cities, in which she proposed supporting neighborhoods’ use of community-based initiatives. Fast-forward 50 years, and urban planners are taking her observations into serious consideration,

The city’s proposed property tax hikes wouldn’t affect lower income homeowners in Ludlow, according to the office of State Representative W. Curtis Thomas. However, many Ludlow homeowners fear the city’s new Actual Value Initiative (an

Esperanza recently announced receipt of a $681,000 grant from Wells Fargo Bank. The multiple-mission organization received this grant to help fund its Hunting Park Neighborhood Strategic Plan 2022, which aims to revitalize the Hunting Park

Richard Shore has lived in Center City for the past 30 years. After Philadelphia issued its property value reassessments under the Actual Value Initiative last week, Shore has been notified that his property’s value has nearly quadrupled,

With the help of the nonprofit To Our Children’s Future With Health Inc., Club Den has grown into a well known after-school center for families. Located at 1422 W. Venango St., the center may appear