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East Mt. Airy: Neighbors Work Together to Get Community Garden Off the Ground

June 3, 2019 Jason Fedok

A proposed community garden for Pleasant Playground, located at 6757 Chew Ave., is closer to becoming a reality. Organizers have been working on creating drafts of the proposed garden and hosting meetings to handle the

East Passyunk

Passyunk: Passyunk Square Civic Association President Sarah Anton Discusses Changes Within the Neighborhood

April 16, 2019 Ashley Gale

One of the best parts of Sarah Anton’s job is meeting and interacting with neighbors, she said. As the president of the Passyunk Square Civic Association (PSCA), Anton heads the organization in part responsible for

Community Meetings

East Falls: East Falls Forward Hosts Community Meeting to Discuss Plastic Reduction and Zoning

March 4, 2019 Yanuara Ramirez

A group of about 15 to 20 people gathered in BuLogics, a tech company off Midvale Avenue, to eat, socialize, enjoy each other’s company and discuss pressing issues in East Falls on Feb. 21 as

Environment

North Philadelphia: Community Gardens Green Vacant Lots and Feed Residents

January 22, 2019 Brianna Baker

Carmen Francesco (below), a community organizer for Arch Street United Methodist Church, which partners with The People’s Garden in North Philadelphia, said that the presence of vegetables in the garden that late in December is

East Falls

East Falls: Playspace In The Works For McMichael Park

December 11, 2018 Lindsay Hargrave

Outside of Fairmount Park, one might be surprised to hear there is a six-acre plot of land in East Falls that remains completely natural and undeveloped. But within the neighborhood, there is a great deal

Environment

Powelton Village: Park Cleanup Initiative Brings Both Community And University Students Together

December 10, 2018 Kaicey Baylor

Love Your Park, a citywide initiative to keep Philadelphia’s parks clean, had it’s fall cleanup Saturday morning on Nov. 11 at Saunders Park on 39th Street and Powelton Avenue. Community members and Drexel University students

Environment

Bartram’s Garden: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Plants Opportunities For People Leaving Prison

December 6, 2018 Kaicey Baylor

Darnell Drayton didn’t know anything about landscaping or gardening before joining the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s (PHS) Roots to Re-entry program. Drayton (pictured above) just wanted something to do while in prison. “I didn’t want to

Environment

Hunting Park: Esperanza’s Gabriella Gabriel Paez Uses Trees To Connect Community

November 15, 2018 Brianna Baker

On the blacktop next to McClure Elementary School, Gabriella Gabriel Paez (above) stood in front of what looked like a forest-in-the-making — rows of short and sparse baby trees in planters. She gave them out,

Environment

Point Breeze: Urban Farmer Shares His Craft With Community

July 2, 2018 Tracie Thompson

Twenty-seven-year-old Atiba Ellerby is a part-time barista and full-time urban farmer. When he’s not making coffee at The Pharmacy, a coffee shop in Point Breeze, he is tending to gardens throughout the city. Farming is

Environment

Environment: NonProfit Sustains Through Home Renovations

June 22, 2018 Michael Blanche

Over the past 30 years, Rebuilding Together Philadelphia has renovated neglected homes and assisted people earning low-incomes in specifically selected areas of the city. On June 1 and 2, volunteers, experts and neighbors reconditioned 10

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