Interesting post on United Philly about the Frankford CDC.
On July 15th, Phresh Philadelphia was introduced to the Frankford Community Development Corporation by a nonprofit organization called Startup Corps. To give you a little information about both the organizations, the Frankford CDC goals are primarily to better the economic and social fabric of the Frankford community. Startup Corps goal is to take high school students and turn them into entrepreneurs with real businesses.
If you know of anyone who might be interested, please send them our way! They can contact me directly at this email address or 215-743-6580. And it would be much appreciated if you could forward this email along to others. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
The next Frankford Business & Professional Association Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 26th, from 12n to 2p at Frankford Aria Hospital (4900 Frankford Avenue), in the conference room on the second floor. Lunch will be provided.
SCORE, a national nonprofit that provides free services to small businesses, will be presenting.
Part two of a busy Saturday filled with stuff was a stop at the Frankford Second Saturday Festival. It was held in the parking lot at Frankford Square which is at Frankford Avenue and Unity Street. Sponsored by the Frankford CDC, Aria Health and the Quicky Mart Express, it was billed as an arts festival. As well as art and crafts, food was also on the menu and face painting and entertainment too. There were vendors plying their wares and there was a crowd. Frankford hasn’t seen anything on Frankford Avenue like this in a very long time.
I could not stay for more than about twenty minutes but I did catch Shades of Green, the Irish Step Dancers (led by Lindsay Straub). Later, there were performances by Matt Loukie and Mike Rydock.
Also on hand
Unfortunate American Design Company which is part of the Deadfish Media Group (http://www.deadfishmediagroup.com/). Amanda Driscoll and Kristen were the actual artists from DMG at the event.
