MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013 TAKE BACK YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
| May 1, 2013 | Posted by under Events |
Jared Solomon invited the audience to join the group’s leadership council to advance current initiatives and to put forth any ideas that they would like to see implemented. He reiterated the following goals: Get KaBoom to sponsor new playground equipment Have a farmer’s market at the playground next year Knitting class began 4/16/13 at 7…
MINUTES OF MARCH 13, 2012 LEADERSHIP MEETING
| March 21, 2013 | Events |
Present: Jared, Sandra, Barbara, Sharyn, Ken, Pam, Michele, Paul, Mimi, John, Robert and Mitchell The first item was a presentation for a proposed urgent care facility at 6044 Castor Avenue. The presentation was a courtesy since the building is already zoned for a doctor’s office. There will be one physician and multiple staff, diagnostics, rxs…
MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING TAKE BACK YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013
| March 7, 2013 | Events |
Prior to the general meeting, a zoning meeting was held before the leadership council. Maryann Volk and CFAR presented their request to zone the rowhome next to their present operation at 1600 Magee St. Their attorney, David Orphanidies, Esquire stated that they are adding one parking space in the alley behind the property; there will…
He’s courting students for a life of success February 22, 2013|BY DAN GERINGER, Daily News Staff Writer geringd@phillynews.com, 215-854-5961
| February 24, 2013 | Events |
TWO DOZEN middle-school boys who gather in Spruance School’s gym at 3:30 p.m. are from surrounding Oxford Circle blocks that offer them nothing except hanging on the corner. “If they don’t have adult mentors, they start looking to their peers for guidance, and that’s a scary thing,” said Jared Solomon, a lawyer volunteering his time,…
MINUTES OF LEADERSHIP MEETING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013
| February 17, 2013 | Events |
Present at the meeting were: Jared, Paul, Michelle, Barbara, Mitchell, Pam and Robert. The group heard the zoning petition of Sang who owns 6807 Castor Avenue, which is currently zoned for professional use only. He has a three year lease with Saski who operates a computer/phone repair and phone activation business and has been there…
Guns a hot topic at ‘Take Back Your Neighborhood’ By Tom Waring 01/30/2013 1:01 pm
| February 6, 2013 | Posted by under Events |
Mark Gilson, chief of the district attorney’s Northeast bureau, recalls a time when a person convicted of carrying an unlicensed gun received a sentence of probation. Today, the sentence for the same crime is often five years in prison. “That’s a significant difference,” Gilson said. Gilson spoke at last week’s meeting of Take Back Your…
MINUTES OF LEADERSHIP MEETING MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013
| January 29, 2013 | Posted by under Events |
Present: Jared; Mimi, Rossana, Barbara, Ken, Mitchell, Pam, Sharyn, Paul, Sandra, Michele and Robert. We would like to welcome our newest leadership member: Ken Brown, who also volunteers with NORC and lives in the neighborhood. A vote to amend the bylaws to eliminate conflict of interest between group leaders and any non profit funds was…
Northeast’s Castor Ave. booms into city’s secret restaurant renaissance January 04, 2013|BY DAN GERINGER, Daily News Staff Writer geringd@phillynews.com, 215-854-5961
| January 10, 2013 | Posted by under Events |
UNTOUCHED BY the Commerce Department’s main-street makeovers that jazz up business boulevards all over the city, the Plain Jane blocks of Castor Avenue between Levick Street and Unruh Avenue transformed themselves into a foodie heaven of ethnic restaurants, powered by the new-immigrant diversity of not-your-grandma’s Northeast Philadelphia. The city’s best-kept restaurant renaissance secret ranges from…
Police, neighbors team up to tackle crime in Castor Gardens December 04, 2012|BY DAN GERINGER, Daily News Staff Writer geringd@phillynews.com, 215-854-5961
| December 5, 2012 | Posted by under Events |
AS THE late-afternoon twilight descended on Castor Gardens, in Northeast Philadelphia, Lt. Thomas Macartney guided his marked police car down the alley behind the Rutland Street rowhouses near Magee Avenue, stopping at a garage with broken, wide-open doors. A few days earlier, neighbors had called 2nd District police to report raw sewage pouring out of…
Take Back Your Neighborhood – Meeting Minutes November 19, 2012
| November 29, 2012 | Posted by under Events |
Attendees: In addition to members of the Leadership Council, there were XX people who signed in as meeting attendees. There were many new attendees in addition to regular attendees. Sharyn Solomon opened the meeting welcoming everyone, encouraging people to enjoy the pizza and refreshments. She announced that at the next meeting on December 17 Jared…
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