From the Northwood Civic Association:

Northwood Civic Association

St. James Lutheran Church

4600 Pratt Street

**** Tuesday, January 17, 2011 ****

7:00 PM

AGENDA:

Neighborhood Reinvestment

What made you move or stay in Northwood?

Make an impact in our neighborhood

Bring a neighbor and be a part of the process!

I was late for the meeting last night but I could not have come close to the report Chris Wink gives at NEastPhilly.com.  Joe Krause, the new president of the Civic conducted his first meeting.  For the NEastPhlly report follow the link here.

Chris Wink for NEastPhilly did a great report on the Northwood Civic Meeting today so I’ll point you in that direction and hope you enjoy reading it.

The subject of the Frankford Y building at 4704 Leiper Street took up the better part of the meeting.   A suggestion was made that the Civic should petition in Orphans Court to have a receiver appointed who would then be able to take control of the property.  That action might give the community some leverage in the disposal or reuse of the building.

Nominations were opened for board members and only one person volunteered.  That does seem unfortunate and not a good sign for the future of Northwood.

Northwood Civic Association
St. James Lutheran Church
4600 Pratt Street
**** Tuesday, October 18, 2011 ****
7:00 PM

AGENDA:
Yearly Dues are due
IN-DEPT FOLLOW UP ON WHATS GOING ON WITH THE FRANKFORD Y
Quality of Life
Nomination of Officers – please volunteer and/or nominate

Northwood a Beautiful place to Live,
Lets work together to keep it Beautiful!

Chris Wink, NEastPhilly got his report out so fast on the meeting last week that it gave me time to digest to event.  You can see NEastPhilly coverage here which includes video.   There most significant points raised at the meeting to me were:

• The old Frankford Y continues to deteriorate and people who live in that area say it is attracting some bad activity.  Barry Howell (president of the Northwood Civic) noted that no progress is being made at turning it into something positive for the community.  That is what we all would like.  Then he went on to say that if something doesn’t happen he (the Northwood Civic) will be contacting the political representatives to demolish it.  With the threat of demolition, it might force those with the power to do something to actually do something.
• Tracy O’Drain of the Frankford CDC was present and spoke about their revitalization efforts on the 4600 block of Frankford Avenue.  Barry praised their efforts in that regard and said that revitalization of Frankford Avenue is important to Northwood.
• Barry announced that next month nominations for office in the Northwood Civic will be conducted with elections at the November meeting.  He said that there is a need for some new people to step up and take leadership positions.  The present leadership, including himself, would like to take a break.

Next meeting of the Northwood Civic Association meeting will be on Tuesday, October 18th.