April 20th, 2012 | Published in Community Projects, Featured
Interested in the YFF Dodgeball League?
Details Here: http://19130.tumblr.com/dodgeball
Register Here: http://fairmountcdc.org/dodge-ball-league-registration/
Cheers!
March 15th, 2012 | Published in Community Projects, Featured
The Philadelphia Water Department is unveiling an exciting new program called Rain Check and has selected Fairmount as one of it’s pilot neighborhoods. This means you can receive innovative rain water management and greening tools installed at your home for very little cost.
To learn more about the Rain Check program, what types of tools are available, and the impact they have check out this video, or visit thePhiladelphia Water Department’s Rain Check website.
If you’re interested in participating in this pilot program please call us at (215) 232-4766 or send an e-mail to mail@fairmountcdc.org to sign up!
March 14th, 2012 | Published in Community Projects, Featured
Join the Fairmount CDC and the Greater Brewerytown CDC for the 2012 Philly Spring Cleanup! We will be meeting at 9AM at Veteran’s Memorial Park, located at 31st & Girard, to distribute supplies and break into smaller groups for cleaning efforts around the neighborhood. Specific sites include Veteran’s Memorial Park, the Poplar Street Bridge, the Brewerytown Gateway at 31st & Glennwood and other areas depending on turnout.
Before heading out we’ll ask volunteers to also “plant” an over-sized wooden flower that residents’ wrote their dreams on during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. The completed garden will be a temporary installation known at the “Dream Garden”.
After volunteering, at 1PM, we invite everyone back for a celebration and dedication of the renewed park and Dream Garden. Sign up below to volunteer!
March 9th, 2012 | Published in Community Projects, Featured
October 7th, 2011 | Published in Community Projects, Featured
Veteran’s Memorial Park at 31st & Girard is looking a little brighter thanks to the generous help of nearly 20 volunteers from AIMCO. They helped weed, clean up, and plant flowers around the park to help make it more inviting for everyone to enjoy. Check out pictures from the day on our Facebook Page.
June 21st, 2011 | Published in Community Projects, Featured
The Fairmount Avenue Fund is a campaign to make Fairmount Avenue even more beautiful. By matching grant monies with fundraising dollars we hope to install new street banners, planters, trashcans, an information kiosk and more to make the Avenue more pedestrian friendly, attractive, and inviting. We’ve secured limited funding to get these projects started, but we’re depending on the generosity of our businesses and neighbors to complete these project. Every little bit helps, so please contribute today. And remember, as a 501(c)3 organization, all donations are tax deductible.
June 17th, 2011 | Published in Community Projects, Featured
Acting as a gateway to Brewerytown and the West Girard Avenue Commercial Corridor the newly completed mural celebrates the past, present, and future of a storied neighborhood. The mural was made possible by the City of Philadelphia’s Commerce Department, Preservation Alliance’s Vital Neighborhoods Program, Pearlstein’s Furniture business owners’ Saul and Howard Victor, and the strong collaboration of local community groups. Hear from the community groups, artist, and the City of Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program at this community celebration and dedication. Complimentary water ice will be served.
What: Girard Mural Dedication
Where: Girard & College Avenues, Philadelphia [Directions]
When: June 20th, 2011 | 6PM
May 26th, 2011 | Published in Community Projects, Featured
The Fairmount CDC will be isntalling street banners along Fairmount Avenue in the coming weeks. Here is your chance to tell us which one of the 6 designs you like the most. Vote below or head over to the contact us page to send us feedback! While limited funding has been secured to get this project started we are depending on the generosity of our businesses and neighbors to complete the project. As such, please consider donating today to the Fairmount Avenue Fund. Remember, as a 501(c)3 organization, all donations to the Fairmount CDC are tax deductible.
*The actual street banner may differ slightly from the visuals above. Theses illustrations are conceptualizations, not final designs.
Note: The first 100 responses have been recorded. Due to software limitations we had to restart the poll.
April 28th, 2011 | Published in Community Projects, Featured
The purpose of this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) is to select for-profit and non-profit developers to partner with the Fairmount Community Development Corporation (“FCDC”) to acquire, renovate and sell Philadelphia Housing Authority (“PHA”) properties located in the Fairmount neighborhood. The renovated properties can be sold to the general public at market rate, however providing affordable housing to low-moderate-middle income households is a priority for the FCDC therefore developers who can carve out a certain percentage of affordable, income-restricted properties will be given preference in this RFP process. There are no subsidies available for any affordable units proposed. Properties must be purchased at fair market value and developers select and pay for the appraisals of each property.
To download the complete RFP, click here. RFP Deadline has passed.
March 27th, 2011 | Published in Community Projects, Featured
Come out on April 16th for the Spring Tree Planting brought to you by the Fairmount Treetenders! Many hands make for light work, so if you’re interested in volunteering please e-mail Geoffrey Schulz at gschulz@ccp.edu to sign up.
The deadline to get a tree panted in the spring has passed. But you can submit applications until April 10th for the Fall planting. For application and further details check out our “Green & Clean” page.
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