The process of writing an action plan for PhillyRising in Frankford began last night. Jimmie Saunders, Ade Fequa, Manny Citron and John Farrell led a group of 25 Frankforders through the process of visualizing the future.
The Subject issues were identified in previous meetings of Frankford residents as being at the top of their wish list:
- After school activities
- Infrastructure
- Community health
- Vacant lots and green space
- Economic development
What amazed me was the qualified people who walked through the door of Denby’s last night. Everybody seemed to be an expert at something except me, so I just took notes.
I’m kind of cautiously optimistic about this PhillyRising thing because I am tired of people making promises they don’t keep. PhillyRising only promises to help us find out what we can do using what is already available. There is no magic, no smoke and mirrors. We’ll get something done if we focus and plan and make use of existing resources.
Some great ideas emerged at the meeting but it is far from final yet. There will be another followup meeting in a few weeks.
