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Marie Delany and the Frankford CDC

From Jon Campisi and the Northeast Times:

Marie Delany is clearly impassioned about her volunteerism.  It shows when she speaks about the Frankford Community Development Corporation, which she has led since 2005. Delany serves as president of the eight-member board of directors for the CDC, an organization that aims to usher in economic vitality to the lower Northeast neighborhood.

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Frankford Civic Association

John Campisi of the Northeast Times reports on last week’s meeting of the Frankford Civic:

While they lost round one of the fight, the Frankford Civic Association vowed to keep pressing ahead in its quest to deny the Wedge Medical Center sanctuary in the neighborhood.
During an association meeting on May 1, president Frances Clay told those in attendance that representatives of the civic group had been unable the previous day to persuade the city Zoning Board of Adjustment to block Wedge from opening a drug- and alcohol-treatment center at 4243-47 Frankford Ave.
The plan has been strongly opposed by the civic group, which thinks there already are too many of those facilities in the neighborhood.
Not counting Wedge, 16 similar facilities operate throughout Frankford, Clay said.

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Frankford beautification still on the way

Jon Campisi reports for the Northeast Times:

When former City Councilman Dan Savage detailed a plan to beautify Frankford’s business corridor with welcome signs and aesthetically pleasing trash receptacles, the assumption was that the amenities would be installed in a timely manner.
Well, the announcement was made in December. There’s no denying that the project has inched forward at a snail’s pace.

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