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Overbrook Elementary third graders are working to turn their asphalt schoolyard into a community green space
Overbrook students spend recess in a bare-bones concrete yard. Now, they’re working with Trust for Public Land to reimagine ...
A West Philly nonprofit lost a multiyear grant worth $700K to DOGE cuts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — with the help of billionaire Elon Musk — deactivated Biden-era funding for The ...
‘Will Smith Way': Street to be renamed in honor of West Philadelphia native
Will Smith is "West Philadelphia born and raised," and now a street in his childhood neighborhood is being renamed in his honor.
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St. Joseph's makes $200K pledge for businesses, schools in Wynnefield, Overbrook areas
St. Joseph’s University announced a community agreement on Friday designed to drive economic and educational growth in the ...
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Brown: Saint Joseph’s University demonstrates “cura personalis” on behalf of the Wynnefield Overbrook Community with $200,000 investment
On Friday, February 28, at the Campion Student Center, Joe Kender, Senior Vice President for University Relations, welcomed ...
Deadline could be extended for Philly’s new low-income real estate tax freeze program | City Council roundup
The program freezes the amount low-income homeowners pay on their property taxes even if their assessments or tax rates ...
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Overbrook Elementary third graders are working to turn their asphalt schoolyard into a community green space
At West Philly’s Overbrook Elementary School, a group of third graders recently spent part of the morning outside in their asphalt schoolyard. Split into groups and holding printed maps of the ...