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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
... as part of the first phase of the project.     The grant awarded by the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) will grow the amount of transformation Rebuild ...   Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project Awarded $4.5 Million in State Funding ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... reviewing Rebuild's progress and making recommendations on program implementation. Oversight Board meetings are open ... Users.  Only Project Users will be eligible to apply for grants to work on Rebuild projects.  See the list of Project ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... process, will be eligible to apply for Rebuild grants.  Grantees will work closely with the City and with ... and responsibly; documented plan for compliance with program financial management requirements; and Diversity and ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017

Supported by a record $100 million grant from the William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia launched a high-profile, mayor-backed, seven-year, $500 million initiative called “Rebuild” to revitalize neighborhood parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across the city.

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017

As the City's Rebuild initiative lays the groundwork for a major investment in rec centers, parks and libraries, two neighborhoods offer a road map to getting this overhaul right.

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
... Philadelphia,” said Ellen Hwang, Knight Foundation program director for Philadelphia. “Accessible public ... Tree Tenders,” a community-centered stewardship program to make Southwest Philadelphia’s public spaces more ... To reimagine the City of Philadelphia’s Playstreets program through digital engagement and a pilot program that ...
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
... organizations that are working with Rebuild to realize the program’s impact. The discussion will use Rebuild projects ... a partner on Rebuild’s workforce development programs PROGRAM MATERIALS Rebuild Presentation Slidedeck (1.22.20) ...

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

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... funds over the course of the anticipated seven-year program. However, the soda-tax funded initiative is operating ... Center  in Point Breeze and Grays Ferry, to receive program funds, out of the 406 parks, playgrounds, recreation ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... Rebuild’s progress and making recommendations on program implementation,” according to a statement. It’s ... Corporation Belinda Mayo , former director of neighborhood program coordination for the  Office of Housing and ...