The Spirit of Penn's Garden – June 15, 2016

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YOUNG HEROES

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National Liberty Museum hosted a year-end celebra-

tion at Girard College.

PEOPLE OF PENN'S GARDEN

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Meet JJ Pospiesch, the director of the Francisvill

Playground.

THELMA DAVIES

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Girard College freshman sets records at state track

championships.

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7-day weather forecast for the region.

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In Strawberry Mansion, where affordable housing with onsite child-care and retail space is rare, Mosaic Development Partners has un-veiled Eastern Lofts, a new development in what was formerly a run-down parking garage, at 3002 Cecil B. Moore Ave.

To commemorate the opening of Eastern Lofts, developers, state offi-cials, funders and residents gathered for a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, June 8. Nestled between Strawberry Mansion and Brewerytown, Eastern Lofts will provide affordable housing, retail space and onsite childcare and a coffee shop. The historic parking garage sat vacant for more than 30 years and was originally built for the American Railway Express Company in 1922 by the Philadelphia Realty Company. It was built in a trapezoidal shape re-inforced with concrete and clad in red brick and polychrome tile accents. One partner contributing to the Eastern Lofts project is non-profit orga-nization Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). LISC helps neigh-borhoods transform by working with community-based organizations and form partnerships to determine a community’s needs economically. Eastern Lofts was built with a $7.6 million New Markets Tax Credit. Not only did this project bring life to the garage, it also brought 70 local jobs and thirty permanent positions. Eastern Lofts features 37 modern, loft-style apartments and a court-yard on the second floor. Childcare is located on the ground floor. Fati-ma Hasan, a Keystone Star-certified childcare operator, will be in charge of the daycare. Having been honored as a White House Working Family Champion of Change, Hasan is also expanding her business by serving 80 children at the location. “I was one of the people to see this building before it was a building,” Hasan said. Additionally, the building includes small business offices for rent, a parking garage and a meeting space for community groups serving Straw-

berry Mansion. The apartments are considered mixed-income, with 40 percent of the units priced to accommodate tenants earning less than 80 percent of the area median income or $44,000 per year. While Mayor Jim Kenney was unable to attend the ribbon-cutting cere-mony, he was quoted in a press release from Mosaic Development Part-ners. “In order for our neighborhoods to succeed, our children need to suc-ceed,” Kenney said. “Thanks to Mosaic Development Partners and Maz-zarini Real Estate, Eastern Lofts not only provides new housing options to Strawberry Mansion, but also brings a quality childcare center to the neighborhood. We must continue to keep early childhood education at the forefront as we reinvest in Philadelphia’s neighborhoods.” Mosaic’s development team representative, Greg Reaves, said that be-ing a historic structure, there were limits on what they could do with the building. He mentioned that a major challenge LISC encountered was that the garage is an historic building. The state had never before approved a building lacking a roof for historic tax credits. Originally, LISC was de-nied the tax credit, but they were approved after appealing the decision in Washington. Reaves thanked the community for its support in the project. “This doesn’t happen without significant participation from the com-munity,” he said. “Part of our mission is to find people who share our collective vision.” When asked what this development means for Strawberry Mansion and Brewerytown, Reaves explained that Mosaic and its partners are working very close to the community and that the project is very sensitive to its needs.

