The Friends of Marconi Plaza are seeking a volunteer face painter to help us with our Saturday, May 14 Love Your Park celebration, from 12 noon to 3 pm. Designs may be simple and basic. Please contact FOMP at friendsofmarconiplaza@gmail.com. https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfMarconiPlaza/ Mifflin Square Park will have their Love Your Park event on Saturday, May 7. … More Local Park Events Coming Up!

Update! We are ready to go for this year’s Spring cleanup on Saturday, April 16th 1. Forecast predicts Sunny, 65 degrees and zero precipitation! 2. We will be in place at South Philadelphia High School and the Winton St Epiphany shed btwn. 11th and 12th @ 9 a.m. 3. Mayor Kenney is due to arrive … More Ready for Spring Cleanup this Saturday!!!

Dear Friends, Please join the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability on April 20th at 6:30 p.m. at Columbus Square Park at 12th and Wharton streets for a discussion about Greenworks and how Philadelphia’s sustainability plans can help improve your community quality of life. Over the past eight years, Philadelphia’s Greenworks plan has set a … More Office of Sustainability Meeting on April 20th at Columbus Square Park

Learn the basics of tree planting and care.  This three-part series runs May 9, 16, and 23 from 5:45PM to 9PM and costs $25 for the 3 sessions.  Location is at PHS Headquarters,100 North 20th Street (20th and Arch Streets). Signup and pay online at: http://phsonline.org/greening/tree-tenders. https://www.pennhort.net/treetenders?erid=14205523&trid=c2f6a544-0a9a-4570-932a-f91f486043f7

LoMo Environmental Committee Meeting at AmeriThai(13th and Snyder) Tuesday, April 12, 6:30pm Join us for our monthly planning meeting. Topics to include potential pilot projects (Gabion Planter, Storm Drain Art), community gardens, making the most of our logo cloth bags and plastic bottles, litter problem, and sources of funds. AmeriThai accepts credit cards with a … More LoMo Environmental Committee Meeting Tuesday, April 12, 6:30pm

Sat. April 16th. 5pm-8pm Community Potluck. Free with dish to share. 2115 S. 8th St. (The Mill) Cooking classes from 3-5pm. ($10. different cuisines to chose from).   We are celebrating the Southeast New Year with a Community Potluck. The community potluck is free, we’re asking folks to bring something to share from 5-8pm. There … More Southeast by Southeast New Year Celebration on Saturday, April 16

Our guest this month will be Joanne Dahme, General Manager of Public Affairs at the Philadelphia Water Department. She’ll be discussing the quality of our drinking water, where Philly’s water ranks compared with the rest of the nation, and how to check and see if your property has a lead service line.  

SEPTA has revealed some information on their website about their upcoming Early Adopter program for SEPTA Key. A special introductory promotion is planned for the Early Adopter program at 5 Market Frankford Line and 5 Broad Street Line Stations, where customers will be able to purchase a Weekly or Monthly TransPass, at the station Kiosk. … More SEPTA Key Early Adopter Program COMING SOON!