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Yvonne Haskins featured on new podcast Northwest Soapbox

April 5, 2013
Germantown CDC
GU News, Press
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G-town Radio has a new podcast series called the Northwest Soapbox. Community members are given the chance to comment on things happening in our neighborhood, share important information and challenge us to take action. The first installment is from attorney Yvonne Haskins of Germantown United CDC. The first installment of G-town Radio’s new podcast series The Northwest Soapbox features attorney Yvonne Haskins of Germantown United CDC. Yvonne is the co-chair of GU’s Program Committee and the informal advisor on zoning/land…

Germantown United goes public

April 5, 2013
Germantown CDC
GU News, Planning & Economic Development, Press
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Repost from WHYY New Germantown CDC tries to “dream big” about neighborhood’s future NOVEMBER 18, 2011 Nearly two dozen Germantowners met at the renovated Greene Street YMCA to “dream big” about the future of the commercial corridors in the neighborhood. This came after a steering committee and representatives from five West Germantown community organizations mobilized behind a newly formed community development corporation called Germantown United. Last week, they said they wanted to go public with their ideas. Among their visions were…

Directors needed

April 5, 2013
Germantown CDC
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Repost from WHYY Germantown United CDC seeks board members MARCH 22, 2012 Since the Germantown United CDC incorporated late last year, its founding members have met in small groups and at large forums, discussing and eventually agreeing on a set of bylaws and appointing a board of directors to run things. The new CDC has drawn a varied crop of members, from John Churchville, a respected businessman “of a certain age,” to Emaleigh Doley, a young professional who’s been trying…

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…

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