The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability recently released it’s 2014 Greenworks Progress Report, the Office’s fifth annual report on the city’s comprehensive sustainability plan. Goals set by the Greenworks plan were designed to be met in 2015. The report outlines some of the successes the City of Philadelphia and its non-profit and private partners have made in the five Greenworks goal areas: […]

On June 24, BMe Philadelphia will hold an award ceremony for its 2014 leaders in Philadelphia at Impact Hub Philadelphia. The program will include a keynote speech by Senator Anthony Williams, an induction ceremony, live entertainment, refreshments, and networking. The 2014 BMe Leaders are comprised of 30 men, 10 each from Baltimore, Detroit and Philadelphia. BMe […]

Drexel University’s 11th Street Health Center, financed in part by New Market Tax Credits The latest round of New Market Tax Credit allocations were announced earlier this month. Over 80 community development organizations across the country will receive a total of $3.5 billion in credits towards projects in low-income communities. Two Philadelphia-based organizations, The Reinvestment […]

Jonathan Dasani, who helped deliver books last year in the Words on Wheels program Last year, Jonathan Dasani delivered books across North Philadelphia to 79 children through Tree House Book‘s  Word on Wheels program. Although Dasani will no longer be delivering books, the program has expanded this summer. Tree House Books will partner with  Gearing Up, The Bicycle Coalition […]

Germantown United Community Development Corporation (GUCDC) announced last week that it will offer micro-grants to individuals and organizations who want to beautify the town’s business corridor as part of a new bi-annual program called “Fund for Germantown – Programs for Progress.” The grants will range from $100 to $1,000, with an overall budget of $8,000 […]

One in five high school students in the Philadelphia School District have been involved with the Department of Human Services since entering school, according to a report from PolicyLab, the research arm of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. This means that nearly 20 percent of students have been involved with either the foster care system, […]

Artists, organizations and community members will come together at Impact Hub on June 21 for the Creative Strength Swap organized by Erica Hawthorne of Small But Mighty Arts and Amy Scheidegger of The Artistic Rebuttal Project. “We realized there would be a benefit to bring artists together to share resources, so that’s where the Creative Strength […]