Free Movie Night!
August 13, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Mark your calendars for the upcoming Cobbs Creek free movie night featuring The Lorax.
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Soak It Up In Style: Enter the Green Infrastructure Design Exhibition
July 13, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Traditionally, most stormwater management features, like pipes and basins, lie underground and don’t rely much on design beyond the functional.
Read More →Frankford Depaving Project Is Complete
May 3, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Yesterday, a group of volunteers braved the wet weather to plant the final two rain gardens at a partially depaved lot at Eadom and Bridge streets (just west of I-95) in Frankford.
Read More →Life Imitates Art: Green City, Clean Waters Art Contest Ceremony and a Green Grant for Nebinger School
April 26, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Come out to the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center today at 4:00 as we congratulate the winners of the 2012 Green City, Clean Waters art contest.
Read More →Tomorrow Night: The Watershed So Nice They Named It Thrice
April 18, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Join us tomorrow night, Thursday April 19 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center, to learn about the activities and achievements of the Tookany-Tacony/Frankford Watershed Partnership.
Read More →Thursday: Urban Watersheds Panel
April 3, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
You’re invited: On Thursday, April 5 from 2:00-4:00 p.m., the University of Pennsylvania will be hosting a panel discussion on Urban Watersheds in the Hall of Flags, Houston Hall.
Read More →North Philly Celebrates Green Infrastructure
| Matthew Fritch
Mayor Nutter swung by last week’s Soak It Up! event in North Philly to commemorate the installation of stormwater tree trenches near 7th and Cumberland streets.
Read More →See South Philly Soak It Up
March 16, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
On March 8, our second Soak It Up! event took place at 16th and Jackson streets in South Philly. Neighbors joined city officials and PWD employees to celebrate the stormwater tree trenches that absorb runoff and make 16th Street a green street.
Read More →Tomorrow: Soak It Up, South Philly!
March 7, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Join us tomorrow, Thursday March 8 at 4:30 p.m. at 16th and Jackson streets in South Philly for our second Soak It Up, Philly! event.
Read More →Thank You For Soaking (It Up)
March 2, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Yesterday’s inaugural Soak It Up, Philly! event took place in New Kensington, where the Philadelphia Water Department showed off the Green Streets that are helping to improve the health of Philly’s rivers and streams.
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