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December General Neighborhood Meeting Agenda – Thu, Dec 6
7pm at the Northern Liberties Community Center (3rd & Fairmount) Hear from candidates for an open NLNA board seat, and cast your vote! There will be a Special Interim Election for one recently vacated seat on the NLNA Board of Directors. The…
Read More »Storefront Improvement Program Available To Local Businesses…
Click these links to the most current City Commerce Dept applications for Storefront Improvements and Business Security Cameras. If you have any questions, you can forward them to me and someone from Commerce will contact you. Please take…
Read More »Adult Clay Classes at the Rec Center – Tuesday Nights!
Starting January 8, from 6:30 to 9:00pm The class maximum will be 10. $200 for 10 weeks and includes all supplies and kiln firing. Wow! Instructor Natalie Wieters, BFA in Crafts/Ceramics from the University of the Arts, will…
Read More »2018 Ukrainian Christmas Bazaar! – Sun Nov 18
10a – 4p at Franklin Hall 814 N. 8th Street 19123 (corner of Franklin & Brown Streets) —
Read More »NLNA Board Nominations Through Nov 11
The NLNA has one board vacancy, for a partial term. Nominations were taken at the Oct 25 NLNA general meeting, but you can nominate yourself or someone else until November 11 by emailing Paula Gansky, pgansky@aol.com. Any adult…
Read More »NLNA Now Has A Safety Committee – First Meeting on Weds, Nov 14
at 7pm in the Northern Liberties Community Center (700 N 3rd Street) If you care about safety in this area, and we know you do…join us! What’s on the agenda? Since we are getting into the holiday season,…
Read More »Board of Directors Meeting – October 1, 2018
PRESENT: Matt Ruben, President; Steve Richman, Treasurer; Janet Finegar, Secretary; Claire Adler; Kristen Ainscoe; Avery Amaya; Melanie Coffman; Monika Kreidie; Ben Mann; Joe Mikuliak; Don Phillips; Barbara Saverino. ABSENT: Barbara Mulckhuyse, Vice-President; Michael Coyne. The meeting was called to…
Read More »Polling Place Changes for November Election – Nov 6, 2018 – VOTE!
Here are the Northern Liberties voting divisions with new polling places. Note the 15th division’s boundaries remain unchanged, only the polling place has moved. The other five divisions have new boundaries and polling places. All other NL divisions…
Read More »Pierogi Festival – Sat, Nov 3 & Sun, Nov 4
• Pierogies! Pierogies! Pierogies! • St. Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church 817 N. 7th Street (corner of Brown) • Eat-in or Take Out! • Beer Garden! • Ethnic Food! • Baked Goods! • Vendors! • Live Music! …
Read More »Business Improvement District (BID) Open House – Fri, Nov 2
4 to 7pm at 1030 N. 2nd Street, #301 (Liberties Walk, near 2nd St, across from El Camino) Business owners and commercial property owners: Come learn about the recently formed Northern Liberties Business Improvement District, and meet Executive Director…
Read More »Midterms Forum at Bodine High – Tue, Oct 30
The World Affairs Council, institutional partner of Bodine High School, is hosting A Panel on the upcoming Midterm Elections, with political analysts and experts from across the nation and the political spectrum. Tuesday, October 30, 6pm Bodine High…
Read More »20th Annual Liberty Lands Family Fall Festival – Sun, Oct 28th
From 1 to 4pm Join us at Liberty Lands for: • Live entertainment • Interactive demonstrations from local organizations • Costume parade • Raffles sponsored by our local businesses • Brews and baked goods sales Plus, •…
Read More »October at Liberty Lands – Fence and Sidewalk Project
Liberty Lands Is Getting A Facelift! It’s time for the 20+ year old wooden fence around the community garden to go. It’s deteriorating, full of weed trees, and doesn’t work to protect the garden. It’s also time to…
Read More »More Pick-Pockets!
September 2018 The 26th District is being targeted by a pickpocket team that operates in bars predominately in the lower part of PSA 2 and PSA 3 (Fishtown and Northern Liberties). Their method is to sit down next…
Read More »Community Crime Bulletin from the 26th District – Sept 3 to Sept 9
See below for reported crimes in the 26th District* from Sept 3 to Sept 9 *The 26th polices our neighborhood north from Poplar Street. The 6th District police south of Poplar Street. Both precincts work closely with…
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