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Most importantly, Reaves pointed out was that they hired locally and apartments are affordable by federal stan-dards. “We asked the community groups for lists of people who are looking for jobs,” Reaves said. After receiving the lists, LISC reached out to residents who were seeking employ-ment. LISC expects the lofts to be fully occupied by Septem-ber, and currently, 10 residents are living there. When the apartments are fully occupied, 60 people will be living in the building. As for the office space, three offices have already been rented by micro-businesses, Reaves said. John Grady, the president of Philadelphia Industrial De-velopment Corporation (PIDC), a Community Develop-ment Financial Institution (CDFI) that brought resources to the project, spoke about the importance of developing mixed-use buildings such as Eastern Lofts. Grady said his agency invested $200 million specifical-ly in projects that involve mixed-use development, resto-ration of meaningful historic facilities and that attract new people and existing residents to reinvest in their com-munities. “We really believe strongly that part of a community de-velopment vision for Philadelphia involves investing in mixed-used commercial developments in corridors like this that are going to anchor jobs in the community for the next generation,” Grady said. Annie Donovan, Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s CDFI fund, said the fund provides tools for orga-nizations that invest in areas that are difficult to invest in. “We know that these projects are epic and heroic journeys to make happen,” Donovan said. “We’re very thrilled to be here today to celebrate this ribbon cutting.” She said the program used for the Eastern Lofts develop-ment, the New Markets Tax Credit, has been around for 15 years. Over those years, the Treasury Department has allocated $43.5 billion in tax credits across the county to invest in projects similar to Eastern Lofts. CEO of LISC, Michael Rubinger, said his agency has invested over $400 million in neighborhoods in Phila-delphia that have produced 8,000 affordable homes and apartments and two million square feet of retail, commer-cial and community facilities. “I really wanted to be here tonight, because I believe this Eastern Lofts project is a wonderful example of the kinds of development that LISC is trying to do, not only in Phil-adelphia, but in all kinds of neighborhoods all over the country,” Rubinger said. He said this particular development is special because it combines mixed-income housing with small-business de-velopment with job creation and with space for high-qual-ity childcare. “The kind of balanced, equitable, comprehensive devel-opment that leads to lasting and meaningful change,” he said. •

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Last week was a rain-free week with beautiful weather. We had hot 90 degree days on Satur-day and Sunday, but otherwise the weather was comfortably warm. This week’s weather could be

much of the same — or it could be a primarily cloudy and wet affair. The main weather event this week is a storm that could be around from Thursday until Monday that brings us cool, cloudy weather with bouts of rain during the entire 5 day period! Of course, this storm could completely miss us, leaving only with sunny weather over the same period. We will see some rain from this storm on Thursday. The real uncertainty lies in the weekend time period. As we ap-

proach the storm it looks more and more likely to move away after Friday. Overall, this summer is looking like it will be pretty aver-age. We will get our fair share of hot days in the 90s, but we will also have cooler days in the 70s. I do not see a consis-tently hot summer or an unusually “cold” summer either. The pattern will support periods of both hot conditions and cooler weather. We start the forecast on Wednesday on a warm note as temperatures climb through the 80s. Clouds increase lat-er in the day as showers move in. Thursday will be showery and humid as a weak storm moves through the region along a frontal boundary.

Friday and Saturday could be rainy as the storm stalls off the coast. However, if the storm forms further south (over North Carolina) these days will be sunny with some clouds, but no rain. I am favoring the latter outcome, but will provide updates throughout the week. Temperatures will be in the lower 80s. Sunday looks to at least start sunny before some clouds arrive. Temperatures will be in the 80s. Monday and Tuesday will be hot and humid as we get back into the 90s. We need to watch for some thunder-storms arriving on Tuesday as well. The weather winner of the week is the Wednesday; the weather loser is Tuesday (too hot!). •

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G I R A R D C O L L E G E F R E S H M A N S E T S R E C O R D S A T S T A T E T R A C K C H A M P I O N S H I P S

Thelma Davies was met with thunderous ap-plause as she stood among her classmates in Girard College’s chapel on Wednesday, June 8. The ceremony was held to honor Davies for her

record setting performance at the PIAA state track and field championships. Despite being only a 15-year old freshman, Davies set a new record for the AA 100 meter dash with a time of 11.58 seconds, topping the previous record held by Lauryn Williams, a future Olympian. In ad-dition to her record setting 100 meter time, Davies also tied the 200 meter dash record with a time of 29.98 seconds. Those two performances have led to Davies being nomi-nated for USA Today’s Gatorade Player of the Year and also being named Girls Athlete of the Year by the PTFCA (Pen-na. Track & Field Coaches Association). Results of the Ga-torade Player of the Year award will be released later this month. Diamond Woolford, Davies’ coach at Girard, expressed his excitement for her following the ceremony. “I didn’t really expect to be a part of something like this,” he explained. “You see this all the time with track in Philly, a standout athlete. But it’s beyond what words can express to have someone as young as her achieve this much. And for me to be a part of it… I couldn’t ask for a better situation.” Woolford graduated from Girard College in 1999, a suc-cessful track runner in his own right. Coincidentally, his coach, Rick Leek, would later serve as one of Thelma’s 6th grade teachers at Girard. Woolford has been very success-ful in working with Davies. “He’s a great coach,” Davies said, “I used to have terrible form but we worked on it this year. He taught me a lot and now I’m starting to improve my form and get faster.” As to what the future holds for Davies, she strives to be an Olympian following her graduation in 2019. Setting re-cords this early in her high school career bodes extremely well for that goal. When asked about this year’s Olympics in Rio, Davies said that she is most looking forward to watching American runner Carmelita Jeter, as she is one of Davies’ biggest role models. While Davies’ mind is fixed upon Olympic gold, Wool-ford has his set on the immediate goals. “We have one more national meet down in North Carolina on the week-end of the 18th. But this summer we’re gonna let her rest and just be a kid. Next year we’re planning on taking her to other national meets around the country and then just continue on and see how she progresses. She controls her future from here." •

