Artists Keir Johnston and Ernel Martinez via Canary Promo Corner stores are a fact of life for much of Philadelphia — especially in the city’s food deserts found in North Philadelphia. This is where the art collective Amber Art and Design will focus on for its latest project, “Corner Store (Takeout Stories).” Amber Art and […]

Pennsylvania’s prison population has risen rapidly for decades, but it wasn’t until a plan was released in 2011 to build three new prisons, and expand nine others, that Decarcerate PA decided something had to be done. “There’s been dramatic prison growth in Pennsylvania, especially since 1980,” said Layne Mullett, co-founder of Decarcerate PA, a volunteer-drive advocacy […]

Destination Frankford, the place-making initiative funded by ArtPlace America, will host the opening for it’s second pop-up gallery, “Rediscover,” on Saturday, May 24.  The gallery will feature photographs from seven local photographers who use their cameras to explore Philadelphia’s urban terrain. Destination Frankford is a coalition of city and neighborhood organizations that are using art […]

Collective Networking is a monthly networking event for businesses doing good. The Collective is a group of Philly-based businesses including B Corps, Sustainable Business Network members, as well as other businesses and individuals who are dedicated to their community and environment. The Collective gets together every month to discuss good ideas, best practices, and inspirational stories […]

If Pennsylvania funded prekindergarten for all three and four-year-olds, according to a report by ReadyNation/America’s Edge, the investment would generate $800 million in additional goods and services and create almost 28,000 new jobs statewide. Most importantly, it would benefit children across the state. Several studies show high quality pre-K has been shown to improve graduation […]

Image via Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation (PARC) Over the past decade, the East Passyunk Avenue commercial corridor between Broad and Dickinson streets in South Philadelphia has become one of the trendiest places in the city to shop and dine. The Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation (PARC), which aided in this improvement by redeveloping vacant properties, is […]

Image via FastFWD website The first 12-week round of the social entrepreneurship accelerator FastFWD came to a close last Friday with a day of investor pitches by 10 companies focused on public safety. The products and services they presented ranged from educational programs for prisoners to new ways to organize evidence for law enforcement agencies. The […]

Trenton Avenue Arts Festival On May 17, celebrate East Kensington’s incredible mix of local artists, musicians and eateries. Organized by the dedicated volunteers of the East Kensington Neighbors Association.  With 200 local arts and food vendors, the festival usually attracts more than 10,000 attendees to raise funds for neighborhood projects and revitalization. When:  May 17, 2014, 11:00 […]

Protesters made their way down Broad Street this morning to show solidarity with a global fast food worker strike currently underway and to advocate for raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour. The protesters, formed loosely from union workers and low-wage workers, are a part of a national initiative, 15 Now, that believes […]

Rendering from awesometownphilly.com, the official development website  Moyer Street and other nearby blocks in Fishtown are lined with construction sites. Some of the these sites will become market-rate and even luxury homes, such as the Moyer Street Court, which will consist of 14 single family homes with roof decks and off-street parking. These homes will cost […]