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Northwood Civic Scores a Big Win Against Blight

Congratulations to Joe Krause and the Northwood Civic Association on their big victory over EverBank of Jacksonville, Florida, the owner of 1301 Wakeling Street.  At a court hearing on October 19th, Scioli Turco was appointed conservator of the property. Immediate improvements will begin to be made to the outside of the property and the home will be repaired inside and out to be marketed for sale as a single family home in the coming months.

Scioli Turco is a community and neighborhood development organization who works on behalf of neighborhoods to take over blighted properties and return them to the market when the owners cannot or will not do so.

This case goes back to April 16th, 2016 when the first hearing was held and the judge ordered the owner to do the repairs and get the house on the market for sale by June 1st.  They did not comply but managed to forestall the conservatorship for almost a year and a half.

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Upcoming Cases at the Frankford NAC

The Frankford NAC zoning board will hear the following cases at the meeting on October 12th at 7 PM at 4667 Paul Street.

5127 Duffield Street – Develop lot into Veterans housing

5127 Duffield Street from Google Maps

4535 Tackawanna Street – Legalization of a five dwelling unit

4535 Tackawanna Street from Google Street View

4410-16 Frankford Avenue – To be used as a Hall/ Entertain Events with food service

4410-16 Frankford Avenue

Join us and Vote on what happens in your neighborhood!  You must be 18 or older with ID to vote in these proceedings.

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Business Development Workshop Series Starts September 26

Are you interested in starting a business? Are you a current business-owner? Join us for an interactive workshop series to establish and grow your business!

  • Business Planning for Success

    Attracting & Keeping Your Customers
    Basic Accounting: How to Keep Track of Your Money
    Tuesday, September 26th 6 PM – 8 PM
    Explore the steps of putting your ideas on paper, challenging your thinking, and positioning your business for growth.

  • Attracting & Keeping Your Customers

    Basic Accounting: How to Keep Track of Your Money
    Tuesday, October 10th 6 PM – 8 PM
    Explore the steps of putting your ideas on paper, challenging your thinking, and positioning your business for growth.
    Delve into the fundamentals of marketing with the primary purpose of finding new customers, keeping those customers and getting them to spend more of their hard-earned money with you versus your competitors.

  • Basic Accounting: How to Keep Track of Your Money

    Tuesday, October 24th 6 PM – 8 PM
    Explore the steps of putting your ideas on paper, challenging your thinking, and positioning your business for growth.
    Delve into the fundamentals of marketing with the primary purpose of finding new customers, keeping those customers and getting them to spend more of their hard-earned money with you versus your competitors.
    Learn the fundamentals of accounting, specifically for operating a small business and assessing the financial health of your business.

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Frankford NAC Zoning Approves Three

At the Frankford NAC zoning meeting:

4656 Worth Street – Zoned as RSA-5 residential. Applicant was requesting a variance to have a small Childcare Center. Charles Smith (applicant) was answering questions on the qualifications of owning, operating, and teaching in a child care setting. Space is a little bit over 1,700 sq. ft. So, they are not sure what the State will grant as far as how many children they are able to legally have. State comes in and measure usable space and divide that number by 40. This will give you the amount of children you can have. One person voted to approve. Variance was approved.

4645 Worth Street

1541 Adams Avenue – Zoned as RSA-5 residential. Houses were once on this property but now is a vacant corner lot located near Womrath Park. Applicant (Ismaila Traorle) was seeking a variance to operate a car sales on the lot. Although there were some concerns of additional cars being parked on the street, there was no one present who was qualified to vote. So, a letter of non opposition will be sent with a proviso stating no cars from the lot shall be parked on the street or on the sidewalk.

1541 Adams Avenue

4601 Frankford Avenue – Zoned as CMX-2 Commercial. Applicant (Fernando Torres) from Mark My Flesh tattoo shop came back to us because his first visit granted him permission but he had to come back to us in 3 years. This time around there were no opposition and no one qualified to vote. He had a letter of support from FBPA and residents who were there said that they were excellent neighbors and didn’t mind that they were there.

4601 Frankford Avenue – Entrance on Orthodox Street

The next Frankford NAC zoning meeting will be held on October 12th at 7 PM at a location to be announced.

 

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Coming Up This Week in Frankford September 16 to 22

  • Frankford Business and Professional General Body Meeting
    Tue, September 19, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
    4667 Paul St.
    Join us on September 19th and learn about the various resources of the Wharton Small Business Development Center, discuss relevant community issues & network with business owners! Featured Speakers Erin McGowan Assistant Director Wharton Small Business Development Center Tuesday, September 19, 2017 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Frankford Community Development Corporation 4667 Paul Street, First Floor Philadelphia, PA 19124 Lunch will be provided RSVP to Ileana Garcia, Commercial Corridor Manager, at 215-743-6580 or igarcia@fcdc@gmail.com
  • Frankford NAS Election
    Wed, September 20, 10 am – 4 pm
    4900 Griscom St,
  • Frankford NAS Election
    Wed, September 20, 9:00 am – 6:30 pm
    4667 Paul St. the Daral Building
    Ground floor for the voting

Follow this link for information on the NAS election.