The Northwood Civic meeting on Tuesday, January 17th had about 20 people attending. The board is continuing to organize itself with the new officers coming in. President Joe Krause led the meeting.
The board has decided that the issue of 950 Filmore Street is now closed.
Frank Bennett
Frank Bennett, Vice President said the board is looking toward organizing committees within the civic to deal with specific issues. The committees will be initiated by member interest and willingness to organize one. Examples might be neighborhood cleanup, town watch, vacant property, welcome to the neighborhood etc. If you are interested in organizing a committee, come to the next civic meeting and talk to a board member.
Tom McAvoy had previously volunteered to serve as Treasurer and his offer was accepted. Walt Melbourne has volunteered to serve as Secretary.
Joe Menkevich
Joe Menkevich, raised the issue of transparency and the board responded that although they are in the beginning of the process, they fully intend to be completely transparent in their activities. Future meetings will include a treasurer’s report and minutes of the last meeting. They also indicated that proper procedure will be followed for speakers to be recognized by whoever is conducting the meeting for asking questions or making comments.
Jason Dawkins
Jason Dawkins, representing Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez spoke about the recent redistricting exercise which resulted in the change of representation in City Council of Northwood from Darrell Clarke to Ms. Sanchez.
Jason also noted that the former Central United Methodist Church building will in all likelihood be demolished, possibly as early as this week.
Edgardo Gonzalez, Legislative Assistant to State Representative Tony Payton spoke about the fate of the shuttered former Frankford Community Y. He said there is interest in the property by The Center for Urban Theological Studies which is presently located in Hunting Park. They are still in the process of making a decision but there is hope that the deal might go through.
The meeting was adjourned at 8PM.
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Announces 9th Annual Endangered Properties List includes for former Frankford Y building at Leiper and Orthodox Streets. You can see what they have to say about this historic building as well as see all the other buildings on the list 
As reported by John Loftus in this weeks Northeast Times, a potential buyer is taking a second look at the building. The buyer is described as a Philadelphia Theological institution.
