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As city waits on soda tax ruling, private sector pours on support for Rebuild

Tuesday, November 21, 2017
... that,  at least by now , the project’s funding was set in stone. While that’s largely true, there still are a few ... for Rebuild, Mayor Jim Kenney’s massive attempt to rewrite the future of the city’s rec centers, libraries, ... as a public-private partnership, with the William Penn Foundation ’s  $100 million commitment  leading the way. ...
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Wells Fargo Helps LISC Expand Financial Opportunity

Thursday, March 15, 2018
... Support Corporation (LISC) to help underemployed workers in 15 metro areas increase their incomes and raise their ... have worked together on a wide range of opportunities over the last 30 years, with the bank providing nearly $1.2 ... work to expand affordable housing, businesses, jobs, health and safety across the country. “This grant is about ...
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City Council and Mayor Kenney play nice as rec center ‘rebuild’ advances

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... Burnley via Plan Philly   Mayor Jim Kenney’s plan to revamp public facilities throughout the city took another ... conference held at one of the city’s public facilities in dire need —   Olney Rec Center . The hulking North ... cohort of more than 60 facilities receiving Rebuild funds over the course of the anticipated seven-year program. ...

Philadelphia: Building a Stronger City Through Public Spaces

Thursday, May 24, 2018
In this post Patrick Morgan , program director for Philadelphia at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, reflects on the role of public spaces in creating ... connections between people and their city and fostering greater community connection, trust and involvement. ...

Community Nonprofits Awarded $13.8 million To Renovate Cecil B. Moore and Heitzman Recreation Centers

Cecil B. Moore's karate students perform at the Rebuild launch celebration.
Friday, March 15, 2019
... This week Rebuild announced the award of $13.8 million in grant funds to local nonprofits to carry out major improvements to the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center in North Philadelphia and the Heitzman Recreation Center in ...
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26Feb2019

Creating a Data-Informed Community for Our Work

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
8:15am - 10:00am
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... Time Funders and Small Funders Roundtable are excited to invite you to a discussion on the importance and impact of data in our work as change agents. Please join us on Tuesday, ... sectors.

Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... centuries of history and culture? Philadelphia is about to find out. Next month the Department of Planning and ... a project to explore that question. When the project ends in December 2022 the City will have a plan for an ongoing, ... step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... (about 100 Philadelphians attended the first meeting!) to the public and will be held quarterly. Stay tuned for ... Users.  Only Project Users will be eligible to apply for grants to work on Rebuild projects.  See the list of Project ... interactive map (check it out here - you can explore sites in your neighborhood!), and a detailed Project Statement ...

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
... McClinton this week announced the approval of $4.5 million to invest in much needed improvements at the Francis J. Myers Recreation Center in Southwest Philadelphia.   Francis J. Myers Recreation ...

Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities

BEECH 2020 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, August 3, 2020 -- In celebration of its 30th Anniversary in service to the ... the heart of North Central Philadelphia, it has leveraged over $2 billion in community reinvestment funds in North ... Bank, Beech Community Services and the Alston Beech Foundation. To access the Beech Community Resources Directory ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... is a $500 million citywide initiative that’s seven years in the making, so you can bet that there have been a lot of ... team has been regularly hosting informational meetings over the past few months throughout the city’s ... Council Janet Haas , board chair of the  William Penn Foundation Stacy Holland , educational consultant Floyd ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... of the City’s Rebuild initiative. Strong has served in that role in an interim capacity since November, and ... Deputy Director for Design and Construction, leading over $126 million of new investment in 61 parks, recreation ... a historic $100 million commitment from the William Penn Foundation.  “Rebuild came to Moss this spring and hit the ...

Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
... the Kenney Administration’s signature initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in neighborhood parks, recreation centers, and libraries. ... can safely play and recreate.” Rebuild has completed over 40 capital projects in neighborhoods across the city to ...
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 neighborhood parks, recreation centers, and libraries. Just over a year after the Rebuild’s first groundbreaking, ...
07Oct2020

Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
We are pleased to introduce our new webinar series, Setting the Table , ... by Sidney Hargro , President, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Marcus Walton , CEO, Grantmakers for ... justice. Inspired by Sidney and Marcus’s conversation in July on white supremacy , this space is intentionally ...

How you can help Philly reimagine our civic spaces

Friday, June 15, 2018
... city’s ongoing renaissance. Recent and deep investment in the public spaces that bring us together is also a sure ... important lesson learned: community engagement is crucial to creating a common vision for Philadelphia’s civic spaces ... Park Conservancy and Patrick J. Morgan is the Knight Foundation’s project director in Philadelphia.   How you ...

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