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Environment

How To: Qualify To Receive Financial Assistance For A Water Bill

September 6, 2017 Bob Stewart

When Councilwoman Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez saw her constituent’s water bills, she knew she needed to act. Despite a new assistance plan in place, there were still people who owed thousands of dollars in late and

City Hall

Social Issues: Councilwoman María Quiñones-Sánchez Talks Income Inequality

August 29, 2017 Bob Stewart

María Quiñones-Sánchez took office 10 years ago representing District 7 in Philadelphia City Council. Long considered a party outsider, it is not uncommon to find her battling politically with Latino leaders in her own neighborhood,

Business

Center City: A Look at The State of Our Infrastructure

May 13, 2016 Daniel T. Pelligrine

For generations, Philadelphia has been a city of residents and commuters, creating a diverse city with a bustling downtown district and thriving satellite commercial centers connected by the original grid of surface streets and the

Environment

Point Breeze: Residents Question New Additions Planned for Wharton Square

October 29, 2015 pnadmin

Point Breeze residents want to make sure that only the right changes are made to Wharton Square. The Philadelphia Water Department wants to make Wharton Square more eco-friendly as a part of the Green City,

Government

Port Richmond: The “Not” Forgotten One

October 20, 2015 pnadmin

Philadelphia has a reputation of honoring fallen war veterans from an array of different wars. Some of the more notable memorials consist of the, Doughboys World War One Memorial at 2nd and Spring Garden streets,

Arts and Entertainment

Kensington: A Greener Schoolyard for Hackett Elementary

July 21, 2014

Within the next few years, the schoolyard at Horatio B. Hackett Elementary School will no longer be known as a sea of asphalt, but rather as an educational landmark filled with greens and opportunities the

West Philadelphia

West Philadelphia: Stormwater Plan Provides Opportunites

November 9, 2012

[vimeo 53075691] The Philadelphia Water Department’s Green City Clean Waters program is simply good business. There are multiple reasons that this statement rings true, starting with the positive impact that increased green infrastructure will have on

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