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NATIONAL L IBERTY MUSEUM HOSTS YEAR-END CELEBRATION OF YOUNG HEROES OUTREACH PROGRAM AT GIRARD COLLEGE

Chants echoed throughout Girard College’s gymnasium on Saturday, June 4. The words “Young Heroes, thank you,” were just some of the chants that rang out as stu-

dents and teachers from 13 schools celebrated their com-pletion of year-long Young Heroes Outreach Program (YHOP), which was organized by the National Liberty Mu-seum for the fifth consecutive year. The students from grades four through eight across the Philadelphia School District covered various issues that affected their schools and communities. Students from Alain Locke Elementary School in West Philly chose littering as their topic because Anyia White, a fifth grader, said it was something they saw everyday in their school hallways, classrooms and school yard. So White and her classmates decided to talk to their princi-pal and teachers. With their support, the students took action. The students started making morning and after-noon announcements and posting flyers to alert the stu-dent body about the need to clean up their school. “We started cleaning up the school yard every Friday,” White said. “We had the students sign a petition and if they signed it they can help to clean up the school yard.” “The littering was also preventing us from playing in the gym often because there was a lot of trash,” she added. “So we decided to go in the gym and started cleaning up and put the trash in the trash and recycling bin and if the principal saw the students littering, she would give them a detention.” Tiffany Smith, a fifth grade teacher at Alain Locke, said that while this is their first year participating in the YHOP, she hopes the students who were in the group this year can continue to set an example in keeping their school clean as they move on to a higher grade. “This year’s fifth graders, who will be next year’s sixth graders, have now set the foundation,” Smith said. “Even if they don't do the right thing every time, I think, they will keep in mind what they have learnt about littering. So whenever they see a trash they can pick it up.” When the students who were involved in the YHOP at Joseph J. Greenberg Elementary School in the Northeast were deciding which topic they wanted to do over a year ago, their advisor Katherine Volin said there was a lot of interest in the Philadelphia School Dustrict's funding. “They have really lived through a lot of [budget] cuts for the past few years,” Volin said. “They saw their teachers get laid off, their clubs being taken away and many other things that affected their learning and that were unfair to them.” Initially, the students in the program focused on their school but as the year went on, interest in their project drew a larger audience as it got the attention of commu-nity officials. “We had an expert from PCAPS, the Philadelphia Coali-tion Advocating for Public Schools, visited and gave the students amazing data about the difference between the funding of their school district and Lower Merrion [in the suburbs],” Volin said. “They got really angry about it.” The students then started a social media campaign and set up Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts to pub-licly highlight the topic of unequal school funding. Volin said a local state representative wants the students to visit Harrisburg to speak to other state representatives about the disparages in school funding between different school districts in the state. Throughout the five years, there are three schools that have been there since the program started. One of them is St. Francis de Sales Elementary School in West Philly, which had two groups of six graders participating this year. One of the topics they chose was domestic violence among sports athletes. Christian Walker, a six grader, said the project was fun because it made him think differ-ently about social issues. “Not a lot of people think [domestic violence] is that se-

rious,” Walker said. Those topics were just a snippet of subjects that were tackled within the 16 different groups in 13 Philadelphia schools. The year-long project started with schools apply-ing to YHOP, where schools apply with the understanding that a teacher should be willing to teach some of the social issues that affect their students and community at large in the classroom. The program entails a ten-week curriculum, which Alan Holmes, the outreach coordinator for the National Liberty Museum, described an "alternative social studies class." “We give these lessons about character development and education, civics and their amendment rights,” Holmes said. After the students are finished with the curriculum, those who want to continue can start their own Young Heroes club, choose a topic to focus on, research it and educate their school and community about what they found. Gwen Borowsky, the CEO of the National Liberty Muse-um, said over the five years they have done the program there are always the same topics that are covered each year such as lack of school funding, anti-bullying, gun vi-olence and racism, but also acknowledge that there were new topics presented this year. This year students toppled

