Community Resources

A centralized location where residents can easily access a wealth of community resources, including links to some of the most active and supportive Facebook groups in the area. Discover groups dedicated to everything from plant exchanges, parent support, and local history.

The idea for this hub came from our community members, who have long sought a unified space to stay informed, engaged, and connected. Whether you’re looking for information on local events, community meetings, cultural activities, or simply a way to connect with your neighbors, you’ll find it here.

Our community events calendar is another helpful resource, designed to help residents explore the many wonderful events happening right in their neighborhood. Preview upcoming events in the sidebar.

If you’re a new resident or simply looking to get more involved, explore below!

General Community Groups

Living in Germantown: All Together

LiG is a grassroots web connecting Germantowners and shining a light on all the wonderful people and organizations who improve our community.

Changing Germantown

A discussion group about the Germantown neighborhood (19144/19138) covering community improvement projects, vacant & underutilized properties, housing needs, gentrification, development, neighborhood history, and more.

Buy Nothing / Yard Sale / Exchange Groups

Buy Nothing Historic Germantown

Post anything you’d like to give away, lend, or share in this Buy Nothing community group. Ask for anything you’d like to receive for free or borrow.

Germantown Growing Together

This FB group is for people who are growing plants for beauty or for food in Germantown, a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia

Northwest Philly Online Yard Sale

This group is a spin-off from the original Philly Online Yard Sale group which is no longer in operation.

Germantown/Mt Airy Plant Exchange

Parent + Family Groups

Germantown Philadelphia Parents And Families

This is a group for parents and families in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Feel free to share local resources, play dates, day care information, kid-friendly events, and ask questions.

Northwest Philadelphia Parents Meeting

An open group for parents in the northwest reaches of Philadelphia and beyond.

Housing Groups

Jumpstart Germantown

An initiative spearheaded by Philly Office Retail to facilitate connections between developers and building mutually beneficial relationships. By sharing resources, such as tenants, contractors, vendors and potential properties, developers, focusing on Germantown, can work together to be more productive and profitable.

Northwest Philly House Fix

A resource for homeowners and neighbors to crowdsource our collective knowledge for the greater good of uplifting our community.

Places to Live in NW Philadelphia

Places to Live in NW Philadelphia is all about helping neighbors fill and find their spaces in our wonderful neighborhoods!

Rooms for Rent in Germantown Now

Local History Groups

The Log – The Legends of Germantown

This is a place where people who were from Germantown, went to Germantown or Germantown was their stomping ground back in the day can come sit back, relax, reminisce and post pictures & comments about the GOOD TIMES we had!!!!