Newsletter: 📝 How is Parker on Our Issues? / 📩 SEPTA Budget Action / 🏎️ West Philly's Deadly Speedway / 🏢 Legalizing Affordable Housing

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 234 📝 How is Cherelle Parker on Transit and Litter? With Cherelle Parker as the Democratic nominee as Mayor, she is heavily favored to win the seat in November's general election. We are eager to see how she will govern as Mayor, and whether she will work to further our common goals for a more robust and resilient city. Continue reading

Newsletter: 🏇 Post Election Roundup / 📩 Email SEPTA Budget Asks / 🏛️ Harrisburg Lobby Day

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 233 🏇 Post-Election Roundup Congrats to all our endorsed nominees who won last Tuesday's primary! We're excited to work with you to make Philly more sustainable, affordable, equitable, and safer. Continue reading

Newsletter: 🗳️ Election Day TOMORROW / 📝 Contest: Guess Who Wins / 🏛️ Harrisburg Lobby Day

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 232 📝 CONTEST: Guess Who Wins the Election Election Day is gonna be a nail-biter! We're holding a contest to see who can correctly guess the results of tomorrow's Mayor and Council race. Wager your best guess to win a Roosevelt Blvd Subway T-Shirt and bragging rights! Continue reading

Newsletter: 👕Free Shirt! / 📮Mail Ballot Reminder / 🚫Tell SEPTA: No More Parking

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 231 📮 Mail Ballot Reminder Only one week left until election day! Here is our voter guide (and where to find our endorsed candidates on your mail-in ballot) Continue reading

Newsletter: 👕Free Blvd Subway T-Shirt / 📮Mail-In Ballots are Here / 🚲 PPA Unblocking Bike Lanes

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 230 📮 Mail in ballots are here! Only two weeks left until election day! Here is a reminder of our endorsed candidates (and where to find them on your mail-in ballot) Continue reading

2023 Mayoral Primary - Steering Committee Recommendation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, April 20, 2023 5th Square’s Steering Committee recommends both Rebecca Rhynhart and Helen Gym for Mayor of Philadelphia Continue reading

Newsletter: 🦺Looking at SEPTA's Priorities / 🎙️Mayoral Mobility Takes / 💳 Expand Low-Income Fares

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 229 🦺SEPTA'S NEW CAPITAL BUDGET With the demise of KOP rail, SEPTA's latest capital budget is showing the agency now shifting priorities, and money, to acquire replacement transit vehicles and address repair backlogs. Continue reading

Newsletter: 🏆 SEPTA Fare Wins! / ✅ Our Endorsements Matter / 💳Expand Low-Income Fares

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 228 🏆 SEPTA FARE WINS! Advocacy works! SEPTA proposed two important fare changes in their recent operating budget that moves towards our long-standing fare asks to increase ridership and make the system more user-friendly. A Second Free Transfer Zone 1 + PHL Airport Regional Rail access for TransPass users Continue reading

April Fools!

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 227 // April 1, 2023 Thank you for reading our second April Fools Newsletter, if you aren't already a newsletter subscriber, sign up here!  All of these news items are satire, but obviously, with a kernel of truth touching on systemic issues with Philadelphia's broken political process and the way its affects our built environment and its residents. Continue reading

Newsletter: ✅ Announcing City Council Endorsements! / 🤝 Chinatown Stitch Survey / 🚇 Life after KOP Rail

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 226 ✅ CITY COUNCIL ENDORSEMENTS Our City Council endorsements are out! Continue reading