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January Neighborhood News

Do you enjoy sledding at Lemon Hill? Warm coffee shops on cold days? A huge community of local businesses a short walk from your door? There are lots of reasons to love the neighborhood this winter - Fairmount CDC's Philly Flurry is a big one too and it's back next week. Visit 20+ participating businesses from January 15 through February 1 for exclusive discounts, offers, and the chance to win special prizes the more you shop. We'll have all the details for you this Friday!

You made a big impact last year!

Your contributions helped Fairmount CDC to welcome 27 new community businesses in 2024, graduate 12 first-time entrepreneurs from the iHub training program, relaunch our local business directory, and support grant applications that won thousands in direct support for business-leaders.
We removed 4,500 bags of litter from your streets, planted trees, power-washed the sidewalk, and directed thousands of city dollars toward facade improvement.
Thousands of neighbors and newcomers enjoyed monthly public events including the 20th Arts Crawl, 5th Annual Girard Avenue Street Festival, 25th Anniversary Taste of Fairmount, and our new Brewerytown Sidewalk Social vendor and music series.

We couldn't have done it without you, and we'll need your help to keep growing!

In 2025 we're developing new projects to make our streets safer for walking and biking, raising our commitment to community arts opportunities, adding new tree care and increased litter services, planning for new business support programs, marketing, and rebranding, plus the arrival of the World Cup Fan Festival in 2026 at Lemon Hill.

If you haven't yet, please donate to help us raise $25K to accomplish everything on this list!