…under the command of Commissioner William J. Bratton. Beginning humbly as a series of pin maps marking crimes in a given area, COMPSTAT meetings essentially allowed department management to stay… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22194694] Even though humans are warm blooded there is always a constant struggle to be comfortable in one’s home. In the winter Craig Rodgers, Mark Group Home Performance Advisor,… [continue reading…]
…the solar compactors, but they never came.” Carlton Williams, the Germantown Streets Department commissioner, said trash bins have been removed from areas in Germantown in anticipation of the solar bins,… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22242769] For much of his life, 15-year-old Timothy Brooks was stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time. It wasn’t until he joined the Second Serve Program at the… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22319683] Nicole Mattis murdered her abusive boyfriend. Cindy Livingston, 46, has been a PCP user since the age of 13. Together they are starting over at New Directions for… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22180314] Early in the morning at 28th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue a school crossing guard looked perplexed when asked where the corner store was. The look on her… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22266887] Beyond the liter rolling along the sidewalk and the debris that fills Sixth and Cambria streets is a place where everyone is welcome. The two-sided building looks like it… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22204647] After John Perzel, the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, was charged with misusing public funds, he lost the seat he had held for more than 30 years… [continue reading…]
…Community Development Corp. received more state grants since 2000 than 10 times the other groups listed here combined, according to records from the Department of Community and Economic Development’s website…. [continue reading…]
…share at least one common thread though—a palpable appreciation for the arts. Fleisher’s employees are very much aware of the community of people who participate in its classes and programs…. [continue reading…]
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