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Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
At an event in South Philadelphia, Mayor Jim Kenney was joined by Councilman ... as the first project to receive investment from Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild), the City’s initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in parks, recreation centers, and ...

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 community, the Beech Companies, Inc., through Beech Community ... Bank, Beech Community Services and the Alston Beech Foundation. To access the Beech Community Resources Directory ...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... from around the country. The premier annual meeting of the park and recreation community, over a three-day period conference attendees were ... sessions ,  Shawn McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... today appointed Kira Strong as the new Executive Director of the City’s Rebuild initiative. Strong has served in that ... efforts in West Philadelphia as Vice President of Community and Economic Development for the People’s ... a historic $100 million commitment from the William Penn Foundation.  “Rebuild came to Moss this spring and hit the ...

Comcast RISE Awards 100 Small Businesses in Philadelphia With $10,000 grants

Comcast RISE
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
... Philadelphia small businesses owned by women and people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian ... located in Philadelphia or Chester, PA, in 2021, and part of more than 700 total entrepreneurs in Philadelphia – ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
PHILADELPHIA -  Today, Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild) announced that 21 local ... to select Parks and Recreation and Free Library of Philadelphia facilities.   The following nonprofits will ... Services; Fairmount Park Conservancy; Free Library Foundation; Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia; HACE; Impact ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... in the making, so you can bet that there have been a lot of questions in recent months about how the whole process is ... next one  is this Thursday, Nov. 2, at the  Mayfair Community Center .) Now, the Rebuild effort has its own ... Council Janet Haas , board chair of the  William Penn Foundation Stacy Holland , educational consultant Floyd ...
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 revitalization efforts Elevating the voice of community members Helping to strengthen and grow small, ...
25Jun2019

Southwest Philly 2019: Tour of the Neighborhood and What We Can Do Next

Tuesday, June 25, 2019
9:00am - 4:30pm
Bartram's Garden
... and the ways in which funders can help revitalize the community. Topics will include economic development, health, environment, use of green space, diversity and immigration, and more. We will ...