topics like animal abuse (specifically elephants) and sex education. As the National Liberty Museum looks to next year, Holmes said he has a long-term goal for the program. “I would love to get to high school,” Holmes said. “The social studies element, civics education, when you focus on that, we could really get into high school.” Do you know an outstanding young citizen who identified an area where liberty was lacking and took action to make positive change in his or her local school or community? Thennominate him or her for the 2016 TD Bank Young He-roes Award. For the past 16 years, the awards has been reserved for young people who have championed liberty through civic engagement, conflict resolution, promoting diversity, and school or community leadership. All winners receive recognition at an awards ceremony at the Museum; a certificate, medallion and gifts; and a plaque featuring their story in the Museum’s Young Heroes Exhibit. One winner is named the President’s Honor Winner and re-ceives a monetary scholarship. The nomination period is open and runs through June 24. www.libertymuseum.org/young-heroes-award-2016/ •


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Pursuant to the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act, the act of May 19, 1995, P.L. 4, No. 1995-2 notice is hereby given that

Arbill Industries, Inc. has submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of En-vironmental Protection a Notice of Intent to Remediate a site located at 2207

Glenwood Avenue, Philadelphia County. This Notice of Intent to Remediate states that the site is a former industrial dry cleaning operation. The site has been found to be contaminated with volatile organics and semivolatile organ-ics, which has contaminated soil and groundwater on site. Arbill Industries,

Inc. has indicated that the proposed remediation measures will be attainment of the site specific standard through pathway elimination. The proposed fu-

ture use of the property will be non-residential for light industrial use.

Arbill Industries, Inc. plans to use the site-specific standard at the site. The Act provides for a 30-day public comment period for site-specific standard

remediations. The 30-day comment period is initiated with the publication of this notice. Until July 16, 2016, the City of Philadelphia may submit a request to Arbill Industries, Inc. to be involved in the development of the remediation

plans for the site. City of Philadelphia may also submit a request to Arbill Industries, Inc. during this 30-day comment period to develop and implement

a public involvement plan. Copies of these requests and of any comments should also be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection at

DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 19401.

As regular users of the Francisville Playground are eager for the warmer weather that brings with it a wealth of activities for the park’s busy season, the playground’s new director, JJ Pospi-

esch, is working to make sure their expectations are met. Pospiesch began his stint as manager of the site in late April, but his involvement with the Philadelphia Depart-ment of Parks and Recreation stretches back much far-ther. With the department for a total of four years, he most recently was only a few blocks away at the Spring Garden neighborhood’s Roberto Clemente Playground at 18th and Spring Garden Sts, behind Waring Elementary School. Before that, his first position with Philly’s Parks and Recreation was at the Lawncrest Recreation Center in the Northeast. One of his main goals for Francisville is to increase the participation of parents of children taking part in exist-ing programs. He’d not only like them to see what their kids are doing, but to hear their suggestions on how to improve the programs. He’d also like to hear from all res-idents about what they think the playground and activity center mean to the community and how they can better serve its residents. Pospiesch said he came to Philadelphia to attend gradu-ate school at Temple University, working toward a Master’s degree in Athletics and Recreation Management. While there he met a woman from the Parks and Recreation De-partment. He began working at Lawncrest while still in school and stayed on when he received his degree. “I want to get more positive activity around here [and] continue growth in the community,” he said. From his positions at his two previous positions, Pospiesch said he found that each community’s character and status deter-mines what programs it needs or would work there. For example, he pointed out that he will not try to develop a basketball program at Francisville Playground because the Police Athletic League already has a youth league fo-cused on that sport. But to include expand existing programs or develop new ones, Pospiesch said he needs to hear from the people who would benefit from them. “I’m always looking for suggestions for what people want to see here and for vol-unteers to help out.” Increasing total participation in the site is another critical concern and one he successfully addressed at the Clem-ente Playground, where he said he increased participation in children’s after school programs and summer day camp by 25 percent by reaching out to the community, especially parents, to let them know about existing programs. Currently, Pospiesch is planning for the Pop-Up pool, which will open in late June. It will be open Monday

