West Passyunk Neighbors Association: April 2014

Monday, April 28, 2014

Trees!

Thanks to everyone who came out and helped us plant 18 trees in Newbold, Girard Estate and West Passyunk!

If you'd like to have a tree planted in the sidewalk in front of your house, please fill out the application at http://phsonline.org/media/resources/Philadelphia_Property_Owner_Request_Form.doc
and then contact us at westpassyunkneighbors (at) Hotmail (dot) com before May 5!

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

April Zoning Meeting

Our April Zoning Meeting will be held this Thursday, April 24th at the 1st District Station, 24th & Wolf, 7pm. Applicants are:

1939 S 19th St
2014 S Bonsall St

Friday, April 18, 2014

West Passyunk 2nd Annual Spring Fundraiser!

We are so excited for our 2nd Annual Spring Fundraiser at Miss Rachel's!

$35 will get you lots of delicious food, beer & margaritas, as well as supporting West Passyunk Neighbors Association.

We'll have lots of raffle prizes including gift certificates to Café con Chocolate, Taproom on 19th, Pizza Pub, West Passyunk Sweatshirts and Tees as well as a 50/50!

Come out and meet neighbors as well as our elected officials and find out all the work we're doing in the neighborhood.

Hope to see you there! Please remember to RSVP to westpassyunkneighbors (at) Hotmail (dot) com

We're Cleaning Snyder Avenue!

This Saturday, April 19th, we'll meet at 18th and Snyder at 10:00 AM and clean the 1800 block of Snyder for about an hour.

We'll be continuing the block-by-block cleanup of Snyder every other Saturday, so come help when you can or when we get to your block!

West Passyunk / Newbold / Girard Estate Spring Tree Planting, Saturday April 26th, 2014

Come out and help plant trees on Saturday, April 26th, 2014. We will be meeting at 9:00am at The Girard Elementary School, front yard. There are a total of 14 trees to be planted. We will break into groups and it should take around two hours.

New improved Tree Applications are available online at PHS.org

The final due date for the Fall applications is Monday, May 5, 2014

Monday, April 14, 2014

April General Meeting is Tonight!

Tonight is our April Monthly General Meeting. We always meet the 2nd Monday of each Month at St Edmond's Rectory (21st & Snyder) at 6:30 pm.

Our special guest will be Tim Lidiak, President of Newbold CDC.

Please remember to bring non-perishable food items to donate to the food pantry.

See you there!

Come Visit Us!

Getting to WPNA's neighborhoods from Center City is a snap! It's convenient by subway, bus, cab or car. Take the Broad Street Subway southbound from any Center City station to the Snyder Street stop. The 2 bus runs south on 17th Street and back north towards Center City on 16th Street. The 17 bus runs south on 19th Street from Old City and back north on 20th Street to Market and back to Front. The 7 bus runs from the Fairmount District down 23rd Street to Passyunk Avenue and back down 22nd Street. Cab fare from Center City will run around $10 one way. If you drive, don't worry about parking - it is plentiful on the street and most places it is FREE!