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Home2022April

Month: April 2022

East Falls

East Falls: Democratic Candidates Court Support at Community Council Meeting

April 29, 2022Blake E Nutis

U.S. House and Senate Candidates, in addition to local representatives, spoke to community members to rally support before the Pennsylvania primaries on May 17.

Center City

City Hall: Parks and Rec Heroes Call for an Increase to Parks’ Budget

April 29, 2022Jefferson Schoemer

Amid ongoing City budget hearings, the advocacy group Parks and Rec Heroes hosted a rally outside City Hall to advocate for increased spending on Philadelphia’s Parks and Recreation department in Philadelphia on Thursday April 21st. 

Grays Ferry

Grays Ferry: Community Reacts to Repaving Plan for Washington Avenue

April 28, 2022Jefferson Schoemer

The City of Philadelphia proposed a redesign for Washington Avenue on March 1, 2022. This new proposal is contentious, though, because it is different from the prior plan, which featured pedestrian improvements that many groups had spent years advocating for. 

Arts and Entertainment

Riverfront: ‘Rehearsing Philadelphia’ opens at the Cherry Street Pier

April 27, 2022Jack Danz

The city’s public orchestra, created by Ari Benjamin Meyers, performed for three nights on the riverfront.

Arts and Entertainment

University City: Confronting Climate Change with Multimedia Chamber Music

April 27, 2022Eve Campbell

The experimental chamber music group pushes audiences to have an epiphany about the scale and potential consequences of global climate change.

City Hall

Immigration: Office of Immigrant Affairs Works With Refugee and Immigrant Population

April 25, 2022Nikhil Stride

Amy Eusebio holds a background in social work and has utilized that experience to go into helping immigrants that need assistance with getting immersed/adjusted to the United States, and more specifically Philadelphia.

Environment

Northwest: Friends of the Wissahickon Close Lincoln Drive, Clear Litter

April 22, 2022Matthew Aquino

Local Non-Profit holds clean up event on March 26, 2022.

Fishtown

Fishtown: Friends of Fishtown Library React to Mayor’s Budget

April 21, 2022Aliyah G Kimmey

Members of the group met on April 11 to discuss Mayor Kenney’s recently released budget and what that meant for trying to support the library.  

COVID-19

COVID-19: How PASNAP is Supporting Health Care Workers in Wake of Pandemic

April 20, 2022Samantha Sadanand Stewart

The healthcare industry has been negatively impacted by the pandemic in more ways than one. Staffing shortages, financial burdens, and more plague the industry. That’s why PASNAP and other state actors are taking a stand.

Business

Mt. Airy: Nesting House Offers Families Community Alongside Affordable, Cute Clothes

April 18, 2022Jonaira M South

Jennifer Kinka started the store so moms could buy quality items for themselves and their children without spending too much money.

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