El objetivo de la mudanza era estudiar formas de hacer de Filadelfia un espacio vital más equitativo y amigable para todos los grupos de edad, razas, culturas y clases socioeconómicas de la ciudad. | Para: AL DÍA (Read more.)
A report eight years in the making published on July 22, targets improving housing, transportation and outdoor spaces to make the city more friendly for all. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Two former Vernick line cooks are selling upscale sandwiches to donate to those in need—including to help fill a free food fridge in West Philly | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
As Philly faced its first heat health emergency of the summer this week, the same residents who are vulnerable to COVID-19 are also vulnerable to extreme heat. Many live in homes without air conditioning units and can’t afford to buy them. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Philadelphia will open a limited number of cooling centers as scorching temperatures combine with high humidity to make for potentially deadly conditions as a brutal heat wave sets in. The cooling center sites will be different than in past years and will have social distancing and mask standards in place as they open amid the coronavirus pandemic. | From: NBC10 Philadelphia/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
An emergency relief fund launched during the coronavirus pandemic is paying out $4 million to hundreds of cultural organizations and more than 1,000 individual artists in the Philadelphia region. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Shopping at and supporting Black-owned businesses is one step we can all take to begin confronting racial economic inequity. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
Playstreets works as an extension of the federal free lunch program designed to provide meals to kids during the summer. But this year, one third of the blocks in the program —100 out of 310 — will receive tents and patio umbrellas, misting fans, super soakers, a water jug, water balloons and neck cooling rags. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
While New York has processed over 25,000 requests for air conditioning units over the past month, Philadelphia has struggled to come up with a plan to proactively combat heat-related dangers. City officials say they don’t have the money for a program like de Blasio’s and instead, are asking residents to help one another. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box program awarded nonprofit regional food distributor The Common Market $5.7 million to purchase, pack, and facilitate deliveries of up to 50,000 “Farm-Fresh Boxes” for six weeks. $3.9 million is allocated to The Common Market Mid-Atlantic, the organization’s Philadelphia-based branch. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
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