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The old convent in the ominous shadow of the abandoned Bonaventure Church could have easily fallen into disrepair. But Rev. Mildred Kee and a host of volunteers transformed the building into a place where women

https://vimeo.com/32550500] Manayunk residents got a new place to go food shopping when the Palm Tree Market opened its doors earlier this month. Owner Chung Park opened his first Palm Tree Market in Northern Liberties back

Each month Taller Puertorriqueno brings in an author with some link to the Latin American community to discuss their work or topics relevant to their work as part of their meet the author series. These

Eighty-eight-year-old Gladys Meade, better known as Momma Meade, has been a vocal community activist and a guardian to countless youths in Strawberry Mansion for the past 60 years. Nearly every committee chair knows her name

Many community centers are built and intended to be run with the community in mind. But for the Mercy Neighborhood Ministries the neighborhood has been involved through its planning, construction and now even with the

https://vimeo.com/32283059] The Philadelphia Housing Authority brought in $7 million this week at its first auction of blighted properties, but critics disliked what they described as a process that favored real estate developers over neighborhood buyers.

Robert Cousar of the East Parkside Community Revitalization Corp. said the organization is ready to resume working towards its goals of building and retrofitting energy efficient, sustainable homes in Parkside–a goal that was put on

Every Tuesday and Thursday for the past month, Jessica Ausen, the counselor at L.P. Hill Elementary School has held the homework club, an after-school program that came to light when the principal called for more