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Philadelphia wins EPA grant to clean up Frankford Creek
This falls into the category: Things I don’t know much about, but sound intriguing. The city of Philadelphia has just won a $200,000 grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to cleanup an...
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Qualified kudos
When I first met a staffer from the GreenLight Fund, I was pretty skeptical of their stated approach. Assuming that there is no existing organization effectively solving your problem and parachuting in...
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Anna Deavere Smith
A recent announcement: Philadelphia Theatre Company will host a residency for Anna Deavere Smith leading to the creation of [a] new work, The Pipeline Project, thanks to a generous gift from the John...
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Can a tech fix help neighbors deal with abandoned property?
A post at Axis Philly describes how 8 lots in Kensington failed to sell at a recent sheriff’s sale. Absolutely no one bid on them. The folks at PhilaDelinquency have a handy how-to guide for getting a...
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Cross your fingers
I feel scared to hope too much, but Philadelphia’s homicide numbers are down. Like, really down: Homicides in Philadelphia in 2013 are at the lowest midyear total in nearly half a century, police...
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A Moment of Optimism
It’s been a while since I checked in, and during that time we’ve had some interesting developments here in Philadelphia. One is a refreshingly bold — though quite risky — new step for our major...
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