through Friday from 11AM - 7PM and on the weekends from 1PM - 5PM. In addition to regular use hours this summer, the pool will also feature aqua zumba classes for youth and adults and poolside yoga classes. The complete schedule of this season’s special features and adult and children swim times is available at the pools’s web page at http://www.phila.gov/ParksandRecreation/programsandactivities/Pages/Francis-villePopUp.aspx. The summer’s activities will also include day camp for children aged 5 to 12, from July 5 through August 8. The cost is $200 per child. Day camp activities include at least one trip per week to places like Clementon and Dorney Amusement Parks and computer classes. Though schools will be closed, reading classes will also be part of the day camp’s activities. The playground participates in the city’s “Read by Fourth” program, which helps kids behind in reading skills to sharpen them. In addition to day camp this summer, a drill team will meet Mondays and Fridays and weekly yoga classes will be offered this summer. Also in the summer the popular gardening program will begin anew. As in the past, planter boxes in the tot’s play-

lot will be planted at the opening of summer camp in July. And new this year will be visits to an urban garden at 1708 Ridge Avenue under the guidance of Urbanstead. According own its own website, Urbanstead is a private organization that supports the development of communi-ty-driven farm projects in Philadelphia, especially in areas stressed for healthy food. Its goal is to achieve food securi-ty for the neighborhoods it addresses and to get Philadelphia youth involved in growing their own food not only a means of providing their families with fresh food but also teaching them about botany and urban garden construction. As a new opportunity, Pospiesch said he’d like to initiate a kickball league for the summer within the playground wherein teams of Francisville youth forming teams to play against each other. In the fall he’d like to do the same thing with flag foot-ball. •

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The Conjuring 2

With all of the hype and infamy surrounding the Amityville horrors, paranormal inves-tigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) have become overnight celebrities. The public wants to know more about them, but also want to question them more and figure out if everything that they say about ghosts is actually real or all just a put-on. For this reason alone, Ed and Lorraine decide to take a sabbatical of sorts from the paranormal-busting world, focus on getting back to reality and continue to raise their family in a carefree, quiet environment. But when the couple hears about a family being terrorized somewhere in England, the Warrens can’t help but feel inspired for one more battle against the dead. This time, though, they may have met their match. Once the Warrens get to England, “The Conjur-ing 2” takes on a whole new life. Rather than just being another freakishly scary horror flick, "The Conjourning 2" be-comes more emotional as we get a sense of who the Warrens are, as well as who the fam-ily they’re trying to help and save from this goulish problem. James Wan directed the first movie as if he was trying to scare people and also entertain them by doing so, but in the sequel he goes deeper and makes us wonder: What do we appreciate more? The scares? Or the humans? Either way, it’s an interesting question that’s still a whole lot of fun to think about, long after “the Conjuring 2” — the rare hor-ror sequel that’s better than the first.

Now You See Me 2

After fleeing from the public eye, the Four Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrel-son, Lizzy Caplan, Dave Franco) have now decided to get back in the game of stealing

from the rich and giving back to the poor, all for the beloved and mysterious “Eye." How-ever, they all land themselves in some deep water when a billionaire who’s money they took (Daniel Radcliffe) wants them all to do another heist, but this time it's for him. The Horsemen have no option, so they set-out to make sure that the heist goes as perfectly planned as possible, even when there’s the unpredictable factor of magic around. The first “Now You See Me” was nothing special, as it relied quite heavily on special-ef-fects — It was fun, but there wasn't much else there. The sequel is very much the same, except that this time there’s more characters with little-to-no arch, no actual conflict that registers, and honestly, not a whole lot of believable plot-twists to really get surprised by. Mostly, it’s just a typical blockbuster sequel, where everybody’s in it for the money and that’s about it. •

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Second ThursdaysGBCDC MONTHLY MEETINGThe Greater Brewerytown CDC holds monthly public meetings on the second Thursday of each month at 6:30. Meetings cover a variety of community news and initia-tives, and features new guests each month. Meetings are held at the GBCDC office at 3000 Master Street.

