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Merchants Fund grants available to help Frankford businesses
From Tracy O’Drain, Frankford CDC:
The next grant deadline for The Merchants Fund is Tuesday, March 15, 2011 (postmarked).
TMF has three core grant making areas for businesses that have been legally established for at least three years in Philadelphia:
Business Stabilization grants up to $10,000 to help small businesses remain stable, viable and grow in the face of economic challenges and opportunities or to respond to opportunities. We do not make grants for working capital.
Business Loan matches up to $20,000 to match accredited government programs or bank loans at least dollar for dollar ($20,000 loan matched by a $20,000 grant). TMF does not make loans.
Emergency grants between $1,000 and $20,000 to offset unavoidable harm caused by nature or man. The staff must determine if your case fits the criteria for an emergency grant. The downturn in the economic climate is not considered a valid reason for an emergency application. The application is no longer on the web site and can only be obtained from TMF by request. Unsolicited and unqualified applications lead to this change in systems.
Please contact our offices if you are eligible and would like to complete an application.
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Tracy O’Drain Managing Director Frankford CDC 4900 Griscom Street Philadelphia, PA 19124 215-743-6580 Office 215-743-6582 Fax todrain.fcdc@gmail.com www.frankfordcdc.com
Frankford CDC Commercial Corridor Manager
Tracy O’Drain, Managing Director of the Frankford CDC, is looking for applicants for the Commercial Corridor Manager.
Frankford Community Development Corporation is seeking a dynamic individual for the position of Commercial Corridor Manager. Frankford’s Commercial Corridor is unique and diverse in its tenants. The qualified candidate will be expected to cultivate relationships with a diverse business/client base.
The Frankford Commercial Corridor Manager coordinates activity within the Frankford’s commercial revitalization program that utilizes market development, community organizing, and economic restructuring. The Manager is responsible for the execution and documentation of all corridor activities.
The full job description is here in a word document. All applicants to sumbit their resume as soon as possible, she will begin interviewing qualified applicants immediately. Resume’s will be accepted until the job is filled.
Tracy O’Drain
Managing Director
Frankford CDC
4900 Griscom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124
215-743-6580 Office
215-743-6582 Fax
Theresa Hanas to Resign as Commercial Corridor Manager
We received this news from Tracy O’Drain, Frankford CDC Managing Director:
I would like to inform everyone of Theresa Hanas’ resignation as Commercial Corridor Manager. Although I am saddened at her leaving, I am very happy for her and wish her all the best in her future.Theresa has been an exemplary employee with unwavering determination to get the job done. She has had to go up against obstacles of all types and not once have I ever heard her complain.She is out of the office this week and next week (November 19th) will be her last day. Please feel free to stop by, e-mail or call to wish her well!Within the next week I will be posting the job opening, but will receive resumes for the position now. I will have a job description available, hopefully in the next few days after Theresa and I have reviewed for accuracy.
Theresa knew the Avenue and all the merchants on it. She will be missed. I’ll post that job description for anyone interested as soon as it is available.
UnLitter Us Please
So how did this all come about? A while ago the Frankford CDC and the Frankford Business and Professional Association both decided to work on the litter issue in Frankford. The time had come to take a shot at improving the situation here. By a stroke of serendipity, the city of Philadelphia awoke from its slumber and decided it was time to do the same thing citywide. So UnLitter Us Frankford is the first in a citywide effort to work on this problem.
It took a lot to drag me out of the house and down to Frankford and Pratt today for the UnLitter Us rally. I support the idea but the rain was still dripping and the sun wasn’t out and I didn’t feel like taking the video equipment down there etc. But I decided to go because I knew I would live to regret it if I didn’t. I was pleasantly surprised by a congenial crowd milling about chowing down on Mark Gilbert’s Thriftway hot dogs. It was a stroke of genius to schedule this event on the first of the month thereby ensuring a large crowd of happy shoppers passing by.
The mural arts people had a decorated trash truck down there and I can relate to that. Its beauty rivaled the trucks I saw traveling through the Khyber pass back in 1968 during the vacation that Lyndon Johnson sent me on. No surface is left undecorated as if it would be an insult to the gods of art to see a patch of plain unadorned paint. It was a site to behold.
SEPTA had a big green bus which was a big green diesel electric hybrid bus. Neat idea combining the two technologies.
The speechifying commenced with introductions by Tracy O’Drain of the CDC. Tony Payton spoke and Jason Dawkins spoke on behalf of Councilwoman Sanchez who was downtown on official business. Denise McVeigh of the recycle bank, Diane Richardson and Mark Gilbert of the Frankford Business and Professional Association also addressed the crowd.
Now I admit that I am ignorant of this spoken word art idea. My experience with it has been those idiots who are always riding around in their little cars playing their radios so loud that it shakes your bones a car length away. I was expecting that experience today and much to my delight it turned out otherwise.
Greg Corbin performed “The City Has a Heartbeat“. Carlo Campbell did his “Reconsider” and Whitney Peyton presented “Broken Bottles“. I get it now. Thanks.
The event is to be followed up by a Frankford wide cleanup on Saturday October 2nd.
