Education
Queen Village: The Philly Goat Project Arrives To Help Teach Children About Sustainability
The Philly Goat Project has been helping children learn about caring for the planet. [continue reading…]
Topics
Center City
City Hall: Parks and Rec Heroes Call for an Increase to Parks’ Budget
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. [continue reading…]
Grays Ferry
Grays Ferry: Community Reacts to Repaving Plan for Washington Avenue
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. [continue reading…]
Arts and Entertainment
Riverfront: ‘Rehearsing Philadelphia’ opens at the Cherry Street Pier
The city’s public orchestra, created by Ari Benjamin Meyers, performed for three nights on the riverfront. [continue reading…]
Arts and Entertainment
University City: Confronting Climate Change with Multimedia Chamber Music
The experimental chamber music group pushes audiences to have an epiphany about the scale and potential consequences of global climate change. [continue reading…]
City Hall
Immigration: Office of Immigrant Affairs Works With Refugee and Immigrant Population
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. [continue reading…]
Environment
Northwest: Friends of the Wissahickon Close Lincoln Drive, Clear Litter
Local Non-Profit holds clean up event on March 26, 2022. [continue reading…]
Fishtown
Fishtown: Friends of Fishtown Library React to Mayor’s Budget
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. [continue reading…]
COVID-19
COVID-19: How PASNAP is Supporting Health Care Workers in Wake of Pandemic
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. [continue reading…]
Business
Mt. Airy: Nesting House Offers Families Community Alongside Affordable, Cute Clothes
Jennifer Kinka started the store so moms could buy quality items for themselves and their children without spending too much money. [continue reading…]