May 4 – July 15, 2016HOPE GINSBURG: BREATHING ON LAND: BAY OF FUNDY AND MISHA WYLLIE: OUT TO LUNCHTyler School of Art (2001. N 13th Street) is pleased to an-nounce the 2015/16 Distinguished Alumni Mentoring Program exhibition: Hope Ginsburg: Breathing on Land: Bay of Fundy and Misha Wyllie: Out to Lunch. This is the culminating exhibition of Tyler’s fourth annual Distin-guished Alumni Mentoring Program. These exhibitions are the result of the work produced during a six-month mentorship between Hope Ginsburg (BFA ‘96) and the ex-ceptional recent Tyler graduate, Misha Wyllie (MFA ‘14). The exhibition will open on May 4, 2016 with a reception from 6:00 – 8:00 pm and will continue until Friday, July 15, 2015.For more info, http://tyler.temple.edu/temple-contempo-rary/whats-happening#

Wednesday, June 15GAMBA U: SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP: BAL-ANCING PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROFITDid you know there’s a $4,000 tax credit available for sustainable businesses in Philadelphia? Hear from a lo-cal sustainability consultant who can help you measure your impact and explore the process of becoming a certi-fied B-Corporation. From 6-7:30PM, $25 for non-GAMBA members.2712 W. Girard Avenue

Friday, June 17, 2 PMCELEBRATE PHILADELPHIA’S FIRST POET LAURE-ATE: SONIA SANCHEZ AT TEMPLE’S SULLIVAN HALL (1330 W. POLETT WALK)Temple University’s Beyond the Page program will screen the documentary BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez as well as a dis-cussion of Sanchez’s poetry, fiction and life. For more info contact Nicole Restaino at 215-204-2828

Saturday, June 18, 12 PMFILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION: 500 YEARS LATER AT THE CECIL B. MOORE BRANCH (2320 CECIL B. MOORE AVENUE)The Cecil B. Moore Library will screen 500 Years Later, a film by Owen ‘Alik Shadah. The UNESCO “Breaking the Chains” award winning documentary focuses on the Af-rican Diaspora and the issues facing communities of Af-rican descent around the world. Following the screening, the library will host a discussion of the film.

Saturday, June 18ACELERO LEARNING HEAD START BLOCK PARTYAcelero Learning, a federally funded preschool program for low-income families, is hosting a block party on Satur-day, June 18th from 11 - 3 at 1801 N. 23rd St. The purpose of this event is connect our current families to services in the community, to recruit new families to our program and to have fun! In addition to informational tables, we plan on having food, music and entertainment for the children and families.

Saturday, June 18COMMUNITY HEALTH & WELLNESS DAY (SMFBC) @ CHURCH PARKING LOTFrom 11– 2 PM. The Strawberry Mansion Faith Based Coa-lition presents their annual Health and Wellness Day. Join them for FITNESS, NUTRITION, WELLNESS & PROFES-SIONAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES. All are welcome.Call 215-235-7505 for more info.

Thursday, June 30 JUNE FCA MEETING (NEW LOCATION!)A reminder that the June 30 monthly FCA meeting will be held at the Eastern State site and not at the City School at 7:00 PM.

Saturday, July 16, 5:30-8:30 PMBASTILLE DAY AT EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARYJoin the Bearded Ladies cabaret for some historical fun and Monty Python inspired laughs. The free performance culminates in the storming of the Bastille. Following the show, visitors can take a twilight tour of the penitentiary

($10) or can visit one of nearby restaurants serving French food and drinks. For more info visit http://www.easternstate.org/bas-tille-day

July 20, 6-7:30 PMSUMMER SOCIAL & NEW MEMBER MEET + GREETEnjoy the warmer and longer summer months while net-working with friends and colleagues from the Greater Art Museum Business Alliance. It's our way of saying thanks for renewing and to share what promotions, events and seminars we have planned for the coming year. Meet at Jack's Firehouse, 2130 Fairmount Avenue. Free for mem-bers, $25 for non-members (non-members can apply their registration fee to member dues if they join on-site).

Monday, August 1FCA SUMMER SOCIAL The FCA Summer Social event will be on Monday August 1 at Jack’s Firehouse. There is no charge for members, but it will require an online signup because of space limita-tions. More details will be available soon.

Networking Events1ST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, 6:30-8:30 PMDIG - Philadelphia Commercial Sub GroupDiversified Investors Group Meetup for London Grill 2301 Fairmount AvenueFor more info, contact Joe Scorese 215-290-5108 [email protected]

The Spirit of Penn's Garden – June 15, 2016

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