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Counselwoman Guarantees Little in Town Hall Meeting, Comes Through With Snack Table

Town Hall Treats

Regular readers will know that I was more than a little miffed when Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez bailed on the Friends of Overington Park’s Tree Planting, leaving me hungry for the cookies and orange juice she promised.  But boy did she come through at last night’s town hall meeting.  She promised better interaction with city agencies, a more streamlined communication with our civic associations, and attentiveness when residents bring problem properties to her attention.  But she guaranteed tastiness coming through with that spread.  If she never does another thing for Frankford(or ever starts), her heroics calling in the snack foods will long be remembered.

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Next week in Frankford

  • Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House
    When-Sun, February 1, 12pm – 5pm
    Where-4278 Griscom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)
    Description-Presentation at 1:30 PM: Blacks at Gettysburg Jim Paradis
  • Frankford Civic Association Meeting
    When-Thu, February 5, 7pm – 8pm
    Where-Frankford Hospital – 2nd floor conference room (map)
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Next week in Frankford

  • Twenty-Third Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration in Frankford.
    When-Sun, January 18, 8:30am – 10:30am
    Where-St. Joachims Roman Catholic Church, Church and Griscom Streets (map)
    Description-The doors open at 8:30 a.m. for this unique event which offers Frankford Residents, Neighborhood-based Organizations, Religious Congregations, Small Business Owners, Community Activists and anyone seeking information about improving relations among diverse racial and ethnic groups an opportunity to meet and greet their neighbors. With the theme “Hope eternal: Keeping hope alive”, this celebration will include a free breakfast, Frankford High School ROTC and Choir, Garden Club and Northeast Frankford Boys & Girls Club information, Neighbor of the Year award and more. The Frankford Coalition of Neighbors is a civic organization working to improve relations among the diverse economic, racial and ethnic groups in Frankford, while promoting volunteerism and community coalition. The MLK Celebration is an expression of the Coalition’s mission, which hopes to generate positive social change in order to create a more just, responsive, peaceful and cooperative community for all Frankford residents.
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Frankford Special Services District public meeting

Frankford Special Services District held their annual public meeting this morning with about 20 people in attendance.  It was universally agreed by all attending that the appearance of the district is much improved over what it was before with no cleaning services.  Some in attendance made suggestions for improvements that could be made and the members of the board responded to those questions.  There was also concern expressed about the methods of assessing the business owners and the lack of understanding about what was going on along the avenue.

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Some of the other issues discussed:

  • Even though there are plenty of trash containers, people still walk by them and litter.  Hopefully in the future the city can launch an education campaign to combat this.
  • Why are there no liners in the trash cans?  This is by design.  It is a budget consideration and also operationally makes it more difficult to empty the containers.  Other special service districts use a the same procedure.
  • There are people who use the area behind the pawn shop at Frankford and Margaret as a dumping ground.  That can be called in to the 15th district police and made a roll call issue.
  • People who own the barber shop near Frankford and Margaret would like another trash can.  It is a high traffic area.
  • Some folks are not getting notices from the district.
  • People would like to see the ambassadors program come back.  The cost of that program cannot be covered by the tax assessments but funding may be available through a grant and the board is working to make that happen.
  • How do you get on the board of the special services district?  All that information is available on the web site.
  • Can a public toilet be made available since no public facilities are available?  Difficult to do this but more businesses should provide facilities to their customers even if it for a small fee.

For further information about the Frankford Special Services District go to their web site here.