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The West Philadelphia Fresh Food Hub, a non-profit mobile market offering local and organic produce to Powelton Village residents, provides a needed alternative to the deep fried fast foods all too common around the city.

Trailblazers is a word that could be used to describe Friends of the Wissahickon – but not just because the group built two new paths Saturday, June 1 as part of National Trails Day. In

Residents recently gathered for the Germantown Garden Festival at Vernon Park. Community members stopped by to swap plants, attend gardening workshops and tour the park’s rain garden. Plants for the event were donated by members

https://vimeo.com/65466062] Short dumping is a problem all over the city and has been a problem for years, but in Holmesburg it seems to be an issue that is bringing down the community. Short dumping is

[vimeo 65434018] One of Philadelphia’s oldest high speed lines, the Market Frankford Blue Line, allows commuters to travel between Center City and West Philadelphia within a matter of minutes. However, from 1999 to 2009 the train

This Vimeo content is blocked because marketing cookies are disabled. Manage preferencesOpen on Vimeo Cobbs Creek Park runs along the course of Cobbs Creek, which bounds West Philadelphia from Delaware County. Along 63rd Street, which becomes

This Vimeo content is blocked because marketing cookies are disabled. Manage preferencesOpen on Vimeo Saturday marked a continuation of a developing initiative, occurring all throughout the United States, of promoting healthier lifestyles. Residents of Northeast

Students and faculty from Archbishop Ryan High School teamed up with Philadelphia’s first certified Responsible Recycler, eForce Compliance, to help reduce unwanted electronics equipment in the Northeast. The first-ever Ryan Recycling Day–Anything with a Plug–was