{"id":729,"date":"2016-04-21T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/upcoming-community-meetings-green-city-clean-waters-projects-lawncrest-and-east-poplar\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T13:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T18:18:15","slug":"upcoming-community-meetings-green-city-clean-waters-projects-lawncrest-and-east-poplar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/upcoming-community-meetings-green-city-clean-waters-projects-lawncrest-and-east-poplar\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Community Meetings for Green City, Clean Waters Projects in Lawncrest and East Poplar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA map showing improvements to be presented at the April 28 Lawncrest meeting. Credit: Philadelphia Water<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Residents are invited to join Philadelphia Water representatives on Thursday, April 28 at the Philadelphia Protestant Home Social Hall, 6401 Martins Mill Rd.<\/strong> to learn more about important stormwater improvements proposed for streets near the Har Nebo Cemetery and the Philadelphia Protestant Home. The meeting and presentation will start at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

These projects are part of Philadelphia\u2019s Green City, Clean Waters<\/a> <\/em>program. Read our earlier blog about all of the green stormwater improvements planned for the Lawncrest area here: Lawncrest Residents Get Update on One of Philly\u2019s Biggest Green Projects Yet<\/a><\/p>\n

The April 28 meeting will focus on green infrastructure investments planned for the following streets:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Martins Mill Rd. between Hellerman Street and Tabor Ave.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Martins Mill Rd. between Tabor Ave. and Levick Street<\/p>\n

\u2022 Levick Street between Martins Mill Rd. and Montour Street<\/p>\n

\u2022 Devereaux Ave. between Trotter Street and Summerdale Ave.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Devereaux Ave. between Algon Ave. and Langdon Street<\/p>\n

\u2022 Devereaux Ave. between Algon Ave and Langdon Ave.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Algon Ave from Deveraeux Ave. to Oxford Ave.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Oxford Ave. from Devereaux Ave to Benner St.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The purposed of the meeting is to provide a summary of improvements planned for these streets, and residents are invited to provide feedback on proposed designs. Representatives of the Tookany\/Tacony-Frankford Creek Watershed Partnership<\/a> will also be present to discuss the importance of protecting local waterways from stormwater pollution.<\/p>\n

For more information about these Green City, Clean Waters <\/em>improvements, contact Philadelphia Water Outreach Specialist Hailey Stern at Hailey Stern@phila.gov. Click here to see a meeting flyer<\/a>\u00a0that you can\u00a0share with neighbors.<\/p>\n

East Poplar Green Infrastructure Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philadelphia Water representatives will also be hosting a meeting about Green City, Clean Waters investments in the East Poplar neighborhood on April 28. (You can read about the proposed work here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Meeting details:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Thursday, April 28, 2016<\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 7 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m.
\nMeeting<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> East Poplar Recreation Center, 820 N. 8th Street<\/p>\n

Residents are encouraged to attend the meeting to learn more about the projects and provide feedback on proposed designs. For more information, contact Maggie Dunn at maggie.dunn@phila.gov<\/a> or call 215-971-6151. Click here to see a meeting flyer\u00a0that you can\u00a0share with neighbors.<\/a><\/p>\n

We look forward to seeing you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Residents are invited to join Philadelphia Water representatives on Thursday, April 28 at the Philadelphia Protestant Home Social Hall, 6401 Martins Mill Rd. to learn more about important stormwater improvements proposed for streets near the Har Nebo Cemetery and the Philadelphia Protestant Home. The meeting and presentation will start at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"custom_css":"","custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[22,43,62,63],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-community-meeting","tag-green-city-clean-waters","tag-north-philadelphia","tag-northeast-philadelphia","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/upcoming-community-meetings-green-city-clean-waters-projects-lawncrest-and-east-poplar\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Upcoming Community Meetings for Green City, Clean Waters Projects in Lawncrest and East Poplar","url":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/upcoming-community-meetings-green-city-clean-waters-projects-lawncrest-and-east-poplar\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/upcoming-community-meetings-green-city-clean-waters-projects-lawncrest-and-east-poplar\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Events","author":[],"creator":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"@PhillyH2O Blog","logo":""},"keywords":["community meeting","green city\u201a clean waters","north philadelphia","northeast philadelphia"],"dateCreated":"2016-04-21T18:03:00Z","datePublished":"2016-04-21T18:03:00Z","dateModified":"2022-12-03T18:18:15Z"},"rendered":"