GroundSwell is holding its 2nd annual happy hour on July 22 at the PHS Pop Up Beer Garden, located at 1438 South Street. GroundSwell is a grassroots movement to make the Philadelphia region a better place to live, work, and play organized by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, a membership and service organization that works on behalf […]

Photo by Dawane L. Cromwell Andrea Walker lost her mother to HIV complications when she was 22 years old. However, it wasn’t until she was 19 that she was fully educated about the disease and its effects. “I really never knew what the extent of what her sickness was,” said Walker. “As I got older, […]

Sustainable building project by LPMG Companies, ReNewbold. Walk around Northern Liberties in the blocks adjacent to the Piazza or South Philadelphia in Point Breeze and a clear trend is evident: new energy-efficient homes are popping up in Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. The Nutter Administration, local sustainable businesses and community organizations across the city have celebrated and even […]

The nonprofit Neighborhood Bike Works has been around in Philadelphia for more than 18 years, helping youth learn about bicycles as well as other life skills through its Youth Bike Education & Empowerment Program. “[We] started out in West Philly and we’ve expanded to other parts of the city, and what we do is we […]

This article was originally published by the Philadelphia Business Journal. The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey is currently on a nationwide search to replace former president and CEO Jill Michal. The search committee will be led by vice chair Mindy Holman, president and CEO of Holman Automotive Group, and board member Carl Buccholz, partner […]

While less than two percent of all open source code contributors identify as women, Girl Develop It Philly found last year that 10 percent of its members had contributed to open source software — way above the average — so they decided they wanted to make a conscious effort to get even more women involved […]

Local news radio station WHYY is holding a forum this Wednesday on the present and future of Pennsylvania’s cities and towns. The forum follows the recent launch of a statewide reporting project Keystone Crossroads, led by WHYY and other local public news stations, which aims to explore major issues affecting municipalities across the state. So […]