Community
Current Adoption Partners

APM
Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) focuses on improving quality of life issues in the communities we serve by creating dynamic social, economic, and environmental changes.

TTF Watershed Partnership: Carl Mackley Apartments & Cayuga Triangle
The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership is dedicated to improving the health and vitality of our watershed by collaborating with our municipalities and leading our communities in education, stewardship, restoration, and advocacy.
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Centennial Parkside CDC
Centennial Parkside CDC’s mission is to preserve, promote, and revitalize East Parkside through partnerships with businesses and institutions and programs that engage residents, increase opportunity, and grow a diverse, thriving community.

Cloud 9 Rooftop Farm
Cloud 9 fosters community and environmental stewardship through community-led farming, training, and educational programming. Cloud 9 leverages rooftop and urban space to improve stormwater management, fresh food access, and community cohesion. Cloud 9 partners with organizations and buildings to design, build, and support the growth of community-led gardens and farms in Philadelphia.

Friends of Vernon Park & TTF Watershed Partnership
Friends of Vernon Park (FOVP) is registered volunteer group within a larger Philadelphia Parks and Recreation (PPR) Friends network dedicated to advocacy, stewardship, and community building through the City’s parks.
The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership is dedicated to improving the health and vitality of our watershed by collaborating with our municipalities and leading our communities in education, stewardship, restoration, and advocacy.
Together they Adopted a rain garden in Vernon Park to improve stormwater management in the park, and protect the health of the watershed, its creeks, and the downstream Delaware River.
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Frankford Community CDC
Frankford’s CDC is committed to building their communities assets by providing jobs, building affordable homes, and growing stable businesses.

HPCG & North 10
Hunting Park Community Garden (HPCG) is a community-led group of residents focused on growing healthy foods for their families. HPCG provides TLC to Hunting Park and engages in beautification efforts for all Park goers; weeding, mulching and planting spring bulbs.
North10, Philadelphia collaborates with residents and community partners of North Philadelphia’s Hunting Park-East Tioga neighborhood to facilitate strategic, resident-driven revitalization and service initiatives that foster economic growth, increase housing options, enhance learning opportunities, and promote wellness.
Together they Adopted the 5 rain gardens in Hunting Park to improve stormwater management in the park and to help promote a safe, healthy, clean recreational and natural space for all to enjoy.

Make The World Better
Make The World Better connects people and inspires stewardship through public space revitalization projects.

South Kensington Community Partners
South Kensington Community Partners (SKCP) is a place-based non-profit located in the eastern North Philadelphia neighborhood of Old/South Kensington, Philadelphia.
Our mission is to connect our community to resources and opportunities, the land, and each other. We act as, and encourage others to become, engaged stewards of the neighborhood. We advocate for responsible development that builds upon the physical, social and economic fabric of the neighborhood.

Southwest CDC
SWCDC is a private non-profit organization tasked with combating home energy and housing problems facing low income residents in Southwest Philly. The organization serves a community of over 70,00 residents.

Roxborough Manayunk Conservancy
Fairmount Park Conservancy exists to champion Philadelphia’s parks. We lead capital projects and historic preservation efforts, foster neighborhood park stewardship, attract and leverage investments, and develop innovative programs throughout the 10,200 acres that include Fairmount Park and more than 200 neighborhood parks around the city.
Adoption in the News
Michael Wilcox prepares the Hunting Park Community Garden for a comeback
on GridPhilly (July 2023)
Building Better Streets
on Regional Plan Association (March 2023)
A Win Win for Water
on The Philadelphia Citizen (March 2022)
Green City, Clean Waters: Supporting You & Your Neighbors
on @PhillyH2O Blog (June 2021)
Top Five Reasons to Soak It Up with PWD
on @PhillyH2O Blog (Dec. 2019)
Could You Join Our Team and Adopt a Rain Garden in 2019?
on @PhillyH2O Blog (Dec. 2018)
Rain, rain flows away, no longer puddles at Malcolm X Park
on WHYY’s Plan Philly (Aug. 2018)