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As you may know, the City’s 311 system is the best way to request non emergency City services, or to get information about City government. Even better, you can sign up to become a neighborhood liaison through the Philly 311 system. (We at the CDC are!)
Click here to read more about the program, and to learn about how to get involved!
Mark your calendars – the Frankford Business & Professional Association 2013 meeting dates are set! All meetings will take place from 12:00n to 2:00p at Frankford ARIA Hospital, 4900 Frankford Avenue, in the second floor conference rooms.
We hope to see you throughout 2013! Please email Michelle Feldman, mfeldman.fcdc@gmail.com, with any questions or concerns!
2013 Meeting Dates:
Tuesday, January 22nd
Tuesday, March 26th
Tuesday, May 28th
Tuesday, July 9th
Tuesday, September 3rd
Tuesday, November 19th
The Daily News ran a story yesterday by Dan Geringer about the Frankford revitalization and the changes coming to the 4600 block of Frankford Avenue.
For too many years, Frankford’s main drag hovered in decline under the El tracks – dark, dirty, desolate, plagued by drugs and crime and fear.
Today, the bustling 4600 block of Frankford Avenue is the targeted center of a revitalization that Dawkins and his boss, Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez, hope will radiate out along the Avenue from Womrath to Bridge streets.
It all starts with a broom, said Raymond “Ray of Hope” Gant, a former North Philly drug dealer who spent most of the ’90s in prison but has spent all of the 2000s helping struggling business corridors like Frankford’s get clean.
“When you clean up your house and your house is clean, the bugs go other places,” said Gant. “Human nature’s no different, understand?”
Gant leads a volunteer army of ex-offenders, recovering addicts and community-minded residents on a daily war against Frankford Avenue trash.
Read the entire story at this link.
The Frankford Business & Professional Association hopes you will take a moment to read our annual year end report. Our past year has been an eventful one – and we are already planning for 2013!
We also hope to hear from you as you take a glimpse at what we’ve done in 2012. We want to know what you think about how to make 2013 even bigger and better than 2012.
