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North Philadelphia: Promoting Literacy To Parents And Children In Unlikely Places

November 26, 2018 Christopher Malo 0

A shave, a haircut … and a good book? A North Philadelphia barber shop is part of a program to help increase literacy and help strengthen the community. Jasmond Schoolfield, better known as “Jazz the [continue reading…]

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Kensington: Esperanza To Spend $14.5M To Transform Vacant Building Into Health Center

November 1, 2018 Christopher Malo 0

The new Esperanza Health Center in Kensington is expected to benefit the entire neighborhood by expanding access to much needed medical services in a state-of-the-art facility, said Juan Perez, operations director at Esperanza Health Center. [continue reading…]

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Immigration: The Welcoming Center For New Pennsylvanians Assists Those New To Philadelphia

September 11, 2018 Dylan Long 0

The Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that seeks to help those in need, including immigrants and refugees, with improving their lives and socioeconomic status. Philadelphians who are foreign born often find [continue reading…]

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Latinx: Hispanic-Owned Businesses Continue To Grow in the Greater Philadelphia Region

July 1, 2018 Freixys Casado 1

On a national level, the Latinx baby boom is expected to increase the population by 167% in the next thirty years. With an ever growing population of about 1.6 million residents, the Latinx community in [continue reading…]

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Hunting Park: Bodegas and Bodyshops Revive The Economy of North 5th Street

December 14, 2016 Grace E. Maiorano 0

Specks of sawdust shimmered in the sunlight as the shrill of power tools echoed throughout the skeleton of a body shop. The sight is no longer uncommon along the 5th Street Corridor of North Philadelphia, [continue reading…]

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Strawberry Mansion: Shoe Drive Campaign Makes Environmental and Economic Impact

December 18, 2015 Noe Carlos Garcia 5

Irvin B. Shannon, executive director of the Harmonious Volunteer Center (HVC), walked into Wash-n-Dry Laundromat at 26th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 2. He greeted the laundry attendant, opened the lid [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

Manayunk: Cigar Shop Owner Takes Unique Path to Success

March 3, 2015 0

Kosta Fotiadis moved to Philadelphia in 2002 to chase his dream job, working for Lockheed Martin. Now, just 13 years later, Fotiadis is the proud owner of award winning cigar and hookah lounge Smoke, a totally [continue reading…]

Business

West Kensington: Weathering an Economic Storm

December 8, 2014 0

Kensington Avenue, once the area’s centralized strip of commercial business, is still bustling to this day. New faces, new businesses and new wares are sold up and down the avenue. The first mile of Kensington [continue reading…]

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Economy

Mantua: “Promising” a Supermarket in Mantua

April 2, 2014 0

Twenty two years ago, Mantua’s only grocery store, located on 34th Street, burned to the ground. Since then, the neighborhood has never had a grocery store to call its own, forcing those living there to [continue reading…]

Economy

Al Dia: Five Places You Should Know

February 24, 2014 0

“Welcome to the center of gold” as the mural reads, or in this case the heart of Philadelphia’s Fairhill section, located at the intersection of 5th Street and Lehigh Avenue. Fairhill has the highest concentration [continue reading…]

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