• Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House
  When – Sun, August 1, 12pm – 5pm

  Where4278 Griscom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)

  Description – Presentation at 1:30 PM: Wicked Women of Winchester Jerry Holsworth
• Frankford Special Services District Board Meeting
  When – Mon, August 2, 8:30am – 9:30am

  Where – St. Mark’s Church, 4442 Frankford Ave, Griscom Street entrance. (map)

  Description – Open to the public
• Frankford Community Garden Maintenance Meetup
  When – Thu, August 5, 6pm – 8pm

  Where – Corner of Oxford Ave. and Foulkrod St. (map)

  Description – Gather together with your friends and neighbors to maintain and improve this garden spot in Frankford.
• Frankford Civic Association Meeting
  When – Thu, August 5, 7pm – 8pm

  Where2nd floor conference room, Aria Health, 4900 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)
• PSA1 Meeting
  When – Tue, August 10, 7pm – 8pm

  Where – Aria Health – 2nd floor conference room – 4900 Frankford Avenue (map)
• Northeast Philadelphia EPIC Stakeholders Group
  When – Thu, August 26, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

  Where – Edmunds School, 1197 Haworth St. Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)

  Description – The ultimate goal is to create a process that enhances the community’s ability to solve issues surrounding truancy, domestic violence, child safety and substance abuse.

7/28/10@4:50AM

1400 block of Sellers St.

25 year old female reports that she awoke to a noise in the living room area of her apartment.   She went to investigate and encountered (2) unknown b/m’s.  A sheet was placed over her head and she was sexually assaulted.  The males then exited the apartment with (1) “Insignia 32” flat screen TV, $60.00-$80.00USC,(1) T-Mobile cell phone and (1) Debit card, point of entry is unknown.  Offenders: #1-b/m, mid 20’s, 5’11”, to 6’0”, thin build, 140 lbs., medium complexion, wearing a white t-shirt and black basketball shorts.  #2-b/m, mid 20’s no further description.

There has been so much interest in the garden down at Foulkrod and Oxford, I’m posting the slide show that was put together by Pastor Gabe.

Good sized crowd for a Saturday

Beth Grossman

I went over to historic Campbell AME church on Kinsey Street Saturday morning to check out the Community Ambassador Program.  The community ambassador program is a Tony Payton initiative. It is designed to help the blocks communicate with each other to improve the quality of life in  the 179th Legislative District. He believes that a cohesive effort to fight what problems plague the district is more effective than combating problems as they arise. It is intended to make this an ongoing effort.

I missed the first half hour of the meeting but when I arrived found Beth Grossman, Chief Assistant District Attorney on the Public Nuisance Task Force discussing what could be done about nuisance properties.

Jim Sanders, of Philly 311, was up next and discussed what 311 can and cannot do.  He also talked about their new program,

Jim Sanders

Neighborhood Liaisons.

Tony Payton

A significant benefit in getting a group of people together in one room is the opportunity to hear their ideas.  I was impressed with some of the men there and their response to the “Take back the night” walk the previous evening.  There were some voices that thought it was not an effective way of reaching the people who are involved in the type of violence Frankford has seen over the last few weeks.  Seth Williams made the point that a walk through the neighborhood would not solve the problem.  It will take something more.

There was a survey distributed soliciting information.  You can download the pdf for page one here and page two here.

For further information about this program you may contact Simone Woods at Tony Payton’s office on Frankford Avenue.  The phone number is 215-744-4901.

Simone Woods

215-744-7901

I was tempted to skip the Friday night event because I had been out all day and it was still 80 some degrees at 9:30 p.m. but duty called so I crawled on over to Pratt and Frankford to a look.  I was expecting maybe a few people but a nice diverse crowd was on the scene and I did what I could to capture the feeling of the event on video.

I hate those political speeches and these guys get enough face time as it is but if you listen all of Seth Williams he explains the point.  I won’t go into it here.  Also appearing is Tony Payton and the Reverend Richard Smith.  The promo said there would be a walk through Frankford and I was expecting maybe a march up the Avenue from Bridge to Orthodox but in fact it was far more extensive than that.  I followed only until Wakeling and Hawthorne when I had to leave.

Have a look.