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Point Breeze: CDC Executive Director Strives to Revive His Neighborhood

February 5, 2016 Santina R Pescatore 1

Steve Sabo is the executive director of Point Breeze Community Development Corp. (CDC). Sabo has worked for over a year-and-a-half at the CDC, starting there in August 2014. A graduate of LaSalle University, Sabo not [continue reading…]

Housing

Point Breeze: Activist Promotes Unity in the Community With Events, Dialogue

September 16, 2015 pnadmin 1

Anton Moore, 29, aspires to be the peacekeeper in Point Breeze and beyond by organizing events and other outreach via his nonprofit organization Unity in the Community. What exactly do you do? My organization is Unity [continue reading…]

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Roxborough/Manayunk: Younger Population Can Make Positive Impact

June 22, 2015 0

Friday evenings in Manayunk often consist of recent college graduates preparing for a night out on Main Street. This has become the norm for the young adults who rent homes in this community and are taking advantage [continue reading…]

Germantown

Germantown: Local Developers Work to Improve Community and Fight Blight

April 27, 2015 2

When driving east down Germantown Avenue from Chestnut Hill, the number of vacant, deteriorating buildings steadily increases. Infrastructure blight is a chronic problem that has impacted neighborhoods across the city, not sparring Germantown. The combination [continue reading…]

Nicetown

Nicetown/Tioga: Five Places that Tie the Community Together

February 20, 2015 0

There are a number of places that people in many communities might say matter. In the Tioga and Nicetown sections, there are five places that really give back to these communities in their own ways. [continue reading…]

Neighborhoods

Waterfront: Pier by Pier, Delaware River Group Aims to Make Philly Greener

January 14, 2015 0

If you manage to avoid sliding down the soggy slope that separates Wal-Mart from the uninviting, trash-ridden space that is Pier 68 in South Philadelphia, you’ll see a sign of things to come. Nestled between [continue reading…]

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University City: Building Champions of Character

September 23, 2014 0

The Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative – established in 2009 – is a collaborative of member organizations, which provide support for non-traditional youth sports-based programs in the city. The organizations offer physical development and life skills though [continue reading…]

Economy

Manayunk: Parking Nightmare on Gay Street

July 10, 2014 1

On the corner of Mansion and Gay streets, a vacant lot served as parking space for about 30 cars each day. The lot had been looked after and cared for by the community for thirty [continue reading…]

Pennsport

Pennsport: A Look Behind the Development of Pier 68

May 23, 2014 0

Initial repairs for South Philadelphia’s Pier 68 are to begin shortly. The pier, located behind the Wal-Mart on Columbus Boulevard in Pennsport, is to receive a major renovation. The project will transform the centurys old [continue reading…]

Fishtown

Fishtown: Penn Treaty Master Plan Continues to Evolve

May 23, 2014 0

On the bright sunny day of the 3rd Annual Fishtown Fishing Derby, AJ Thompson, president of the Friends of Penn Treaty Park, ran around the park, handing out fishing poles to kids who didn’t have [continue reading…]

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