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Survey to Better Understand the Communities’ Experiences with Wealth and Debt. 

By Globe Times Staff | July 27, 2022 | Comments Off on Survey to Better Understand the Communities’ Experiences with Wealth and Debt. 

As part of the Equitable Wealth Initiative, PCDC is supporting distribution of a survey to better understand their communities’ experiences with wealth and debt.  The goals of the research are […]

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Refinery Redevelopment Meeting

By Steve Kuzmicki | July 26, 2022 | Comments Off on Refinery Redevelopment Meeting
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What Happens When the City Declares a Heat Health Emergency

By Globe Times Staff | July 22, 2022 | Comments Off on What Happens When the City Declares a Heat Health Emergency

Information from Philadelphia Public Health: Due to extremely hot conditions, the City has issued a Heat Health Emergency for Thursday, July 21 at noon. Please check on neighbors and loved […]

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New Mural Community Meeting

By Globe Times Staff | July 21, 2022 | Comments Off on New Mural Community Meeting
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CALL FOR ARTISTS: Paschalville Library FINAL CALL, Percent for Art

By Jacquelyn Oberdorf | July 19, 2022 | Comments Off on CALL FOR ARTISTS: Paschalville Library FINAL CALL, Percent for Art
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Doing Things Cecil Street Style

By Globe Times Staff | July 19, 2022 | Comments Off on Doing Things Cecil Street Style

Written by Carmelita Rosner For the past eight years, through every hurdle and hassle, the motto at Cecil Street Garden has been “I’m gonna do it anyway.” Only fitting, then, […]

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Southwest/West Philadelphia Pool Openings

By Globe Times Staff | July 14, 2022 | Comments Off on Southwest/West Philadelphia Pool Openings

Mill Creek Playground- Opened Tuesday, Jun 21, 2022 Cobbs Creek Recreation Center- Opened the week of Jul 4, 2022 James Finnegan Playground- Opened the week of July 4, 2022 Francis […]

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Evergreen’s Cleanup of the Former Philadelphia Refinery Submittal of Act 2 Reports

By Globe Times Staff | July 14, 2022 | Comments Off on Evergreen’s Cleanup of the Former Philadelphia Refinery Submittal of Act 2 Reports

On June 30, 2022, Evergreen will be submitting a Sitewide Fate and Transport Remedial Investigation Report and an Ecological Risk Assessment Report to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) […]

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Wayne Presbyterian Church Honors Ted Behr, Jane Beatty and George Aman

By Globe Times Staff | July 13, 2022 | Comments Off on Wayne Presbyterian Church Honors Ted Behr, Jane Beatty and George Aman

Wayne Presbyterian Church (WPC) recently  honored Ted Behr, Jane Nealson Beatty and George Matthis Aman III for their commitment to the Southwest community over the last 25 years at a […]

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Father and Son Reflect on Southwest Summers and New Opportunities

By Globe Times Staff | July 11, 2022 | Comments Off on Father and Son Reflect on Southwest Summers and New Opportunities

Can you each introduce yourselves? Steven Young, Jr.: I’m Steven Young, Junior. I go to Carver Engineering and Science. I’m seventeen and an incoming twelfth grader. Steven Young, Sr.: And […]

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