FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Thursday May 1, 2025 PHILADELPHIA -  Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 328   🚨 STOP SEPTA CUTS Due to a funding crisis, SEPTA is planning to slash service by 45%, hike fares, and eliminate 50 bus routes and 5 regional rail lines. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 327   🚨 STOP SEPTA CUTS Due to a funding crisis, SEPTA is planning to slash service by 45%, hike fares, and eliminate 50 bus routes and 5 regional rail lines. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 326   🚨 45% SEPTA CUTS ANNOUNCED This past week, SEPTA announced it will need to make massive cuts due to its funding shortfall. Continue reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Thursday, April 10th, 2025 Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 325   🙅 STOP SEPTA CUTS SEPTA cuts due to state funding shortfalls will be announced on Thursday, so we need you to join us for a rally at City Hall on Friday to show that we're not going to let these cuts happen. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 323½ // April 1, 2025 Thank you for reading our April Fools Newsletter, if you aren't already a newsletter subscriber, sign up here! Continue reading

Read our response to the Parker Administration's Tax Reform Commission and recommendations for the FY26 budget. Continue reading

5th Square is providing the following press release in reaction to Mayor Parker’s Housing Opportunities Made Easy (H.O.M.E) Address   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 24th, 2025 PHILADELPHIA — “Mayor Parker today released an admirable goal to build, preserve and restore 30,000 homes in Philadelphia. Of these numbers, she listed a goal: the production of 13,500 new homes and the preservation of 16,500 existing homes.”, says Brennan Maragh, co-chair of 5th Square’s Housing Committee. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 322 🥳 MAJOR VISION ZERO VICTORY Thanks to your help, we achieved a major victory for Vision Zero! Continue reading