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Submit a project and volunteer for upcoming Philly Spring Cleanup events

March 25, 2016April 8, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth Litter, Philly Spring Cleanup, trash min read

UPDATE: The event has been postponed until Saturday, April 16. Find out more here. While a street cleaning program isn’t happening at the moment, you can still pitch in to make the streets in your neighborhood a bit nicer by

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Will we ever get SEPTA Key? Release date gets pushed back again

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth public transit, SEPTA, SEPTA Key min read

April is almost here, so where is SEPTA Key? Our transit system’s step into the future has been delayed yet again. As of December, SEPTA was still on track for an April rollout. So when will we see those Key

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How much permit parking is there in South Philly?

March 23, 2016March 23, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth cars, Parkadelphia, Parking, permit parking min read

A new tool called Parkadelphia is allowing the city to better visualize the parking permit zones and other parking regulations within each neighborhood. Since parking is such a hot topic issue in South Philly, how do the neighborhoods here utilize

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No historical designation for home of former mob boss on Snyder Avenue

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth 934 Snyder Ave., Angelo Bruno, historical landmark advisory board, Snyder Avenue min read

Last month the Snyder Avenue home of former mob boss Angelo Bruno was recommended for historical designation by the city by Celeste Morello. The historical landmark advisory board reviewed this proposal and believes that there is no grounds for this

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Friends of Chester Arthur raised $55,000 for school improvements at a recent fundraising auction

March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth 20th and Catharine, 20th Street, Catharine Street, Chester Arthur, Friends Night Out, Friends of Chester Arthur min read

Friends of Chester Arthur, the community group working to improve the school at 20th and Catharine, just raised a pretty big chunk of money. At their recent Friends Night Out fundraising auction, $55,000 was raised to contribute towards the improvements

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Mayor Kenney is on board for city-wide street cleaning if you are

March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth Jim Kenney, Mayor Kenney, street-cleaning, Streets Department min read

At the beginning of the year, Councilman Squilla spoke out about bringing a street-cleaning program back to the city, even though his “South Philly brethren will probably freak out about it.” In a recent article from NBC News, Mayor Kenney