A number of organizations repairing aging homes in West Philly are laying out a blueprint for a citywide initiative.

Reclaiming a once-vacant lot, People’s Emergency Center (PEC) has opened a new affordable housing complex, Bigham Leatherberry Wise Place, in West Powelton. PEC is a human services and community development organization focused on the West Philadelphia neighborhoods of Mantua, Mill Creek, Belmont, Saunders Park and Powelton Village. The $2.6 million project, named for two engaged local […]

Mantua, neighborhood in West Philadelphia within Promise Zone The Mayor’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) is hiring a manager for the West Philadelphia Promise Zone. The Promise Zone initiative is a place-based program designed to revitalize distressed areas by coordinating efforts across sectors and agencies and prioritizing the zones for federal assistance, essentially […]