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Free Girls’ Kickboxing at Joe Hand Gym
Ages 10-18! Joe Hand Boxing Gym (3rd & Green Sts) For nearly a year, Joe Hand Boxing Gym and Computer Lab (3rd and Green) has been offering free kickboxing and self-esteem classes for girls aged 10 to…
Read More »Love Your Liberty Lands! – Sat May 10
We got so much done today! In the realm of “sometimes it takes a while, but we get to stuff eventually,” new fence rails went in, closing the gap by the potty shed off again; the rubber…
Read More »How to Legally Prepare Mattresses for Disposal
From The Streets Department: Acting Streets Commissioner David J. Perri has announced changes in the Sanitation regulations governing how mattresses and box springs are placed out for curbside collection. These changes affect residents and small businesses that…
Read More »Northern Liberties Front Street CleanUp in honor of Amber Long – Sat Apr 5
Join together with friends and neighbors to make Front Street in Northern Liberties cleaner and safer on Philly Spring Cleanup Day 2014! The cleanup will take place on…
Read More »February NLNA General Meeting – First Look at Spring Garden Underpass Design
Last Thursday, neighbors braved frigid temperatures to see the Delaware River Waterfront Corp. and its consultant RBA unveil plans for improving the Spring Garden underpass.The proposed design will feature perforated metal panels with native plant designs, back-lit…
Read More »Fall Tree Planting – Saturday, November 23
To volunteer e-mail Erika at bgoldewag@verizon.net. Additional details will be emailed to you soon. Help Make Northern Liberties Greener 20 volunteers are wanted to plant 15 new trees all over the neighborhood. Everything needed to plant will be…
Read More »Help! On-Going Volunteers Needed!!
The NLNA is looking for people who have time and commitment for this invaluable neighborhood chore. If you’re interested in how the neighborhood is evolving, helping out those who will be effected, this is the volunteer opportunity…
Read More »Important Zoning Meeting Oct. 24 – Neighborhood Remapping Workshop
THURSDAY – October 24 St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church (NE corner of 4th & Fairmount – one block west of the Northern Liberties Community Center) Should properties on your block be zoned residential, commercial, or industrial? For single-family…
Read More »Clean-Up Day October 12th at The Doughboy Park – SUCCESS!
Click here to see Before and After photos. Saturday starting at 9am – there will be coffee and donuts! A small crew of volunteers will be cleaning and weeding Madison Park – nicknamed Doughboy Park for the…
Read More »E-Waste Update: More than 3000 pounds collected!
Update 10/22/13: This year’s Annual NLNA Clean and Green event collected more than 3000 pounds of electronic waste. We were also able to collect several donations which will help with Clean and Green initiatives in our…
Read More »Introducing: Project Clean Streets
With support of neighborhood businesses, the NLNA is excited to announce Project Clean Streets. The focus of the project is to help alleiviate our neighborhood litter and trash problems. This summer, we hired a small crew to sweep…
Read More »Crime Alert from the 26th District
The 26th District has identified a severe increase in Burglaries over the past few weeks. The main target has been new home construction but existing residential properties are being hit as well. The majority of the burglaries…
Read More »Building Collapse at Orianna and Girard on August 16th
Recently an empty building collapsed on the NW corner of this intersection. No one was hurt. This property is in the boundaries of our civic association colleagues at South Kensington Community Partners, but we are monitoring the…
Read More »Update: Traffic Control Study at 2nd & Laurel
Earlier this year, at an NLNA General Meeting, the Streets Dept. pledged to conduct a traffic study of this area, in response to numerous residents’ and businesses’ requests. In the months since then, the study has not…
Read More »July Flooding around Wildey and American Streets
Some neighbors experienced significant basement flooding from the heavy storm on July 23. To our knowledge, this was the first major storm-related flooding since 2004. How it happened: The stormwater drains became overloaded, and because the Delaware…
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