Newbold Neighbors Association (NNA) is a non-profit civic organization established in 2007 serving residents, owners, and businesses in the Point Breeze area of South Philadelphia west of Broad St. to 18th St. and south of Washington Ave. to Passyunk Ave.
NNA strives to engage residents, support sustainable development, promote local businesses, and strengthen our community through clean streets, greening efforts, public safety, planning, zoning, and outreach.
We welcome all residents, property owners, and business owners to attend our general meetings, get involved with our committees, or help out at our community events.
Join your neighbors this Saturday, May 18th to help clean AND green our neighborhood!
Interested in GREENING? Meet at Broad and Federal Streets to work on pruning and trimming of trees in the northern section of our neighborhood.
Interested in CLEANING? Meet us at 15th and Dickinson Streets to help with a targeted cleaning of vacant lots and other problem areas along Dickinson and Moore Streets.
Both events will run from 10 AM to Noon and all supplies will be provided. See you on Saturday!
From our friends at Lower Moyamensing Civic Association (LoMo):
South Philadelphia High School (SPHS), situated in the center of a concrete jungle with a district-wide budget crisis looming, is searching for greener pastures. Like many public schools, its students and teachers have little to no opportunities for hands-on learning outside of the classroom. Nearby residents have limited access to fresh produce and crave open space. But the school will soon be at the center of a neighborhood transformation as it launches plans to renovate its campus, making it a model of sustainability.
On April 9th the school will launch a sixty-day ‘Greening’ Master Plan fundraising campaign through Projexity, an international neighborhood improvement crowdfunding platform. SPHS and the Lower Moyamensing Civic Association will work closely with community representatives and the Philadelphia-based design and engineering firm Roofmeadow to develop a shared vision for the campus, which currently exists as one of the neighborhood’s largest underutilized properties. When completed, the project will feature a combination of ground level rain gardens, street trees, expanded vegetable gardens, and a rooftop farm that will improve air quality for the surrounding community and serve as a unique educational platform. A salaried Garden Coordinator will maintain the improvements and lead hands-on lessons for students and community members.
“South Philly High is on the cutting edge of sustainability and innovation – it is changing the way we think about what a school should be and using technology to drive change in a totally new way,” says Kim Massare, President of the Lower Moyamensing Civic Association. The association began its collaboration in with SPHS in 2009 and has been instrumental in the greening of the school’s campus.
To manage the project from end-to-end and to help raise funds and other support from the community and beyond, the school is working with Projexity, a new online tool that enables anyone to initiate, plan, gather support and execute neighborhood improvement projects. Projexity is the brainchild of a group of University of Pennsylvania alumni, who are excited to be a part of this project back in the City of Brotherly Love.
The fundraising campaign will run from April 9 – June 8. If you'd like to help, you can find more information and make a tax-deductible donation.
Please join the Clean & Green Committee next Monday at 6:30 PM at Disilvestro Rec. Center (15th and Morris). We will be discussing the upcoming neighborhood clean up and tree pruning event on May 18th and we welcome your input on where to focus these efforts. Also, we will be joined by Mary Donahue, a program organizer with Clean Water Action who is interested in creating a working relationship with our group on issues like greening of abandoned lots, sustainability, and stormwater management. See you there!
Stay tuned for details on the May 18th Neighborhood Clean Up and Tree Pruning events.
Properties to be discussed - 1700 South Broad Street
There is a preliminary proposal (concept design) to re-build the existing Library and Health Center to become a new building for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a new state-of-the-art library, a new health center, a new recreation center, and a new playground for children.
This proposed is a concept design that will be presented to the neighborhood community. To move forward with this project, the property will need to be re-zoned by legislation through city council.
This meeting is intended to explain the concept only. Further details and additional meetings will be forthcoming dependent upon the rezoning of the lot.
Thank you to everyone that came out for the Miss Rachel's Pantry restaurant night. We had over 40 people throughout the evening, and raised over $150. A big thank you to Miss Rachel for having us! Rachel is located at 1732 West Passyunk Ave. She does vegan catering, a weekend pre-fixe dinner tasting, and other special events.
If you really enjoyed breakfast for dinner at our event at Miss Rachel's, make sure to attend the West Passyunk Neighbors fundrasier on May 2nd. Proceeds from this fundrasier will benefit landscaping and beautification efforts along West Passyunk Ave.
A big thank you to businesses that generously donated to our raffle!
If you have suggestions for NNA's next restaurant night, please get in touch with the Community Outreach Committee chairs.
April Public Zoning Meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 25, is CANCELLED.
Due to lack of zoning cases, there will be no public zoning meeting this month. The next public zoning meeting is scheduled for May 15th. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Planning & Zoning Committee Chairs Joe Suchma or Paul Knese.