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Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... map to getting this overhaul right. Even as Lawncrest, the Philadelphia neighborhood, has transformed over the past half ... Philadelphia and the near-suburban neatness of the city’s far northeast. Best known for hosting one of the city’s ... they once did, but the impromptu football field carved out from their intersecting outfields bustles with leagues for ...

Knight Foundation invests $2.2 million in projects to advance Philadelphia’s public spaces and digital engagement

Photo courtesy Smith Memorial Playground
Friday, April 9, 2021
Knight_SmithPlaygorund.jpg PHILADELPHIA — April 8, 2021 — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $2.2 ... drivers and decision-makers of the change and to benefit from the opportunities that come from development.”  ...

Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... beverages—and a record  hundred-million-dollar grant  from the William Penn Foundation, the City of Philadelphia launched a high-profile, mayor-backed,  ... $500 million initiative  called “Rebuild.” Rebuild’s purpose is to employ a public $500 million capital ...

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project Awarded $4.5 Million in State Funding

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Rebuild_FrancisMyers.jpg PHILADELPHIA (April 28, 2022) - Pennsylvania House ... Center is already slated to receive an investment from Rebuild Philadelphia – the City’s historic investment in parks, recreation centers, and ...
22Jan2020

One Year of Rebuild: Collaborating to Advance Opportunity, Engagement and Equity in Neighborhoods

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
9:00am - 11:00am
Free Library of Philadelphia
Rebuild is the City of Philadelphia’s initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in ... driving change on a much larger scale. Join us to hear from a panel of partner organizations that are working with ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
...   Rebuild is a $500 million citywide initiative that’s seven years in the making, so you can bet that there have ... Michael DiBerardinis , managing director of the  City of Philadelphia Councilwoman Cindy Bass , chair of the  ...  is coming up quick too, set for this Wednesday, Nov. 1, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the  Kingsessing Recreation Center . ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
PHILADELPHIA -  Today, Rebuilding Community Infrastructure ... Nicetown CDC; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; People's Emergency Center; Public Health Management Corp; Spring ... partners or contractors to Project Users.   Project Users must submit updated information, including financial ...

Rebuild Update - December 2018

Parkside Groundbreaking
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
... Network is pleased to announce an 18-month grant extension from the William Penn Foundation to continue engaging ... , the ambitious public-private partnership to revitalize Philadelphia’s parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries.  In ...

City Council and Mayor Kenney play nice as rec center ‘rebuild’ advances

Thursday, May 24, 2018
By Malcolm Burnley via Plan Philly   Mayor Jim Kenney’s plan to revamp public facilities throughout the city took ... in dire need —   Olney Rec Center . The hulking North Philadelphia community hub will begin to receive renovations ... he has the votes to do so — it’ll open the door to a first cohort of more than 60 facilities receiving Rebuild ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... round-up of recent news and developments with the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative for November 2017: November 1  - The ... meetings are open (about 100 Philadelphians attended the first meeting!) to the public and will be held quarterly. ...

Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Press Release   Rebuild Hancock Playground.png PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Kenney alongside Council President ... is made possible by Rebuild, the Kenney Administration’s signature initiative to invest hundreds of millions of ... centers and libraries. Proposed in Mayor Jim Kenney’s first budget as a part of his vision for a more equitable ...