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Featured Stories

Port Richmond: Block Cleaning Unites Community

November 13, 2014

The sounds of brooms, shovels, brushes and laughter filled the streets early Saturday morning. The neighborhood that is usually quietly waking up was wide-awake and cleaning their block. With a bit of planning from the

Lawncrest

Lawncrest: PhillyRising Connects With Community

December 6, 2012 Christopher Malo

PhillyRising is relatively new to Lawncrest, a neighborhood located in the 2nd Police District. Citron said he spent time building connections within the community before launching the program on March 15, 2012. “When we did our initial

Frankford

Frankford: Looking At PhillyRising One Year Later

December 6, 2012

Vacant buildings have become spaces for art galleries, overgrown brush in parks has been trimmed, vacant lots have been cleared from short dumping and victory gardens at local schools have been planted since PhillyRising first

Lawncrest

Lawncrest: PhillyRising Meeting Focuses On Holiday Food Drive

November 28, 2012

A park cleanup and Veteran’s Day ceremony, a five-block cleanup and a neighborhood watch walk-through were just some of the successes highlighted during a PhillyRising meeting at the Lawncrest Library on Tuesday night. PhillyRising is

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