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Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... was joined by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson to announce Vare Recreation Center as the first project to receive investment from Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild), the City’s initiative to invest hundreds of ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... -  Today, Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild) announced that 21 local nonprofits have been ... local businesses to make improvements to select Parks and Recreation and Free Library of Philadelphia facilities.   ... Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; People's Emergency Center; Public Health Management Corp; Spring Garden CDC; The ...

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

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... city’s public facilities in dire need —   Olney Rec Center . The hulking North Philadelphia community hub will ... million the city has on hand to spend on the $500 million Rebuild initiative. “As you can see, this site is a perfect ... in their favor. Olney will be second in line, after  Vare Recreation Center  in Point Breeze and Grays Ferry, to ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... seven-year, $500 million initiative  called “Rebuild.” Rebuild’s purpose is to employ a public $500 ... capital investment to “revitalize neighborhood parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across the ... groups have made dazzling examples of Philadelphia’s Center City public spaces.” However, in outlying ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... a philanthropic investment and engagement framework for Rebuild, the city’s joint public-private partnership to revitalize parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across ... for major improvements to the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center in North Philadelphia and the Heitzman Recreation ...

October 2018 Rebuild Update

Friday, October 19, 2018
Rebuild was featured at Exponent Philanthropy ’s National ... at five Rebuild sites. The projects are:   Vare Recreation Center , Olney Recreation Center , Glavin Playground , ... Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center.  The nonprofit for each project is expected to be selected later this year. That will ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... Kira Strong as the new Executive Director of the City’s Rebuild initiative. Strong has served in that role in an ... leading over $126 million of new investment in 61 parks, recreation centers, and libraries in the last year. ... and Economic Development for the People’s Emergency Center before joining Rebuild in 2016. Prior to that, she ...

Comcast RISE to Award $5 Million in Grants to BIPOC-Owned, Small Businesses

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... can apply for $10,000 grants.   Additionally, over $2 million has been awarded to more than 20 community-based organizations and ... announced the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, providing $5 million dollars of grants to hundreds of Black, Indigenous, ...

Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... by  Louis Bolling , Contributor Yesterday the  National Recreation and Park Association  (NRPA) concluded its  ... Director , presented the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild Community Infrastructure ( Rebuild ) initiative — ... attention in recent years because of the renaissance of Center City, which was partly driven by a major investment in ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
Via Generocity | By  Albert Hong  / STAFF   Rebuild is a $500 million citywide initiative that’s seven ... impacted by whatever changes are made to their libraries, recreation centers and parks . To its credit, the Rebuild ... one  is this Thursday, Nov. 2, at the  Mayfair Community Center .) Now, the Rebuild effort has its own oversight ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... news and developments with the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative for November 2017: November 1  - The ... Oversight Board held its inaugural meeting at Kingsessing Recreation Center.  The Oversight Board, which is made up of a diverse ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... over the past half century, Lawncrest the city rec center has — for better and for worse — remained largely ... the community garden (just a few years old), the Lawncrest Recreation Center is almost exactly the same today as it was ... after work and school. Hackett and McDonald credit the rebuild for the transformation, and something else: their own ...

Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $6 Million from William Penn Foundation for Workforce Development and Pandemic Recovery Efforts

William Penn Foundation
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... basic needs. These grants follow more than $8 million awarded in the  first half of 2021  as part of the ... America   Beyond Literacy   Big Picture Philadelphia   Center for Employment Opportunities   Community Integrated ...   Legal Clinic for the Disabled   Movement Alliance Project (Camp Sojourner)   Philadelphia HUNE, Inc.   ...

Pew Awards $4.25 Million to 4 Philadelphia Nonprofits to Expand Economic Opportunities and Address Growing Impacts of Community Violence

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded $4.25 million to four Philadelphia nonprofits working to close ... new or emerging issues. Kristin Romens, the Pew Fund’s project director, said of the grants, “Pew is pleased to ...

City and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launch Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
... Fund Philadelphia, PA (January 15, 2020)   – Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, in partnership with the City’s Office of Workforce ... I greatly appreciate the WES Mariam Assefa Fund for funding this opportunity, and I look forward to driving ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... funders, and the Scattergood Foundation. The grants were awarded to grassroots organizations that are focused on ... Klean Kensington (Fiscal sponsor by Impact Services) PB&J (Fiscally sponsored by Impact Services) Poetry at the Park ... Rock to the Future Sisters of Saint Joseph Welcome Center Small Things Inc. Taller Puertorriqueño The Free ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... that is was the time to invest. Today, there is a multi-million dollar movie theater, retail and apartment complex ... Progress Plaza, the nation’s oldest Black-owned shopping center; across the street from Progress Plaza sits ... small businesses. “We’re here to provide service in the community,” said Kenneth Scott, Beech President & ...

Accelerating Job Growth and Business Formation Among BIPOC Community Should be a Priority for Philadelphia’s Next Mayor

Vision Philadelphia - Economic Development: Access to Capital for Philadelphia’s Diverse Business Owners
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
... and job creation? This is the question posed and answered in the latest Vision Philadelphia paper covering economic development opportunities in the city. As the city moves toward the general election, ... “There are untapped economic assets that already exist in Philadelphia,” said Anne Bovaird Nevins. “Philadelphia ...