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WTH is going on in Philadelphia with moronic teenagers running on to the field during Phillies games? Is there something in the water? The most recent imbecile was dressed like a Marvel Comic superhero and ran on the field during the 7th inning, only to be tripped by a player.
His parents are letting him sit in jail. GOOD, dumbass needs to learn a lesson. He is lucky he didn’t get tased!
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The City of Philadelphia got some great news this week in terms of grant money received for two projects.
The Department of Energy awarded Philadelphia a $129 million dollar grant to establish an energy hub at the Navy Yard. This energy hub will create green technology. The project is expected to create 1,200 jobs immediately and another 100,000 in ten years!
The Urban Affairs Coalition was awarded an $11.8 million dollar grant to bring broadband internet access to low-income city residents.
Way to go out there and get funding!
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The White Rose City scores some national recognition for its Central Farmers Market.
A survey was taken over the summer that received 50,000 responses nationally from farm market shoppers . York Central Market received 716 votes. A medium-sized farmers market has 31-55 stands. There were four categories in this contest, including medium.
York Central Market is located at 34 W. Philadelphia Street and the hours of operation are 6 am to 2 pm Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
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This should sound familiar to Pottstown residents. Our big city neighbor to the SE is grappling with many of the same issues that Pottstown is facing: landlords, vacant and blighted properties and gentrification of neighborhoods
There was a Revitalizing Urban Neighborhoods Conference at Temple University yesterday attended by about 300 people and some big investors.
Subjects like illegal rentals, blighted lots and private citizens having the ability to buy property from the Redevelopment Authority versus that land being sold to developers were discussed. Another hot topic was creation of a Land Bank so developers can more easily purchase vacant lots.
The conversation was spirited by all accounts as city residents expressed their frustrations on these subjects.
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