Kingsessing Recreation Center full of life during a community event in May 2022 October 28, 2022 By Kimmy Cook Last month, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation (PPR) leadership announced a new program called “Making Space: Reimagining Recreation.” The program’s stated goal is to support the next generation of entrepreneurs by offering them physical space and up …
For decades, the City of Philadelphia has repeatedly cut taxes for corporations, real estate developers, and the rich. As a result, vital public services are starved of resources. Libraries are closed on weekends, trash pick-up schedules are delayed, sidewalks and streets are crumbling and full of potholes, many of our schools and rec centers have …
The ultra-rich profit from the pandemic while our communities continue to suffer from disinvestment. We must recognize that normal was never good enough and explore progressive revenue solutions that provide a more equitable path forward than the one we are on. Pandemic Profiteers In our city and around the country, bankers, landlords, …
Philadelphia City Hall, looking towards a bright future? With the mask mandate coming back and another wave of Covid possible, the possibility of moving on from the pandemic is dimmer than it seemed a few weeks ago. Still, we all would like a future of never hearing about variants again – but what does that …
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