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Community Fun Day

Tony Payton Jr. Presents:  Community Fun Day

Date:               Saturday, Aug 7 2010

Location: Gambrel Playground ( 1900 Wakeling St. Philadelphia, PA 19124)

Time:            12p m – 5p m

Purpose: To give back to the community through enrichment programs &

community building activities.

•     Free Food

•     Job opportunities

•     Talent show

•     Career workshops

•     Basketball Tournaments

•     Resume Building

•     Dance Contest

contact: State Representative Tony Payton Jr’s Office at 215-744-7901

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Community Arts Organization for Frankford

From Lynda:

Now that the summer is  winding down plans to clean up the old Jack’s Camera and Video store site on Frankford Ave are beginning to get started. The extreme heat this summer delayed our start but we are at it again. If you or your group have any interest in seeing a top notch community arts organization on Frankford ave please get in touch! Right now we need to clean up the site and do some demo work to get started. We will later on need a good piano and musical items and instruments, we need artists and teachers, performers and volunteers and we need patrons! Are you an artist who needs a place to call your own? To join our mailing list e-mail: lynda_desouza@msn.com !
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Coming Up in Frankford

  • 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.
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Community Ambassador Program Meeting

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