The Planning Committee of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) will present the designs of the four finalists being considered for creating a public park at Pier 11, as part of a larger design including a municipal building and the intersection of Race and Columbus Boulevard. The event takes place Wednesday, June 17th, from 6…
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Casino Free Tries to ‘Beat the House’
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Casino Free Philadelphia release The materials are printed. The action is planned. On Saturday, June 6, Casino-Free Philadelphia will conduct a series of peaceful actions at Harrah’s Chester to call attention to the predatory practices of the casino industry. Anti-casino allies from Pittsburgh, Massachusetts and Chicago will be on their way shortly. And last night,…
Urban Agriculture in Philadelphia
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Urban Sustainability Forum – How can we feed Philadelphia? Thursday, May 21, 6:30 – 8:30PM Panelists: Laurie Actman: Project Director, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, City of Philadelphia; Marcia Caton Campbell: Program Director, Center for Resilient Cities, Milwaukee; Ben Reynolds: Food Link Project Officer, Sustain London; Dominis Vitiello (moderator): Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning…
Help Count Crabs for DRN Census
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Delaware Riverkeeper Network Every spring, horseshoe crabs converge along Delaware Bay beaches in the dark of night to spawn, timed with the arrival of migrating shorebirds who rely on crab eggs to refuel during their journey to their breeding grounds. If you’d like to observe the crab mating rituals by moonlight, help monitor their numbers,…
Media Mobilizing Project Mobilizing for Budget Talks
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Media Mobilizing Project Last week, Mayor Nutter presented another round of budget cuts that represent a continued attack on the poor and working people of Philadelphia. Along with these proposed cuts, Nutter’s office announced a series of town hall meetings — meetings that are being sold to the public as places to be heard and…
Transparency Urged for Northeastern
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Community leaders met January 6th in a Port Richmond recreation center to discuss Temple University Health System (TUHS) plans for Northeastern Hospital amid rumors it will cut services. Staff within the system have been told that Northeastern is restructuring. Employees at Temple University Hospital have been told Temple will expand its obstetrics department (OB) once…
Public Trust Doctrine Preserves Park
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Mary Tracy, SCRUB release In an opinion released today, Philadelphia Orphans’ Court Judge John W. Herron has DENIED the City’s request to lease 19.4 acres of dedicated parkland to Fox Chase Cancer Center. The Judge applied the public trust doctrine as the standard of review in deciding this case. The public trust doctrine, enshrined in Pennsylvania since the early 1900’s,…
Neighborhood Networks Town Hall
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Neighborhood Networks Press Release Come to a Town Hall Meeting to Affirm We Are the Change We Need! Monday Nov. 17, 2008 7-9 PM First Unitarian Church 2125 Chestnut St. Philadelphia Neighborhood Networks agrees with President-Elect Obama that we have to be the change we seek. To get universal health care, or to achieve independence…
ZBA Hearing on Unisys Sign
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SCRUB Press Release Hearing Date: Thursday August 14, 2008 Place: ZBA Hearing Room, 1515 Arch Street, 18th Floor Time: 9AM Unisys Corporation will re-appear before Philadelphia’s Zoning Board of Adjustments tomorrow to finish its presentation seeking a variance from sign control laws protecting the aesthetic character of our city’s skyline. SCRUB will present testimony in…
