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Is Germantown paralyzed?

April 5, 2013
Germantown CDC
GU News, Planning & Economic Development, Press
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Repost from Hidden City Philadelphia In Germantown, Leadership Paralysis Endures NOVEMBER 16, 2012 | By RYAN BRIGGS On Tuesday, city officials, business owners, and other stakeholders sat down at the Flying Horse business center on Pulaski Avenue to discuss the future of the Germantown Special Services District, the agency created in 1995 to collect revenue from property owners in order to fund improvements, like street cleaning, along Germantown Avenue. For nearly two years, the agency has been dormant following a…

Priorities for Germantown United CDC take shape

April 5, 2013
Germantown CDC
GU News, Planning & Economic Development, Press
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Repost from Flying Kite Priorities for Germantown United CDC take shape, include business corridor and historic preservation MARCH 6, 2012 | By ANDY SHARPE Germantown is a neighborhood that is characterized by the remnants of its past colliding with the challenges of its present. It is definitely one of the most famous historic sections of Philly, right behind Old City in the eyes of many. Yet, this storied history comes with the backdrop of crime, poverty, trash, and neighborhood division…

Germantown United CDC’s launch event

April 5, 2013
Germantown CDC
Events, GU News, Meetings, Forums, Town Halls, Planning & Economic Development, Press
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Repost from PlanPhilly Germantown United CDC gets tough love from community rejuvenators MARCH 1, 2012 | By AMY Z. QUINN The community development experts who came to Northwest Philadelphia on Wednesday to meet with Germantown United Community Development Corp. and offer advice didn’t pull any punches in talking about the challenges ahead. Everyone in the community won’t agree with what you’re doing — and they don’t have to, one advised. Be willing to go to great lengths to get people involved…

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