On the agenda for the meeting at 7:00 PM at St. James Lutheran Church will be:

Northwood Academy meeting report

Possible Relocation of the concrete company from Castor Ave.

Volunteer sign ups for committees

Organization of Northwood Town Watch

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Northwood Civic Association
St. James Lutheran Church
4600 Pratt Street
**** Tuesday, December 20, 2011 ****
7:00 PM

AGENDA:
Presenters:
Recycling Rewards Program
Philadelphia Planning Commission

Quality of Life Issues
Old Business
New Business

Bring a neighbor or two!

Northwood Civic Association

St. James Lutheran Church

4600 Pratt Street

**** Tuesday, November 15, 2011 **** 7:00 PM

AGENDA: Nomination of Officers – please volunteer and/or nominate Quality of Life Issues

Old Business

New Business

Bring a neighbor or two!

• Northeast Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  When – Sun, October 17, 1pm – 2pm

  Where – Holy Family University – 9801 Frankford Avenue (map)

  Description – NORTHEAST HALL of FAME Holy Family University – 9801 Frankford Avenue Inductees: Benjamin Rush, Robert Purvis, Butch Ballard, Sister Mary Scullion, Special People in the NE (SPIN) Tickets $25.00 available from Holy Family University.
• Northwood Civic Association Meeting
  When – Tue, October 19, 7pm – 8pm

  Where – St. James Lutheran Church, at Castor Avenue and Pratt Street. (map)
• Frankford Parks Group
  When – Mon, October 25, 6pm – 7pm

  Where – Second Baptist Church – 1801 Meadow St. Phila. PA 19124 (map)
• Northeast Philadelphia EPIC Stakeholders Group
  When – Thu, October 28, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

  Where – Mastery Charter School, Smedley Campus, 1790 Bridge St. 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.
• Winter clothes drive
  When – Fri, October 29, 3pm – 6pm

  Where – Overington Park 4600 Leiper St. and Wilmot Park 1800 Meadow St. (map)

  Description – We are having a winter clothes drive that will be held in two locations (Overington Park 4600 Leiper St. and Wilmot Park 1800 Meadow St.). If it rains we will move the locations to Cora’s Neumann Center 1000 Orthodox Street and to 2nd Baptist Church 1801 Meadow St. We will be giving away winter clothes and coats to needy families. The event will last from 3:00pm until 6:00pm. I have attached a flyer for the event. The partners that are responsible for this event are CORA’s EPIC Community Stakeholders and Young Professionals Group, The Frankford Recovery Coalition, The Frankford Boys and Girls Club, and Council Woman Maria Quinones` Sanchez’ office.
• Overington Park Fall Festival
  When – Sat, October 30, 10am – 1pm

  Where – Overington Park – Orthodox and Leiper Sts, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)

  Description – Costume parade, pumpkin patch, games, scavenger hunt and refreshments
• Friends of Overington Park
  When – Tue, November 2, 7pm – 8pm

  Where – CORA Neuman Center at 1000 Orthodox Street (map)

  Description – Come out and discuss our park and what we an do to make it a safe and pleasant place for everyone.
• PS1 15th district Police Meeting
  When – Wed, November 3, 7pm – 8pm

  Where – Aria Health – 4900 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA (map)
• Frankford Civic Association Meeting
  When – Thu, November 4, 7pm – 8pm

  Where – 2nd floor conference room, Aria Health, 4900 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)
• Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House
  When – Sun, November 7, 12pm – 5pm

  Where – 4278 Griscom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)

  Description – Presentation at 1:30 PM: ‘Meet Captain Percival Drayton, US Navy’ Jack Lieberman, Captain USN(Ret)
• Frankford Special Services District Board Meeting
  When – Mon, November 8, 8:30am – 9:30am

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

  Description – Open to the public
• Historical Society of Frankford program
  When – Tue, November 9, 7:30pm – 9:00pm

  Where – 1507 Orthodox St., Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map) – Veterans Guard 3rd Regiment Infantry
• Frankford Community Garden Maintenance Meetup
  When – Thu, November 11, 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.

The Frankford Civic meeting held tonight, was very well attended with about 30 people in the room.

There will be a SEPTA meeting at the Frankford Group Ministry building (4620 Griscom Street) on December 8th, to inform the community about the 7.5 million dollar rehabilitation of the Margaret-Orthodox El stop.  It was the first el stop rebuilt back in the 80′s and now they need to do it over again.  This time maybe it will be the right way.  See the community calendar for the details.

Rep. Payton has partnered with the Energy Coordinating Agency to offer a Weatherization Workshop in Frankford.   Weatherizing your home can reduce your heating bill dramatically, and provides a safer, warmer home for your family.  The Energy Coordinating Agency will show you how you can weatherize your home for little to no money.  They will also discuss assistance programs from the government that help pay for the cost of weatherizing your home.  See the community calendar for the details.  Please Call State Representative Tony Payton Jr’s Office at 215-744-7901 or email Simone Woods at swoods@pahouse.net if you plan to attend.

Zoning hearing at the ZBA for the conversion of 1522 and 1524 Church Street to multi family housing.  The community opposes the conversion and all concerned residents should attend the hearing to make sure the ZBA understands our position.

A contractor who owns the lot at 4205-07 Adams Avenue is seeking support for a zoning change to build a garage to store his equipment.  He came along with his architect to display his proposal.  He was advised to solicit support from the immediate neighbors adjacent to his property and to begin the application process.

It was anticipated that Anthony Bannister would appear to explain his group’s plan to purchase the now closed New Frankford Community Y property.   They have been in discussion with Senator Payton’s office as well as Councilperson Quinones Sanchez office.  No one from the group attended the meeting.  Reps from Sanchez and Payton’s office both said in the course of their meetings they had raised questions about the business plan and funding for the project. In addition,there is the issue of the sale of a non profit entity to a “for profit” corporation.   Barry Howell, president of the Northwood Civic was present and said that the Northwood Civic’s position at this point is to emphatically oppose the deal.

Good news to report. Somehow the long unmoving vehicle on Ruan Street that was discussed at last month’s meeting has been eliminated.  We’re not sure who deserves the credit for doing the right thing.

Next Frankford Civic meeting is January 7th.  Be sure all the details I forgot to report on NEastPhilly.com.