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Northwood Civic Meeting June 16th

There was a large contingent of political representatives at the Northwood Civic Association meeting on June 16h as well as a good turnout of residents.

Stewart Graham for Councilman OH, James Kennedy for Congressman Boyle and Darien Stafford for Representative Dawkins all gave updates.

Resident issues discussed:

  • Traffic on Castor Avenue
  • Rerouting of buses because of the ongoing work on Foulkrod Street
  • Story about somebody gaining entry to 1301 Wakeling Street with the intention of taking possession and renting it out.  Joe krause says this is a scam going on throughout the city.  He is addressing the issue.
  • Abandoned cars at Oakland and Filmore
  • 1200 block of Filmore sees speeding cars as a big problem.
  • Speeding at Harrison and Pratt.

Issues being resolved:

  • Councilwoman Sanchez has secured funding to begin repairs to the building at Simpson Recreation Center.  We should expect that project to take a year.
  • No truck parking signs are being put up as manpower is available.

Stop signs for Castor Avenue – not yet determined if they will go up.

The next meeting of the Northwood Civic Association will be held on Tuesday, July 21st at 7 PM at St. James Lutheran Church Castor Avenue and Pratt Street.

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Dr. Jerry Ratcliffe to Appear at Frankford Civic

Dr. Jerry Ratcliffe, Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University will attend the Frankford Civic Association meeting on June 3rd. Dr. Ratcliffe is an expert on community crime control and policing. He will be there to say a few words about community members’ involvement in crime reduction efforts and answer questions by residents.
The meeting will be held at St. Mark’s Church at 4442 Frankford Avenue at 7 PM.  The meeting is open to the public and is easily accessible by public transportation.  The church is midway between the Church Street and Margaret=Orthodox El stops.
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Frankford Civic Association May Meeting

The Frankford Civic Association met on May 7th at St. Mark’s Church with about 20 residents attending.

Jim Kennedy, for Representative Brendan Boyle gave a brief update on what the Representative is working on now  There is a now office opening up in Olney in May that may be convenient for Frankford residents to use.  The address is 5675 N Front Street.  The existing office at 2375 Woodward Street in the Northeast will continue service.

Joe Hohenstein, for Frankford Friends School, gave the group an update on the planned outdoor classroom soon to be under construction across from the school.

Veronica Daniel updated the group on the issue of the construction of a building on the SEPTA property at Pratt Street and Frankford Avenue.  She attended a meeting between the Frankford CDC and SEPTA with the purpose of discussing redesign of the building for retail space since the Holiday Thriftway will not be able to continue at their present location.  The CDC had hoped that sufficient space might be available on the SEPTA property to attract another supermarket chain.  SEPTA at first seemed uncooperative but subsequent discussions indicated that they would make another space available.

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A resident complained about the state of the work ongoing at Harding Middle School.  A scaffold has been up for over a year and progress if any has been slow.  In addition, the grass on the property appears to be uncut and the property in general brings down the neighborhood.  Pete Specos will send a letter to the principal about the issue with a request that someone come to the next civic meeting to explain what is going on.

Darrion Shuford, Chief of Staff for Representative Jason Dawkins, spoke on the value of community engagement as a valuable tool in solving problems.  When people come together for a common purpose, things get done.

The next meeting of the Frankford Civic Association will be held on June 4th at 7PM at St. Mark’s Church at 4442 Frankford Avenue.

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All Are Invited and Welcome

Frankford has a rich history of faith and believers. We are blessed with many denominations whose people are active and live their beliefs. We believe in a spirit of interfaith dialogue which helps to connect us all.

Keep the Faith in Frankford is a group of Catholics whose two churches were closed in June 2013. St. Mark’s Church kindly invited us in and has graciously allowed us to meet there and make plans to try to reopen at least one church. We meet every Wednesday night at 6:30 PM. We realize that we have been given a responsibility to care about our brothers and sisters and are trying to do our best to help make Frankford a better place for all.

We would like your support and help with some of our activities. If you are interested, please join us this coming Wednesday night, April 29, at St. Mark’s at 6:30 PM. More information is shared below.

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