Newsletter: 🤝 Candidate Meet and Greet Next Week / 🏗️ Legalizing Housing in All of PA / 🙄 Lessons from the "Poop Building"
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 272
🤝 CANDIDATE MEET AND GREET NEXT WEEK
We will be hosting a candidate meet & greet on Tuesday, April 2nd at 6 PM, at Indy Hall in Northern Liberties. We will be welcoming the following endorsed candidates running for State Senate and State House in the upcoming primary:
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Newsletter: ✅ Announcing Our Endorsements / 🚌 Show up to Support Bus Revolution / 🛣️ Lessons From Washington Avenue
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 271
✅ ANNOUNCING OUR ENDORSEMENTS
5th Square is proud to announce its endorsement for the following candidates for the 2024 Pennsylvania primary elections:
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Primary Endorsements - 2024 PA State Legislature Races
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, March 15, 2024
5th Square is proud to announce its endorsement for the following candidates for the 2024 Pennsylvania primary elections.
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Newsletter: 🪡 Chinatown Stich Funded / 🚉 Support Transit Funding This Monday / 🤝 Candidate Meet and Greet
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 270
🪡 CHINATOWN STICH FUNDED
For more than half a century, Chinatown has been split down the middle by I-676, separating neighbors with a pollution-spewing expressway.
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Newsletter: 🗳️ Vote on 5th Square Endorsements / 🎥 Choose Speed Camera Locations / 💰 Advocate for Transit Funding
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 269
🗳️ VOTE ON 5TH SQUARE ENDORSEMENTS
5th Square members are currently voting on who we will endorse for the upcoming election. If you're not already a member, it's not too late to become one and have a say in this election cycle. Current members should check their emails for details on how to vote.
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Newsletter: 🗳️ Getting Ready for the Election / 🧊 Philly Phreeze Recap / 🚅 Transportation Camp PHL
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 268
🗳️ GETTING READY FOR THE ELECTION
There's an election coming up again and 5th Square is getting ready for it. Our members will be deciding which candidates we will endorse and we want you to join us as a member.
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Newsletter: 👕 New Blvd Subway Shirts! / 🧊 Thank You for Supporting Philly Phreeze / 🚇 New L Cars
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 267
👕 NEW BLVD SUBWAY SHIRTS
We are excited to announce that we are releasing a new design for our Roosevelt Blvd Subway t-shirts.
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Newsletter: 🚌 Support Bus Revolution / 🚗 Philadelphians Ditching Their Cars / 🗳️ Apply for Mail-In Ballot
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 266
🚌 SUPPORT BUS REVOLUTION
Buses are a vital lifeline for getting folks around Philly, with many neighborhoods completely reliant on this service being fast, frequent, and reliable.
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Press Release: Bus Revolution Delay
5th Square is providing the following press release in reaction to the recent Delay in Implementing Bus Revolution
February 13, 2024For Immediate Release
PHILADELPHIA --
5th Square Chair Steph Davis said, “SEPTA is in a moment of crisis. The bus system is not working even for our deeply-rooted communities. The insidious failures of the current system outweigh any potential shortcomings of an intentional bus network redesign with the Bus Revolution. Council can address underfunding, but without the Bus Revolution we cannot respond to the operator shortage while adapting to the changing needs of riders.
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Newsletter: ⚖️ Streets Dept Reorganization / 🧊 Philly Phreeze 2024 / 🚘 Expanded Traffic Calming Eligibility
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 265
⚖️ STREETS DEPT REORGANIZATION
Mayor Parker just announced that she will split the Streets Department into two separate departments.
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Press Release: New Streets Dept Commissioner
5th Square is providing the following press release in reaction to Mayor Parker’s creation and appointment of Streets Commissioner
February 5, 2024For Immediate Release
PHILADELPHIA --
5th Square Chair Steph Davis says, “For far too long, Philadelphia has combined transportation operations with sanitation in the Streets Department. Consequently, transportation priorities are subsumed by the larger sanitation operations in terms of budget and staffing.”
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Newsletter: 💸 SEPTA Funding Progress / 🏠 76 Homes or 11 Duplexes with Parking? / 🔍 Investigating the Rise in Traffic Collisions
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 264
💸 SEPTA FUNDING PROGRESS
Good news! Governor Shapiro has announced that he plans to direct $282 million in sales tax revenue to SEPTA and other PA transit agencies.
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Newsletter: 🚨 Stop I-95 Expansion / 🛣️ Right-of-Way Roundtable Friday / 🧭 Volunteer Orientation Monday
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 263
🚨 STOP I-95 EXPANSION
PennDOT is planning to expand I-95 in Center City and South Philly by adding lanes and new ramps. This will threaten the well-being of our neighborhoods by worsening air quality, increasing noise pollution, and harming our access to the waterfront.
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Newsletter: 🚇 Transit Funding Cliff / 📈 The Cause of Expensive Housing / 📖 Weekend Library Hours / 🛣️ Right-of-Way Roundtable
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 262
🚇 TRANSIT FUNDING CLIFF
As NBC10 reports, SEPTA is exploring rate hike and service cuts, as ‘death spiral' looms
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Act 40 is not the solution to our Region’s Transit Woes
"For years, we have known about the impending transit funding cliff facing SEPTA and other agencies across our Commonwealth. Without help from Harrisburg, riders in our region will face massive service cuts and fare increases in the coming months. Stranding thousands of riders, worsening traffic congestion, and hampering Pennsylvania’s economic recovery from COVID", says 5th Square Chair, Steph Davis.
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Newsletter: 🏙️ Future of Cities Conference / 🚲 Become an Indego Ambassador / 🛣️ Car-Free MLK Drive
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 261
🏙️ FUTURE OF CITIES CONFERENCE
The University of Pennsylvania, with 5th Square as a partner, will be hosting its 2024 Future of Cities Conference.
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Newsletter: 🎉 New Year, New Mayor / 🔮 5th Square in 2024 / 🧭 Volunteer Orientation
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 260
🎉 NEW YEAR, NEW MAYOR
As our new mayor and city councilmembers are sworn in today, we want to wish them the best of luck in representing Philadelphians and working to improve our city. We look forward to working with them to address the issues facing Philadelphia and seeing what new ideas they bring to City Hall.
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Newsletter: 🥳 Traffic Safety Win / 🛣️ Give PennDOT Feedback / 🎄 Holiday Party Recap
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 259
🥳 TRAFFIC SAFETY WIN
Good news, Philly's speed cameras have been saved!
Thanks to the hard work of advocates and legislators in Harrisburg, state law now allows our city to keep the highly successful speed cameras on Roosevelt Blvd (which have saved an estimated 36 lives) as well as to expand automated speed enforcement to school zones and additional pilot corridors.
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Newsletter: 🎄 Holiday Party Tomorrow / 🏆 Urbanist Award Winners / 🚇 Blvd Subway Meeting Thursday
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 258
🎄 HOLIDAY PARTY TOMORROW
Join 5th Square members and friends for our annual Holiday Party + Urbanist Awards Ceremony at Resurrection Philadelphia, 42nd & Pine Streets on TOMORROW Wednesday, December 13th at 7 PM!
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Newsletter: 🎄 Holiday Party Next Week / 📸 Save Philly's Speed Cameras / 🎉 Blvd Subway Victories
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 257
🎄 HOLIDAY PARTY NEXT WEEK
Join 5th Square members and friends for our annual Holiday Party + Urbanist Awards Ceremony at Resurrection Philadelphia, 42nd & Pine Streets on Wednesday, December 13th at 7 PM!
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