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Bella Vista

South Philadelphia: Ready, Willing & Able Director Knows The Power Of Second Chances

August 8, 2017Jonathan Ginsburg and Jonathan Ginsburg

Javier Rivera is the director of community improvement projects and operations at Ready, Willing & Able, a program that helps criminals, addicts and homeless individuals re-enter the workforce. A graduate of the program in 1997

Environment

Point Breeze: Clean Point Breeze Streets Gets Ready To Enter Its Second Phase

July 24, 2017Jonathan Ginsburg and Jonathan Ginsburg

Philadelphia is a city laden with litter on its streets and sidewalks. While the Philadelphia Streets Department outlines its sanitation expectations online, including penalties for not complying with these expectations, residents continue to leave trash

Bella Vista

Hawthorne: Men are Ready, Willing and Able to Make a Change in Their Lives

November 23, 2015pnadmin

Some days, Sylvester Cooper, spends seven consecutive days at work, cooking and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to the men at Ready, Willing and Able on Bainbridge Street. Cooper, 55, is a kitchen supervisor at RWA but

Economy

Tacony: Philadelphia’s Oldest Neighborhood Gets a Facelift

March 27, 2014tub10245

Established in 1649, Tacony is a historic district in Northeast Philadelphia, ten miles away from Center City. It is the oldest continually-occupied neighborhood in Philadelphia and thanks to the Tacony Community Development Corporation, it has

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