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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 […]

Art

West Philadelphia: Libraries “Plant A Seed” That Brings Success And Literacy For West Philly Children

December 22, 2017 Alexa Monteleone and Katelyn Evans 0

Out of the 339 schools within the Philadelphia School District, only eight have full-time paid certified librarians. Louis Lozzi, a Philadelphia native and teacher said that the lack of library funding in the school system […]

Featured Stories

Germantown: How One Woman and One Foundation Are Working Towards “One Less”

September 29, 2017 Kayla Solomon and Brianne Deville 0

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released 2016 data that placed Philadelphia at the top of the list as the poorest big city in the nation. With a poverty level close to 26 percent, the city seems […]

Economy

Social Issues: “There Is An Affordable Housing Crisis That Confronts The City In Some Real Ways.”

September 11, 2017 Jared Phillips 0

Kelvin Jeremiah, the president and CEO of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, has brought unique ideas from previous stops in Springfield, Massachusetts and New York City to help develop better living conditions for some of Philadelphia’s […]

Port Richmond

Port Richmond: This Week In The News – Mapping Progress And A Car Theft Suspect Identified

August 25, 2017 Jared Phillips 0

In case you missed it, we found a few places where people were talking about things happening in Port Richmond: Mapping Progress in 55 Philadelphia Neighborhoods– Tom Ferrick took factors like crime, household income, population, […]

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Northwest Philadelphia: Jumpstart Germantown Looks to Revitalize the Community One Property at a Time

May 30, 2017 Ryan Wallen and Howard Knapp 1

Jumpstart Germantown is a redevelopment program that was established in April, 2014 by Mount Airy real estate developer Ken Weinstein. The organization tackles the problems of blighted properties in the Northwest by training a new generation […]

Featured Stories

Powelton Village: EAT Café Hosts First Witness To Hunger Event

April 26, 2017 Kathryn Reilly 0

In response to the country’s new federal administration, the leaders behind West Philadelphia’s Witness to Hunger introduced their first gallery exhibition and open community forum to highlight poverty in the community. First established in 2008, Witness […]

Education

Education: Philabundance Community Kitchen Sets Students Up For Success

April 11, 2017 Diamond Jones 0

Ninety thousand. That is the number of people Philabundance served in previous weeks within its nine-county regions in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Eight hundred of those 90,000 meals are prepared by the students of the […]

Education

Nicetown-Tioga: Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Continues to Service The Community

November 21, 2016 Rasheed M Reynolds 0

Mercy Neighborhood Ministries (MNM) has been a focal point to the Nicetown community since 1997 and Sister Ann Provost, the executive director of the ministry, has been there since the beginning. MNM has a wide range […]

Business

Northeast: Supermarket Closures Leave Food Pantries Scrambling

May 6, 2016 Ashley Rose Kane 2

It was 8:40 a.m. on a recent sunny, spring-like day. In addition to the birds chirping, chatter could be heard as a line from the front of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church wrapped around Sackett […]

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    January 28, 2019  0
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