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North Central: Officer Tries to Clean Up the Neighborhood

October 29, 2012

Officer Anthony Sims has a mission to try to keep streets in North Philadelphia clean and safe. Sims works for the Sanitation Department. Every week he hands out tickets to landlords who are putting their

Education

North Central: Temple Students Gardening for Change

October 29, 2012

A group of friends at Temple University with a shared passion for gardening and helping improve the surrounding community planted an idea in 2009 that grew into the Temple Community Garden. These students, putting their

North Central

North Central: From Troubled Teen to Farmer

October 29, 2012

At 17, Nelson Jones started to see his father in him and didn’t like what he saw. Nelson grew up in a family with13 siblings and an alcoholic father who use to beat his mother.

North Central

North Central Philadelphia: Community Roots Grow Business

October 10, 2012

Sheila Johnson left her corporate banking job in Center City and returned to her community to help run the University Thriftshop at 1723 Cecil B. Moore Ave. This business is about recycling items that people

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North Central

North Central: Historic Church Continues Community Aid

September 11, 2012

Given its massive size it’s hard to miss this church complex with its gorgeous stained glass windows and Gothic Revival-style architecture when traveling along Diamond Street in North Philadelphia a few blocks west of Broad

Featured Stories

North Central: A Day of Coexisting at Penrose Park

June 25, 2012

https://vimeo.com/44622577] Penrose Park, located at 1101 W. Susquehanna Ave., has played a huge role as the corner spot in its local community. It is a place, especially with the newly embraced long summer hours, where residents

Housing

North Central: Giving the Homeless a Second Chance at Life

June 27, 2011

https://vimeo.com/25662284] Standing at the corner of Broad and West Jefferson streets sits a massive brick building with rows of scalloped, white-trimmed windows and two fluted pillars that adorn the sides of a set of rusted

Economy

North Central Philadelphia: Farmers Markets Bring Food and Business

June 25, 2011

https://vimeo.com/25598721] When seeing pitched tents and tables covered in fresh fruits and vegetables while strolling through a community chances are that scene is a farmers market — a one stop shop where people can go

Economy

North Central Philadelphia: Fresh Fruits for the Spirit

June 25, 2011

https://vimeo.com/25598177] This new Temple University program in North Philadelphia literally provides a fresh twist to Temple’s mission of ‘giving back’ to the surrounding community. Launched by Temple’s School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (STHM) this

Economy

North Central: A Hardware Store Puts the Customers First

June 21, 2011

When Jim Kim decided to open a business, he thought going into the restaurant industry was the perfect fit. After managing a restaurant in West Philadelphia for a few years with a few friends, the

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