Neighborhood Cleanup at St Edmond's this Saturday

Please join us this Saturday, 10 am, at St Edmond Church (21st & Snyder) to help us clean the perimeter of litter & leaves.

St Edmond's has been so generous this year to allow us to hold our meetings in their rectory, the least we can do is help keep it looking beautiful!

Tools, gloves & bags will be provided. Meet at the Norwood St entrance to the parking lot. Hope to see you there!!

Holiday Initiative

For our Holiday Initiative this year, we are partnering with Unity in the Community to provide gifts and holiday meals to a local family.  Our goal is to raise $600.  We will be accepting donations via cash, check, credit card and paypal ( https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NU34Z6N8QA9NL ). 

You can also mail donations to us at P.O. Box 6475 Philadelphia PA 19145

Here is the video from Unity in the Community's Operation Holiday Help initiative last year
http://youtu.be/-CgXWawW6Mk

Every little bit helps, please spread the word to family members, neighbors and friends!

2100 Snyder Cleanup: Last of the Year!

Since the cold weather is upon us, this weekend will be the final cleanup of Snyder until the spring.

We'll meet Saturday (11/14) at 10am at the corner of 21st and Snyder and pick up trash for about an hour.

2000 Snyder Cleanup

Provided the rain holds off, we'll be cleaning the 2000 block of Snyder this week!

We'll meet Saturday (11/1) at 10am at the corner of 20th & Snyder and pick up trash for about an hour.

There's only one other cleanup this year, and then we'll start again in the spring.  Hope to see you there!

11/1    2000 Block of Snyder
11/15  2100 Block of Snyder

WPNA - NEWBOLD Tree Pruning Event, Saturday, October 25, 2014

Please join us for the fourth installment of the WPNA - Newbold Tree Pruning Series of events.
We will be meeting at the Lambert Garden, corner of West Passyunk Ave. and Lambert Street, south side, at 10:00am. on Saturday, October 25, 2014. We will be be working with certified arborist, Brice Dorwart.
We will start at the garden then work our way on to the 2200 block of South 22nd Street.
Come out and meet some neighbors and do some greening!

1900 Snyder Cleanup

We'll be working on the 1900 block of Snyder this week!

We'll meet tomorrow (10/18) at 10am on the corner of 19th and Snyder and pick up trash for about an hour.

The schedule until mid-November is below.  After that, we'll be stopping until spring.  If it's raining one Saturday, we'll just skip that block and get back to it on the next round.  Hope to see you there!

10/18 1900 Block of Snyder

11/1   2000 Block of Snyder
11/15 2100 Block of Snyder

CANCELLED: 2400 Snyder Cleanup

Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow, there will be no cleanup of Snyder this week.  Join us in two weeks for the 1900 block!

The schedule until mid-November is below.  After that, we'll be stopping until spring.  If it's raining one Saturday, we'll just skip that block and get back to it on the next round.  Hope to see you there!

10/4   CANCELLED 

10/18 1900 Block of Snyder

11/1   2000 Block of Snyder
11/15 2100 Block of Snyder

Cleanup of South Bucknell

We need your help on Bucknell Street this Sunday, September 21st, at 1pm!

After picking up 70 (!) bags of leaves and trash on the 2300 block of South Bucknell back in April, we're going to pick up the trash again before the leaves fall.

Bucknell before the April cleanup

Let's do this again!

On Sunday the 21st, we'll meet at 1pm at Ritner & Bucknell (between 23rd and 24th) and work our way north to Wolf.  There will be gloves, brooms, shovels, and bags.

Hope to see you there!

2300 Snyder Cleanup

We'll be working on the 2300 block of Snyder this week!

We'll meet Saturday (9/20) at 10am on the corner of 23rd and Snyder and pick up trash for about an hour.

The schedule until mid-November is below.  After that, we'll be stopping until spring.  If it's raining one Saturday, we'll just skip that block and get back to it on the next round.  Hope to see you there!

9/20   2300 Block of Snyder

10/4   2400 Block of Snyder

10/18 1900 Block of Snyder

11/1   2000 Block of Snyder
11/15 2100 Block of Snyder

Zoning Update: Minutes & Decision from 8/28/14 Meeting: Letter to ZBA

Here is the letter sent to the ZBA announcing our decision.

September 12, 2014

 

To: Julia Chapman, Chair Zoning Board of Adjustment

      Ken Chan

      Steve Cobb, Director of Legislation, Office of Kenyatta Johnson         

 

2001 S. Opal St.

Re: Appeal # 23385

Permit # 545223

 

           

 Dear Julia Chapman,

 

On August 28, 2014 the applicant in the above referenced case met with our organization. Based on the outcome of that meeting and after careful deliberation, our organization supports the applicant’s request for a variance.

We base our support for the variance for the following reasons:

 

·         The costs of retro-fitting dry cleaning equipment to comply with regulation barring the use of perchloroethylene are prohibitive for the property owner

·         The demand for commercial space at this location is weak as it located off of the main commercial corridors

·         The community has expressed their preference for having the building renovated and occupied as a single family dwelling rather than remaining vacant indefinitely.

 

If you require any further information from our organization, please feel free to contact us.

 

Sincerely,

 

Peter Curran

West Passyunk Neighbors Association