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Fishtown: Local Woman Started Stash Spot as an Easy Place for Neighbors to Receive Deliveries

June 6, 2022 Kimmey, Aliyah G 0

Debbie Anday started Stash Spot in March to hopefully solve an issue that has become more common since the start of the pandemic: people stealing unattended packages from resident’s porches and stoops. These so-called “porch pirates” are rarely caught, but frustrate residents regardless.  [Read More]

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Business: Navigating Through a Pandemic and a Rise in Supporting Black Businesses

April 24, 2021 Maya A Johnson 0

2020 has been a trying year for Black business owners. With COVID-19 slowing down potential growth within their business, it was also a time where supporting Black businesses was on the rise. [Read More]

Business

Germantown: Andrew Trackman Talks Bettering Businesses And The Community

October 25, 2018 Kira Runk and Elizabeth Leer 0

In 2014, Andrew Trackman (pictured above) became the Executive Director of Germantown United Community Development Corporation (GUCDC), located at 5320 Germantown Ave. He has been with the organization since it was created in 2012. He grew [Read More]

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Port Richmond: Local Woman Created Mobile Site To Troubleshoot Body-Image Issues Through Social Media

October 19, 2018 Dee Patel and Christopher Malo 0

Lauren Hallden from Port Richmond is using a website she created to connect with users in a unique way. Problem Bodies is a site that randomly generates things that are “wrong” with how you look. [Read More]

Fishtown

Fishtown: Owner Vipul Patel Opened The City’s First Legal Marijuana Dispensary

June 14, 2018 Jake Gibbons and Diana Shalenkova 2

Behind tinted storefront glass and an intercom-locked door, lies Vipul Patel’s vision: spotless walls and slick flooring, flanked by flat screen displays and colored bleach-white, with a painstakingly grown ivy backdrop behind the front desk. [Read More]

Business

Mayfair: Young Entrepreneur Aims for Representation Through Clothing Business

May 2, 2018 Megan Diventi and Lewandowski Kaci 0

Wearing gold frilly earrings, a long, over-sized blue sweatshirt and high-waisted mom jeans, Jennifer Mota loves to experiment with bold fashion statements. At 26-years old, she is the owner and fashion designer of Hu-Huako Custom [Read More]

Brewerytown

Brewerytown: Residents Adapting Alongside New Developments, Businesses

May 1, 2018 Donlevie Theresa and Diomande Sarah 1

Brewerytown is an attractive neighborhood to people looking for the cool, new hot spot to live. Its accessibility by public transportation and its proximity to Center City and Fairmount Park have made it an enticing [Read More]

Arts and Entertainment

Brewerytown: Local Business Owner Embraces Changing Landscape

April 23, 2018 Donlevie Theresa 0

Max Ochester, owner of Brewerytown Beats at 27th Street and Girard Avenue, moved to Brewerytown in 2010, a few years before it became the “up-and-coming” neighborhood that it is now. In late 2014, Ochester’s developer friends [Read More]

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Strawberry Mansion: Kevin Upshur, Founder of the Strawberry Mansion Learning Center

April 21, 2018 Hayward Matthew and Rossi Nico 4

Kevin Upshur, a longtime resident of Strawberry Mansion, has watched his neighborhood go through changes in his life. The biggest change? Upshur’s family owned and operated bar, was converted into the Strawberry Mansion Learning Center, [Read More]

East Falls

East Falls: Glassblowing Studio Is All Access To The Public

March 12, 2018 Breanna Perez 0

With the help of over-sized tweezers, a wooden paddle and a 2,000 degree furnace, Nikolaj Christensen and his coworkers at East Falls Glassworks are able to turn molten glass into a masterpiece. Nikolaj Christensen is [Read More]

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